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5.19 FLIGHT PLANNING (PFD)

Flight planning on the PFD centers around the Flight Plan Window (Figure 5-131) where flight plans can be created, edited, and activated. The Flight Plan Window is enabled and disabled by pressing the FPL Key.

OPERATIONS

The following operations can be performed using the Flight Plan Window Menu (Figure 5-132).

•Activate leg

•Store, invert, or delete flight plan

•Load or remove departure, arrival, or approach

•Closest Point of FPL

•Restore defaults

•Parallel track

Figure 5-132 Flight Plan Page Menu

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CREATE NEW FLIGHT PLAN

Up to 99 flight plans with up to 99 waypoints in each flight plan can be created and stored in memory.

Creating a new flight plan:

1)Press the FPL Key.

2)Press the FMS Knob to activate the cursor. The waypoint field is highlighted.

3)Enter the identifier, city/state, or facility name of the airport/waypoint.

4)Press the ENT Key. The cursor flashes on the next empty waypoint field.

5)Enter the identifier for each additional waypoint.

6)Press the FPL Key to remove the window.

ACTIVATE LEG

‘Activate Leg’ selects the highlighted leg as the “active leg” (the flight plan leg which is currently used for navigation guidance).

Activating a flight plan along a specific leg:

1)From the Flight Plan Window, press the FMS Knob to activate the cursor.

2)Highlight the desired destination waypoint.

3)Press the MENU Key.

4)Highlight ‘Activate Leg’.

5)Press the ENT Key. A confirmation window is displayed with ‘ACTIVATE’ highlighted.

6)Press the ENT Key.

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STORE FLIGHT PLAN

The active flight plan is erased when the G1000 is powered off or when another flight plan is activated. When storing flight plans with an approach, departure or arrival, the G1000 uses the waypoint information from the current database to define the waypoints in the flight plan. If the navigation database is changed or updated, the G1000 automatically updates the information if the procedure has not been modified. If an approach, departure or arrival procedure is no longer available, the flight plan becomes “locked” until the procedure is deleted from the flight plan or until the correct navigation database is installed.

Storing a flight plan:

1)From the Flight PlanWindow (once all of the waypoints have been entered), press the MENU Key to display the page menu.

2)Select ‘Store Flight Plan’.

3)Press the ENT Key. The Store Flight Plan Window is displayed with ‘OK’ highlighted.

4)Press the ENT Key to store the flight plan in the next available memory slot.

5)Press the ENT Key.

INVERT FLIGHT PLAN

‘Invert Flight Plan’ reverses the active flight plan. After traveling along a flight plan, the pilot may wish to reverse the route for navigation back to the original departure point.

Activating an existing flight plan in reverse:

1)From the Flight Plan window, press the MENU Key.

2)Highlight ‘Invert Flight Plan’.

3)Press the ENT Key. A confirmation window is displayed.

4)Select ‘OK’.

5)Press the ENT Key. The flight plan is now reversed and activated.

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DELETE FLIGHT PLAN

The entire flight plan or selected waypoints within the flight plan may be deleted.

Deleting the entire flight plan:

1)From the Flight Plan Window, press the MENU Key.

2)Highlight ‘Delete Flight Plan’.

3)Press the ENT Key.

4)Press the ENT Key to delete all waypoints in the flight plan.

Deleting selected waypoints in the flight plan:

1)From the Flight Plan Window, select the desired waypoint.

2)Press the CLR Key. The ‘Remove Waypoint Name?’ Window is displayed with ‘OK’ highlighted.

3)Press the ENT Key.

CLOSEST POINT OF FPL

‘Closest Point of FPL’ calculates the bearing and closest distance at which a flight plan passes a reference waypoint. It may also be used to create a new user waypoint along the flight plan at the location closest to a chosen reference waypoint.

Determining the closest point along the active flight plan to a selected waypoint:

1)From the Flight Plan Window, press the MENU Key.

2)Highlight ‘Closest Point of FPL’.

3)Press the ENT Key. A window appears with the reference waypoint field highlighted.

4)Enter the identifier of the reference waypoint.

5)Press the ENT Key. The G1000 displays the bearing (BRG) and distance (DIS) to the closest point along the flight plan from the selected reference waypoint.

6)To create a user waypoint at this location and add it to the flight plan,press the ENT Key. The name for the new user waypoint is derived from the identifier or the reference waypoint.

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PARALLEL TRACK (PFD)

The Parallel Track (PTK) function allows the pilot to create a parallel course offset of 1 to 99 nm to the left or right of the current flight plan. Parallel Track cannot be activated if a course is set using Direct-To or if the active leg is the first leg of the departure procedure, or the Initial Approach Fix (IAF) has been passed. Attempting to activate Parallel Track with these conditions results in the message ‘PARALLEL TRACK UNAVAILABLE INVALID ROUTE GEOMETRY’. When Parallel Track is activated, the course line drawn on the map pages shows the parallel course, and waypoint names will have a lower case “p” located after the identifier (Figure 5-133).

‘p’ Designation

Figure 5-133 Parallel Track ‘p’ Designation

Using Direct-To, loading an approach, holding pattern, or editing and executing the flight plan will automatically cancel Parallel Track. Parallel track is cancelled if a course change occurs greater than 120° or the parallel tracks overlap as a result of the course change.

Activating parallel track:

1)Press the MENU Key from the Active Flight Plan Page.

2)Select ‘Parallel Track’.

3)Press the ENT Key. The Direction field is highlighted.

4)Select ‘Left’ or ‘Right’.

5)Press the ENT Key. The ‘Distance’ field is highlighted.

6)Enter a distance from 1-99 nm.

7)Press the ENT Key.

8)With ‘ACTIVATE PARALLEL TRACK’ highlighted, press the ENT Key.

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Enter Distance

Figure 5-134 Parallel Track Distance Field

Cancelling parallel track:

1)Press the MENU Key from the Active Flight Plan Page.

2)Select ‘Parallel Track’.

2)Select ‘CANCEL PARALLEL TRACK’ (Figure 5-135).

3)Press the ENT Key.

Figure 5-135 Cancelling Parallel Track