Cockpit Reference Guide

Garmin G1000 Cockpit Reference Guide for the Cessna Nav III
190-00384-12 Rev. A
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SECTION 8 – FLIGHT PLANNING
5) After placing the cursor at the desired point in the
list of waypoints, press the LD WPT Softkey.
6) To change the user waypoint name, follow the
procedure for modifying a user waypoint.
8.21 TRIP PLANNING
1) Turn the large FMS Knob to select the ‘AUX’ page
group.
2) Turn the small FMS Knob to select TRIP
PLANNING.
3) The current page mode is displayed at the top of the
page: ‘AUTOMATIC’ or ‘MANUAL’. To change the
page mode, press the AUTO or MANUAL Softkey.
Figure 8-23 Trip Planning Page
Starting WPT Ending WPT
4) For Direct-to planning, press the WPTS Softkey and
verify that the starting waypoint field indicates
‘P.POS’ (present position). If necessary, press the
MENU Key and select ‘Set WPT to Present Position’
to display ‘P.POS’. Press the ENT Key and the
flashing cursor moves to the ending waypoint field.
Turn the FMS Knobs to enter the identifier of the
ending waypoint and press the ENT Key to accept
the waypoint.
Or :
For point-to-point planning, turn the FMS Knobs to
enter the identifier of the starting waypoint. Once
the waypoints identifier is entered, press the ENT
Key to accept the waypoint. The flashing cursor
moves to the ending waypoint. Again, turn the FMS
Knobs to enter the identifier of the ending waypoint
and press the ENT Key to accept the waypoint.
Or :
For flight plan leg planning, press the FPL Softkey (at
the bottom of the display) and turn the small FMS
Knob to select the desired flight plan (already stored
in memory), by number. Turn the large FMS Knob
to highlight the ‘LEG’ field and turn the small FMS
Knob to select the desired leg of the flight plan, or
select ‘CUM’ to apply trip planning calculations to
the entire flight plan. Selecting ‘FPL 00’ displays the
active flight plan. If the active flight plan is selected,
‘REM’ is an available option to display planning
data for the remainder of the flight plan.
NOTE: The Page Mode must be set to MANUAL
to perform the following steps.
5) Turn the large FMS Knob to highlight the departure
time (DEP TIME) field.
NOTE: The departure time on the Trip Planning
Page is used for preflight planning. Refer to the
Utility Page for the actual flight departure time.
6) Turn the FMS Knobs to enter the departure time.
Press the ENT Key when finished. (Departure time
may be entered in local or UTC time, depending
upon system settings).