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2.   Turn the large right knob to highlight “Delete 
Flight Plan?” and press ENT. 
3.   With “Yes?” highlighted, press ENT to delete 
the flight plan. 
Deleting All Flight Plans
Delete All Flight Plans? allows you to remove all 
flight plans from memory. 
To delete all flight plans: 
1.   Select the “Delete All Flight Plans?” option 
from the flight plan catalog options and press 
ENT. 
2.   A confirmation window will appear. With 
“Yes?” highlighted, press ENT. 
 Sort  List By Number?/Sort List by Comment? 
Sort List By Number?/Sort List by Comment? 
The sorting function allows you to select between a 
flight plan catalog sorted numerically by the flight plan 
number or sorted alphanumerically based upon the 
comment assigned to each flight plan. When either 
option is selected, the other option will appear on the 
flight plan catalog options window. 
To sort the catalog listing by number or comment: 
1.   Select the “Sort List By Number?” or “Sort List 
By Comment?” option (whichever is currently 
displayed) from the flight plan catalog options 
and press ENT. 
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Active Flight Plan Page
The active flight plan page provides information 
and editing functions for “flight plan 00”— the flight 
plan currently in use for navigation. Once you have 
activated a flight plan, the active flight plan page will 
show each waypoint for the flight plan, along with the 
desired track (DTK) and distance (DIS) for each leg. 
The data fields for DTK and DIS are user-selectable 
and may be changed to display cumulative distance 
(CUM) to each waypoint, estimated time of arrival 
(ETA), estimated time en route (ETE) or en route safe 
altitude (ESA). 
To change a data field on the active flight plan 
page: 
1.   With the active flight plan page displayed, press 
MENU to display the active flight plan page 
options window. 
2.   Turn  the large right knob to highlight 
“Change Fields?” and press ENT. 
3.   Turn the large right knob to highlight the field 
you wish to change. 
4.   Turn the small right knob to select the desired 
data item and press ENT. 
5.   Press  the small right knob to remove the 
cursor. 
To restore factory default settings for data fields 
on the active flight plan page: 
1.   With the active flight plan page displayed, press 
MENU to display the active flight plan page 
options window. 
2.   Turn  the large right knob to highlight 
“Restore Defaults?” and press ENT. 
Active Flight Plan Options
The following options (some covered on the pre-
ceding pages) are available for the active flight plan: 
• Activate Leg
• Crossfill or Manual GTN Crossfill
• Copy Flight Plan
• Invert Flight Plan
• Delete Flight Plan
• Select Approach
• Select Arrival
• Select Departure
• Remove Approach
• Remove Arrival
• Remove Departure
• Closest Point of Flight Plan
• Parallel Track
• Change Fields
• Restore Defaults
Activate Leg
Activate Leg? activates/reactivates the flight plan 
and selects the highlighted leg as the “active leg” (the 
leg which will currently be used for navigation guid-
ance). 
To activate a flight plan along a specific leg: 
1.   Press  the small right knob to activate the 
cursor and turn the large right knob to highlight 
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Active Flight Plan
the desired destination waypoint. 
2.   Select the “Activate Leg?” option from the 
active flight plan page options and press 
ENT. 
3.   A confirmation window will appear. With 
“Activate?” highlighted, press ENT. 
Crossfill
Crossfill? allows you to transfer the active flight 
plan, including VNAV parameters, between two 
400W- or 500W-series Garmin units in a dual unit 
installation. See the description on a previous page 
in the Flight Plan section. See Section 9 - Aux Pages 
- Flight Planning - Crossfill Operation for additional 
details on using the “Crossfill?” option. 
Manual GTN Crossfill
Manual GTN Crossfill? allows you to transfer user 
waypoints to a GTN unit or receive information from a 
GTN unit. 
See Section 9 - Aux Pages - Flight Planning - Manual 
GTN Crossfill Operation for additional details on 
using the “Manual GTN Crossfill?” option. 
Copy Flight Plan
Copy Flight Plan? copies the active flight plan 
to a flight plan catalog location. The copy function 
is useful for duplicating the active flight plan before 
making changes. This feature is described earlier in 
this section. 
Invert Flight Plan
 
Invert Flight Plan? reverses the active flight plan. 
This feature is described earlier in this section. 
1.  With the Active Flight Plan Page displayed, 
press MENU to display the Active Flight Plan 
Page Options window. 
2.  Turn the large right knob to highlight “Invert 
Flight Plan?” and press ENT. 
Delete Flight Plan
Delete Flight Plan? allows you to remove all 
waypoints from the selected flight plan. Deleting a 
flight plan does not delete the waypoints contained 
in the flight plan from the database or user waypoint 
memory. This feature is described earlier in this sec-
tion. 
1.  With the Active Flight Plan Page displayed, 
press MENU to display the Active Flight Plan 
Page Options window. 
2.  Turn the large right knob to highlight “Delete 
Flight Plan?” and press ENT. 
3.  A window will appear with the message 
“Delete all flight plans?”. Turn the large right 
knob to highlight “Yes” or “No”. Press ENT. 
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Active Flight Plan Options
Select Approach
Select Approach? allows you to select a published 
instrument approach for the destination airport, or 
replace the current approach with a new selection. In 
many cases, you’ll find it more convenient to select 
approaches using the PROC key— as described in 
Section 5 - Procedures. 
To select an approach for a direct-to or flight plan 
destination airport: 
1.  Press MENU and choose the “Select 
Approach?” option from the active flight plan 
page options with the large right knob and 
press ENT. 
2.   A window will appear listing the available 
approaches for your destination airport. Turn 
the small right knob to highlight the desired 
approach and press ENT. 
3.   A second window will appear listing available 
transitions for the approach. Turn the small 
right knob to highlight the desired transi-
tion waypoint and press ENT. (The “Vectors” 
option assumes you will receive vectors to the 
final course segment of the approach and will 
provide navigation guidance to intercept this 
final course.) 
4.   Turn the large right knob to highlight “Load?” 
or “Activate?” and press ENT. “Load?” will 
add the approach to the flight plan without 
immediately using the approach for navigation 
guidance. This allows you to continue navigat-
ing the original flight plan until cleared for the 
approach—but, keeps the approach available 
for quick activation when needed. 
5.   For approaches not approved for GPS, a 
reminder window will appear indicating that 
GPS guidance on such approaches is strictly 
for monitoring only. To confirm this reminder, 
highlight “Yes?” and press ENT. 
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Select Arrival
Select Arrival? allows you to select a published 
standard terminal arrival route (STAR) for the destina-
tion airport, or replace the current arrival with a new 
selection.  
To select an arrival for a direct-to or flight plan 
destination airport: 
1.    Select the “Select Arrival?” option from the 
active flight plan page options and press 
ENT. 
2.   A window will appear listing the available 
transitions for your destination airport. Turn 
the small right knob to highlight the desired 
transition waypoint and press ENT. 
3.   A second window will appear listing available 
runways for the transition. Turn the small 
right knob to highlight the desired runway 
and press ENT. 
4.   With “Load?” highlighted, press ENT. 
Select Departure
Select Departure? allows you to select a pub-
lished standard instrument departure (SID) for the 
departure airport, or replace the current departure 
with a new selection. When using a direct-to, the 
400W-series will use the nearest airport as a reference 
when displaying available departures. See Sec 5 - Pro-
cedures for information on selecting departures using 
the PROC key. 
To select a departure for the departure airport: 
1.   Select the “Select Departure?” option from 
the active flight plan page options and press 
ENT. 
2.   A window will appear listing the available 
departures for your departure airport. Turn 
the small right knob to select the desired 
departure and press ENT. 
3.   A second window will appear listing available 
transitions for the departure. Turn the small 
right knob to highlight the desired transition 
waypoint and press ENT. 
4.   With “Load?” highlighted, press ENT. 
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Active Flight Plan Options
Remove Approach, Arrival,  or  Departure
Remove Approach? deletes the currently selected 
approach from the active flight plan. Remove Arrival? 
deletes the current Arrival (STAR) from the active 
flight plan. Remove Departure? deletes the current 
departure (SID) from the active flight plan. 
To remove an approach, arrival or departure from 
the active flight plan: 
1.  Press MENU and turn the large right knob 
to select the “Remove Approach?”, “Remove 
Arrival?” or “Remove Departure?” option from 
the active flight plan page options and press 
ENT. 
2.   A confirmation window will appear listing 
the procedure you are about to remove. With 
“Yes?” highlighted, press ENT. 
Closest Point of FPL
Closest Point of FPL? calculates the bearing and 
closest distance that a flight plan will pass from a refer-
ence waypoint. May also be used to create a new user 
waypoint along the flight plan at the location closest to 
the reference waypoint. 
To determine the closest point, along the active 
flight plan, to a selected waypoint: 
1.   Select the “Closest Point of FPL?” option from 
the active flight plan page options and press 
ENT. 
2.   A window will appear with the reference 
waypoint field highlighted. Use the small and 
large right knobs to enter the identifier of the 
reference waypoint and press ENT. 
3.   A confirmation window will appear for the 
selected reference waypoint. Press ENT to 
accept the waypoint. 
4.   The 400W-series will display the bearing (BRG) 
and distance (DIST) to the closest point along 
the flight plan, from the selected reference 
waypoint. To create a user waypoint at this 
location and add it to the flight plan, highlight 
“Load?” and press ENT. The name for the new 
user waypoint will be derived from the identi-
fier of the reference waypoint. 
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Active Flight Plan Options
Parallel Track
Parallel Track? allows you to create a parallel 
course offset of 1 to 99 NM to the left or right of your 
current flight plan. After setting a parallel track to your 
current flight plan, a magenta parallel track line will be 
drawn offset from the original by the selected distance. 
The original course line will be drawn in white. The 
aircraft will navigate to the parallel track course line. 
When you reach the end of the flight plan, an 
annunciator message will state “PTK END X S”. The 
message will give the pilot sufficient time to intercept 
the original course. 
Points to remember with Parallel Track: 
• You must have an active flight plan
• The current leg must support parallel track
• Parallel track is not allowed for the active leg of an 
approach
• Parallel track is not allowed if the active leg is not a 
track-to-fix or direct-to-fix leg
• Parallel track may be allowed but not the selected 
offset distance
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To set a parallel track to your flight plan. 
1.   With the Active Flight Plan Page displayed, 
press MENU to display the Active Flight Plan 
Page Options window. 
Select “Parallel Track?” to set a parallel track 
to your current flight plan. 
2.  Turn the large right knob to highlight “Parallel 
Track?” and press ENT. 
3.  Turn the small and large right knobs to 
set the Offset Distance value and then press 
ENT. 
Turn the small and large knobs to select the 
parallel track distance from your current  flight plan. 
4.  Turn the large right knob to highlight the 
Offset Direction. 
5.  Turn the small right knob to select the desired 
Offset Direction and press ENT. 
Turn the small and large knobs to select the 
parallel track direction from your current  flight plan. 
6. Activate? is highlighted. Press ENT to activate 
the selected Parallel Track. Or, press CLR or the 
CRSR to cancel Parallel Track selection. 
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Active Flight Plan Shortcuts
To cancel a parallel track to your flight plan. 
1.  With the Active Flight Plan Page displayed, 
press MENU to display the Active Flight Plan 
Page Options window. 
2.  Turn the large right knob to highlight “Parallel 
Track?” and press ENT. 
3.  “Cancel?” is highlighted. Press ENT. 
Change Fields
Change Fields? allows you to select the desired 
data items to display on the active flight plan page. 
1.  With the Active Flight Plan Page displayed, 
press MENU to display the Active Flight Plan 
Page Options window. 
2.  Turn the large right knob to highlight 
“Change Fields?” and press ENT. The  field 
active for selection will flash. Turn the large 
right knob to highlight the field to change. 
3.  Turn the small right knob to open the list of 
selections and continue turning it to highlight 
the desired selection and then press ENT. 
Restore Defaults
Restore Defaults? returns the data items to fac-
tory defaults. 
1.  With the Active Flight Plan Page displayed, 
press MENU to display the Active Flight Plan 
Page Options window. 
2.   Turn  the small right knob to highlight 
“Restore Defaults?” and then press ENT.
Shortcuts
A number of shortcuts are available to save time 
when using the active flight plan page. These shortcuts 
speed the process of removing approaches, departures, 
and arrivals, and aid in selecting a specific flight plan 
leg for navigation guidance. 
On the preceding page, options to remove 
approaches, departures and arrivals were introduced. 
This process may also be completed using the CLR 
key, as described below and illustrated at left. 
To remove an approach, departure, or arrival 
using the CLR key: 
1.   With the active flight plan page displayed, press 
the small right knob to activate the cursor. 
2.   Turn  the large right knob to highlight the 
title for the approach, departure or arrival you 
wish to delete. Titles will appear in light blue 
directly above the procedure’s waypoints. 
3.  Press CLR to display a confirmation window.  
4.   With “Yes?” highlighted, press ENT to remove 
the selected procedure. 
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This same process may also be used to remove 
individual waypoints from the active flight plan. 
To remove a waypoint using the CLR key: 
1.   With the active flight plan page displayed, press 
the small right knob to activate the cursor. 
2.   Turn  the large right knob to highlight the 
identifier for the waypoint you wish to delete. 
Identifiers will appear in green text. 
3.  Press CLR to display a confirmation window. 
4.   With “Yes?” highlighted, press ENT to remove 
the selected procedure. 
The “Activate Leg?” provides a shortcut that allows 
you to specify which leg of the flight plan will cur-
rently be used for navigation guidance, using the 
direct-to key. 
To activate a specific leg of the active flight plan: 
1.   Press  the small right knob to activate the 
cursor and turn the large right knob to high-
light the desired destination waypoint. 
2.  Press direct-to twice to display an “Activate 
Leg” confirmation window. 
3.  With “Activate?” highlighted, press ENT. 
When using instrument procedures, this feature 
can be used not only to activate a specific point-to-
point leg, but to also activate the procedure turn 
portion of an approach, follow a DME arc or activate a 
holding pattern. 
Any approach, departure or arrival can be reviewed 
on the appropriate airport page in the Waypoint page 
group. 
To review a procedure while viewing a flight plan 
page: 
1.   With a flight plan page displayed, press the 
small right knob to activate the cursor. 
2.  Turn the large right knob to highlight the 
procedure header and press ENT to select the 
WPT page group. 
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Flight Plan Transfer Feature (optional with 
software V 3.20 or later)
The Flight Plan Card feature is available for trans-
ferring flight plans to the unit via a Garmin proprietary 
data card. The flight plans may be created on a PC 
using flight planning software that is compatible with 
Garmin equipment (Jeppesen FliteStar is an example). 
In addition to the flight planning software, it is neces-
sary to purchase a flight plan transfer kit from Garmin. 
The kit contains the required hardware (including a 
blank data card and card programmer) and Garmin 
software that must be installed on the PC. Up to 19 
flight plans and 1,000 user waypoints, created using 
the flight planning software, can be loaded on to a 
data card via the PC software and then transferred to 
the 500W Unit using the procedure described below. 
The process can be repeated as many times as desired 
using the same card with different flight plans and user 
waypoints loaded. If additional data cards are desired, 
they can be purchased from Garmin separately. 
 NOTE:  Flight plans are not verified by Garmin, 
it is the pilot’s responsibility to verify all flight 
plans. 
Using the Flight Plan Card to load flight plans into 
the 400W Unit: 
1.  With the unit powered off, remove the Terrain 
Card, located in the right slot. 
2.  Place the Flight Plan Card in the empty right 
slot. 
3.  Apply power to the unit. 
4.  Once initialization has completed, the unit 
will default to the third FPL page (this third 
page only exists when the Flight Plan Card is 
in use). 
5.  Turn the small right knob to select the 
flight plan file to transfer and catalog 
number to use.  Turn the large right knob 
to move between fields. Press ENT to con-
firm selections and initiate transfers. 
 NOTE:  If a user waypoint with the same name 
already exists in the 500W and is more than 10 
meters from the imported user waypoint, the 
imported user waypoint will be automatically 
renamed by adding a digit (0-9) to the end of the 
waypoint’s name. Also, a message will appear 
to inform the user that a waypoint has been 
renamed. 
 NOTE:  Flight plan files that contain only user 
waypoints (with no flight plan route) may be 
transferred. In this case, only the user waypoints 
will be transferred and no flight plans will be 
modified. A message will appear to indicate this. 
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