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GNS-XL Flight Management System
Rev. 4
Nov/04
The following procedures allow the pilot to automatically add way-
points stored in the database, as part of a SID, STAR, APPROACH,
or Enroute Airway, to either a Stored or Active Flight Plan. These
procedures provide an abbreviated method of waypoint entry, elimi-
nating the need to enter individual waypoint identifiers for SIDs,
STARs, APPROACHes and Airways.
NOTE: When a SID, STAR, APPROACH or Enroute Airway is
added to an existing flight plan, duplicate waypoints may occur. To
avoid an inconsistent flight plan and resulting map display, it may be
necessary to delete any duplicate waypoints. Also, the routings and
coordinates must be verified by the operator. These procedures
must not be used in lieu of charts.
Due to the way the GNS-XL database is structured, waypoints must
have unique identifiers. However, some duplicate identifiers exist for
more than one waypoint location. These waypoints are primarily
located on APPROACHES, SIDS and STARS. In these cases the
waypoint identifiers are renamed in the database as a 6 character
identifier. Two naming conventions are used, one for four character
identifiers and one for five character identifiers.
Four character waypoints have the first four characters but add the
last two characters of the ICAO airport identifier as shown in the fol-
lowing example:
MA11 at KPRC becomes MA11RC in the database.
Five character waypoints have the first five characters but add the
last character of the ICAO airport identifier as shown in the following
example:
MA27L at KOAK becomes MA27LK in the database.
ENTERING A SID ON THE ACTIVE FPL
NOTE: These procedures
may also be used with a
stored flight plan.
1. FPL Key - DEPRESS to
display Active FPL Page.
2. Line Select Key - DE-
PRESS to position cursor
over the DEPART? field
(Figure 3-22).
>
<
<
<
<
ACTIVE FPL 1/1
FR KSEA - KLAX
TO KLAX
*****
DEPART ?
ARRIVE ETE
APPROACH ERASE
Figure 3-22