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7 - NRST PAGES
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Nearest Airports
Navigating to a Nearby Waypoint
The NRST pages can be used in conjunction with
the direct-to function to quickly set a course to a
nearby facility. This feature can be a real time saver
compared to retrieving information from the database
using the WPT pages. More importantly, it instantly
provides navigation to the nearest airport in case of an
in-flight emergency.
nearby facility. This feature can be a real time saver
compared to retrieving information from the database
using the WPT pages. More importantly, it instantly
provides navigation to the nearest airport in case of an
in-flight emergency.
To select a nearby airport, VOR, NDB, intersection or user
waypoint as a direct-to destination:
waypoint as a direct-to destination:
1. Use the flashing cursor to scroll through a NRST
page list and highlight the desired nearest
waypoint.
waypoint.
2. Press direct-to to display the select direct-to
waypoint page.
3. Press ENT to accept the selected waypoint’s
identifier and press ENT a second time (with
“Activate?” highlighted) to begin navigating
to the selected waypoint.
“Activate?” highlighted) to begin navigating
to the selected waypoint.
Nearest Airport Page
The nearest airport page displays the identifier,
symbol, bearing and distance to the 25 nearest airports
(within 200 NM of your present position). For each
airport listed, the nearest airport page also indicates the
best available approach, common traffic advisory fre-
quency (CTAF) and the length of the longest runway.
(within 200 NM of your present position). For each
airport listed, the nearest airport page also indicates the
best available approach, common traffic advisory fre-
quency (CTAF) and the length of the longest runway.
Best Available
Approach
Airport Identifier,
Symbol, Bearing To
and Distance To
First Page
in NRST group
Tower or CTAF
Frequency and
Longest Runway
Scroll Bar
The nearest airport
page can be configured to exclude shorter runways or
undesirable runway surface types, so that the corre-
sponding airports do not appear on the list. You may
wish to use this feature to exclude seaplane bases or
runway lengths which would be difficult or impossible
to land upon. See Sec 9 - Nearest Airport Criteria for
additional details.
undesirable runway surface types, so that the corre-
sponding airports do not appear on the list. You may
wish to use this feature to exclude seaplane bases or
runway lengths which would be difficult or impossible
to land upon. See Sec 9 - Nearest Airport Criteria for
additional details.
The nearest airport page may be used to quickly
tune the COM transceiver to a nearby airport. The
selected frequency is placed in the standby field of the
COM window and activated using the COM flip-flop
key.
selected frequency is placed in the standby field of the
COM window and activated using the COM flip-flop
key.