Garmin APOLLO GX 55 User Manual - Flight Plan Functions
Flight Plan Functions
Flight plans are specific routes between waypoints you may store in the Apollo GX55’s
memory. This information is used to calculate useful flight statistics. The Flight Plan
function allows you to have up to 30 stored flight plans. Each flight plan may have up to
20 legs. The Active flight plan is always used for the current flight. Inactive flight plans
may be activated in the Flight Plan function to be copied to the Active flight plan.
Flight Plan Leg pages show the leg number and FROM and TO waypoint identifiers on
the display, along with the bearing and distance between the FROM and TO waypoints.
One asterisk (*) next to the leg number means that the displayed leg is in the Active flight
plan. Two asterisks (**) mean that the displayed leg is the active leg and shows the
current FROM and TO waypoints which are being used for navigation.
Flight Plan
Pages
The first page of each flight plan is the Name Page. The Name Page displays the flight
plan name, total distance, and the destination waypoint. Distance is displayed as 0.0 to
99.9 nm at 0.1 nm resolution and 100 to 99999 nm at 1 nm resolution. A diamond
Y
at the
right side of the display indicates that more pages can be viewed by turning the Small
knob.
Reaching the Flight Plan Function
1. Press FPL to reach the Flight Plan function. You may need to press NAV first if you
were viewing the moving map. Turn the Large knob to view the Flight Plan pages.
*Active* 259nm
Dest Wpt: PDT
Active ·
2. Turn the Small knob to view the individual legs of a flight plan.
EUG to SLE
1** 353° 48.0nm
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Active Flight Plan
The first plan in the Flight Plan function is the Active plan and is noted by the name
*Active* with asterisks. This name cannot be changed in the Active page.
*Active* 259nm
Dest Wpt: PDT
Active ·
Flight Plan Functions
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