7 - NRST PAGES146Nearest AirportsNearest Airport PageThe Nearest Airport Page displays the identifier,symbol, bearing and distance to the 25 nearest airports(within 200 nautical miles of your present position).For each airport listed, the Nearest Airport Page alsoindicates the best available approach, common traf-fic advisory frequency (CTAF) and the length of thelongest runway.The Nearest Airport Page can be configured toexclude shorter runways or undesirable runwaysurface types, so that the corresponding airports donot appear on the list. You may wish to use this featureto exclude seaplane bases or runway lengths whichwould be difficult or impossible to land upon.The Nearest Airport Page may be used to quicklytune the COM transceiver (GNS 530W only) to anearby airport. The selected frequency is placed in thestandby field of the COM window and activated usingthe COM flip-flop key.Airport Identifier,Symbol, Bearing Toand Distance ToTower or CTAFFrequency andLongest RunwayBest AvailableApproachFirst Page inNRST GroupScroll BarTo quickly tune the common traffic advisory fre-quency (CTAF) from the Nearest Airport Page (GNS530W only):1. Select the Nearest Airport Page.2. Press the small right knob to activate thecursor.3. Turn the large right knob to scroll through thelist, highlighting the COM frequency associatedwith the desired airport.To quickly tune to a frequency on the NearestAirport Page, highlight the desired frequencyand press ENT.4. Press ENT to place the selected frequency inthe standby field of the COM window.5. Press the COM flip-flop key to activate theselected frequency.Press the COM flip-flop key to activate theselected frequency.
