Active Flight Plan Page Menu Options - Garmin GNS 530 Pilot's Manual & Reference

Activates/reactivates the flight plan and selects the highlighted leg as the 'active leg' (the leg
Activate Leg
which is currently used for navigation guidance).
Allows the pilot to transfer the active flight plan between two 400- or 500-series Garmin units
Crossfill in a dual unit installation. See Section 10.2, Flight Planning: Crossfill for additional information
on this feature.
Copies the active flight plan to a flight plan catalog location, as described previously in this
Copy Flight Plan
section. The copy function is useful for duplicating the active flight plan before making changes.
Reverses the active flight plan. See Section 5.1, Activating Flight Plans and Inverting Flight
Invert Flight Plan
Plans.
Allows the pilot to remove all waypoints from the selected flight plan, as described previously
Delete Flight Plan in this section. Deleting a flight plan does not delete the waypoints contained in the flight plan
from the database or user waypoint memory.
Allows the pilot to select a published instrument approach for the destination airport, or replace
Select Approach the current approach with a new selection. (In many cases, it is convenient to select approaches
using the PROC Key as described in Section 6.1.)
Allows the pilot to select a published standard terminal arrival route (STAR) for the destination
Select Arrival airport or replace the current arrival with a new selection (Section 6.1 for information on
selecting arrivals using the PROC Key).
Allows the pilot to select a published standard instrument departure (SID) for the departure
airport or replace the current departure with a new selection. When using a direct-to, the GNS
Select Departure
530 uses the nearest airport as a reference when displaying available departures. See Section
6.1 for information on selecting departures using the PROC Key.
Remove Approach Deletes the currently selected approach from the active flight plan.
Remove Arrival Deletes the current STAR from the active flight plan.
Remove Departure Deletes the current SID from the active flight plan.
Calculates the bearing and closest distance that a flight plan passes from a reference waypoint.
Closest Point of FPL May also be used to create a new user waypoint along the flight plan at the location closest to
the reference waypoint.
Allows the pilot to select the desired data items to display on the Active Flight Plan Page, as
Change Fields
described in this Section.
Restore Defaults Returns the data items to factory defaults, as described in this Section.
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Active Flight Plan Page Menu Options

Table 5-1 Active Flight Plan Page Menu Options
GNS 530(A) Pilot's Guide and Reference
SECTION 5
FLIGHT PLANS
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