Garmin G900X Pilot's Manual - page 257
GPS NAVIGATION
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Figure 5-81 Loading the Airway into the Flight Plan
Not all of the waypoints available in the database for an airway are actually needed to define the route. All
of the airway waypoints are made available to choose as an exit waypoint, but when the airway is actually
loaded into the flight plan, the “optional” waypoints are not included.
For the purpose of this discussion, “optional” waypoints on an airway are those waypoints that meet all of
the following criteria:
• The waypoint is not a navaid (VOR or NDB)
• The waypoint is not needed to define a course change
• The waypoint is not an ATC compulsory reporting point
In the example, airway V12 was loaded after entry waypoint ANX ending with exit waypoint TOY. There
are a total of 10 waypoints available in that segment: ANX, OCTAM, FRANC, HUCKS, COU, STITH, FTZ,
AUGST, SNYDR and TOY, however only 5 are actually needed to define the route: ANX, FRANC, COU, FTZ
and TOY.
It is possible that one of the “optional” waypoints (OCTAM, HUCKS, STITH, AUGST or SNYDR) could be
needed later - see the discussion of inserting airway optional waypoints below for more about that.
When the
ENT
Key is pressed with the cursor over the LOAD prompt on the Airway Loading Page, the
selected airway segment is loaded into the flight plan. The system returns to the Flight Plan Page with the
cursor position placed on the line just after the exit waypoint of the airway segment.