Pilot's Guide

Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Hawker Beechcraft C90A/GT/GTi
190-00663-02 Rev. B314
HAZARD AVOIDANCE
3) Use the FMS Knob to enter the desired airport and press the ENT Key.
4) Use the FMS Knob or the ENT Key to scroll through the METAR and TAF text. Note that the METAR text must
be completely scrolled through before scrolling through the TAF text.
TAF
Text
METAR
Symbol
Decoded
METAR
Text
Figure 6-25 METAR with Text
METAR
Text
RawMETARtextisalsoaccessiblewhilepanningthemapcursoroveraMETARagonanymappageon
whichaMETARisdisplayed.TheMETARtextisshowninaboxneartheMETARag.
Inaddition,METARagsandtheirassociatedtextaredisplayedontheActiveFlightPlanPageontheMF.D.
ThesystemshowsaMETARagnexttowaypointsintheightplanwithanavailableMETAR.
Displaying raw METAR text on the Active Flight Plan Page:
1) Select the Active Flight Plan Page on the MFD.
2) Press the FMS Knob to activate the cursor.
3) Turn the large FMS Knob to highlight a waypoint with an available METAR (indicated with a METAR flag next
to it). The METAR text will appear in the ‘SELECTED WAYPOINT WEATHER’ window below.
4) When finished, press the FMS Knob to remove the cursor or press the FPL Key to exit the Active Flight Plan
Page.
TodisplaytheMETARlegend(Figure6-26)ontheWeatherDataLink(XM)Page,selecttheLEGEND
SoftkeywhenMETARsareselectedfordisplay.
TheMETARagcolorisdeterminedbytheinformationintheMETARtext.AgrayMETARagisdisplayed
whentheMETARtextdoesnotcontainadequateinformation.