Garmin GPS III Owner's Manual

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The ‘Airport’, ‘VOR’ and ‘NDB’ information pages also allow you to retrieve thedesired waypoint by entering the facility name or the city name.To select the desired waypoint, by facility or city name:1. Use the rocker keypad to highlight the facility name or city name field. Press ENTER.2. Use the rocker keypad to enter the desired name—UP/DOWN to change eachcharacter and RIGHT to move to the next character.3. As the name is entered, the GPS III Pilot will scroll through the database, displayingany waypoints with the same letters you have entered to that point. In some instancesthere may be more than one waypoint with the desired name. (This often occurs whensearching by city name.) To view all waypoints with the desired name, continuespelling the name with the rocker keypad. Once the name appears on-screen,continue to press UP/DOWN on the rocker keypad to view all entries for that name.4. When the desired waypoint is displayed, press ENTER.Airport Information PageThe Airport Information Page displays the identifier, facility name, city, position,elevation and available fuels for the selected airport. Position and elevation informa-tion will be in the format specified on the Setup pages (see page 77). Available fuelcan be any of the following types:• AV — AVGAS: 80-87 octane, 100LL, 100-130 octane• JET — Jet A, Jet A-1, Jet A+• MO — MOGAS: 87 octane unleadedAirports, VORs and NDBscan also be selected by thefacility’s name or the citywhere the facility is located.The Airport Information Pageincludes airport position coor-dinates, field elevation andavailable fuels. This page willalso indicate if the facility ispublic use or military.50REFERENCEWaypoint Information Pages