Garmin aera 550 Pilot's Guide - Page 79

Section 3 Flight Planning Flight Planning Overview GPS Navigation Flight Planning Hazard Avoidance Additional Features 3.1 Introduction Flight planning on the aera consists of building a flight plan by entering waypoints one at a time and inserting approaches as needed. The flight plan is displayed on maps using different line widths, colors, and types, based on the type of leg and the segment of the flight plan currently being flown. Up to 50 flight plans with up to 300 waypoints each can be created and stored in memory. One flight plan can be activated at a time and becomes the active flight plan. The active flight plan is erased when the destination is reached and the system is turned off. When storing flight plans with an approach, the aera uses the waypoint information from the current database to define the waypoints. If the database is changed or updated, the aera automatically updates the information if the procedure has not been modified. If an approach is no longer available, the procedure is deleted from the affected stored flight plan(s), and an alert is displayed. Whenever an approach is loaded into the active flight plan it replaces the destination airport with a sequence of waypoints for the selected approach. The airport must have a published instrument approach and only the final course segment (usually from final approach fix to missed approach point) of the published approach is available in the aera. Data Fields The Active and Saved Flight Plan Data Fields can be changed by touching the Data Field Buttons at the top of the flight plan. Changing the information shown in the flight plan data fields: 1) From the 'Home' Screen, touch the Active FPL Icon. Or: a) From the 'Home' Screen, touch Tools > FPL List. b) Touch the desired Saved Flight Plan from the list. An option menu appears. c) Touch the 'Review Flight Plan' menu option. 190-01117-02 Rev. A Garmin aera 500 Series Pilot's Guide 67 Appendices Index