Garmin GNS 530 Pilot's Manual & Reference

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GNS 530(A) Pilot’s Guide and Reference190-00181-00 Rev. H 7-1SECTION 7WPT PAGESSECTION 7: WPT PAGES7.1 WPT PAGE GROUPSection 3.1 introduced the GNS 530’s main page groups(Table 7-1)—NAV, WPT, AUX, NRST—and describedeach page in the NAV group. This second page group(WPT) provides information for the thousands of airports,VORs, NDBs, intersections, runways, frequencies, andprocedures stored on the Jeppesen NavData card. A WPTpage is also provided to display information for up to1,000 user-created waypoints.Page GroupsNAV Group WPT Group AUX Group NRST Groupsee Section 3 10 WPT Pages see Section 10 see Section 8Table 7-1 Page GroupsAirport Location Airport Runway Airport Frequency Airport ApproachAirport Arrival Airport Departure Intersection NDBVOR User WaypointFigure 7-1 WPT PagesQuickly selecting a WPT page:1) From any page, press and hold the CLR Key toselect the Default NAV Page (this step may beskipped if the unit is already displaying any ofthe main pages.)2) Turn the large right knob to select the WPTPage Group. ‘WPT’ appears along the bottomof the screen.3) Turn the small right knob to select the desiredWPT page.NOTE: The GNS 530 uses International CivilAviation Organization (ICAO) identifiers for allairports. All U.S. airport identifiers which containonly letters use the prefix ‘K’. For example, LosAngeles International is KLAX under the ICAOstandard. Other airports, such as Otten Memorial(3VS), that contain numbers in the identifier, donot require the ‘K’ prefix. Many foreign countriesuse two letter prefixes.The WPT Page Group includes ten pages (Figure7-1). While viewing any WPT page, turn the small rightknob to select a different WPT page. The first six pagesprovide detailed information for the selected airport:location, runways, frequencies, approaches, arrivals, anddepartures. The last four pages provide information forintersections, NDBs, VORs, and user-created waypoints.After a WPT page is selected, information for a waypointmay be viewed by entering the identifier (or name) of thedesired waypoint. Airports, NDBs, and VORs may beselected by identifier, facility name, or location (city).