User Guide

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Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Diamond DA40/40F
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Whenever an approach, departure, or arrival is loaded into the active flight plan, a set of approach,
departure or arrival waypoints is inserted into the flight plan along with a header line describing the
instrument procedure the pilot selected. The original enroute portion of the flight plan remains active (unless
an instrument procedure is activated) when the procedure is loaded.
Flight plans can also be stored with an approach, departure, or arrival. The active flight plan is erased
when the system is turned off and overwritten 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. If the 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 procedure is deleted from the flight plan and an alert is displayed.
Storing an active flight plan:
1) Press the MENU Key.
2) Highlight ‘Store Flight Plan’.
3) Press the ENT Key.
4) With ‘OK’ highlighted, press the ENT Key. The flight plan is stored in the next available position in the flight
plan list on the Flight Plan Catalog Page.
Figure 5-79 Store Confirmation Window
‘Closest Point of FPL’ calculates the bearing and closest distance at which a flight plan passes from a reference
waypoint. It can 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 Active Flight Plan Window, press the MENU Key.
2) Select ‘Closest Point of FPL’.
3) Press the ENT Key. A window is displayed with the reference waypoint field highlighted.
4) Enter the identifier of the reference waypoint.
5) Press the ENT Key.
6) The G1000 displays the location, lat/lon, bearing (BRG), and distance (DIST) to the closest point along the flight
plan from the selected reference waypoint. To create a user waypoint at this location and add it to the flight
plan, highlight ‘LOAD’ and press the ENT Key. The name for the new user waypoint is derived from the identifier
of the reference waypoint.