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Change the displayed data using the “Change Fields?” option. 
Highlight the data field you wish to change and turn the small  right knob to display available data types. 
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 is currently used for navigation guidance). 
“Activate Leg?” selects the highlighted flight plan leg as the 
leg currently in use for navigation guidance (even if it isn’t the  closest leg). 
To activate a flight plan along a specific leg: 
1.  From the Active Flight Plan Page, press the 
small right  knob to activate the cursor and 
turn the large right knob to highlight the 
desired destination waypoint. 
2.  Press  MENU, select the “Activate Leg?” option 
from the Active Flight Plan Page Options and 
press ENT. 
3.   A confirmation window appears. With “Acti-
vate?” highlighted, press ENT. 
Crossfill
Crossfill? allows you to transfer a direct-to destina-
tion, the active flight plan including VNAV parameters, 
any stored flight plan, or user waypoints to a second 
400W-series or 500W-series Garmin unit. 
See Section 9 - Aux Pages - Flight Planning - Crossfill 
Operation for additional details on using the 
“Crossfill?” option. 
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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. See the description on a previous 
page in the Flight Plan section. 
Invert Flight Plan
Invert Flight Plan? reverses the active flight plan.  
See the description on a previous page in the Flight 
Plan section. 
Delete Flight Plan
Delete Flight Plan? allows you to remove all 
waypoints from the active flight plan. (Deleting a 
flight plan does not delete the waypoints con
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tained in the flight plan from the database or user 
waypoint memory.) 
“Delete Flight Plan?” cancels navigation and  removes the active flight plan from memory.   
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.) 
Published instrument approaches can be selected and used from the Active Flight 
Plan Options, or by pressing the PROC key.  The “Select Approach?” option appears in  both places. 
To select an approach for a direct-to or flight plan 
destination airport: 
1.  From the Active Flight Plan Page, press 
MENU to display the Active Flight Plan Page 
Options. 
2.   Highlight the “Select Approach?” option and 
press ENT. 
3.   A window appears listing the available 
approaches for your destination airport. Turn 
the  small right knob to highlight the desired 
approach and press ENT. 
4.   A second window appears 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 
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final course segment of the approach and will 
provide navigation guidance to intercept this 
final course.) 
5.   Turn the large right knob to highlight “Load?” 
or “Activate?” and press ENT. “Load?” adds 
the approach to the flight plan without imme-
diately using the approach for navigation guid-
ance. This allows you to continue navigating 
the original flight plan until cleared for the 
approach, but keeps the approach available 
for quick activation when needed. “Activate?” 
adds the approach to the flight plan and begins 
navigating the approach course. 
6.   For precision approaches, and non-precision 
approaches not approved for GPS, a reminder 
window appears indicating that GPS guidance 
on such approaches is strictly for monitoring 
only. To confirm this reminder, highlight “Yes?” 
and press ENT. 
Select Arrival
Select Arrival? allows you to select a published 
standard terminal arrival route (STAR) for the destina
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tion airport, or replace the current arrival with a new 
selection. (See Section 5 - Procedures for information 
on selecting arrivals using the PROC key.) Arrivals are 
not available for all airports, in which case the arrival 
windows will show “NONE.”
To select an arrival for a direct-to or flight plan 
destination airport: 
1.   From the Active Flight Plan Page, press 
MENU to display the Active Flight Plan Page 
Options. 
2.   Highlight the “Select Arrival?” option and press 
ENT. 
“Select Arrival?” and “Select Departure?” 
allow you to select and use published arrival  routes (STARs) and published instrument  departures (SIDs). 
3.  A window appears listing the available arrivals 
for your destination airport. Turn the small 
right  knob to select the desired arrival and 
press ENT. 
4.   A second window appears listing available 
transitions for the arrival. Turn the small 
right knob to highlight the desired transition 
waypoint and press ENT. 
5.   A third window appears listing available runways 
for the arrival. Turn the small right knob to 
highlight the desired runway and press ENT. 
Once the arrival or departure is selected, a 
window  appears to select the desired transi- tion waypoint. 
6.  With “Load?” highlighted, press ENT . The 
arrival is now inserted into your flight plan. 
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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 
500W-series unit uses the nearest airport as a refer
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ence when displaying available departures. (See 
Section 5 - Procedures for information on selecting 
departures using the PROC key.) Departures are 
not available for all airports, in which case the 
departure windows will show “NONE.” 
To select a departure for the departure airport: 
1.  From the Active Flight Plan Page, press 
MENU to display the Active Flight Plan Page 
Options. 
2.   Highlight the “Select Departure?” option from 
the Active Flight Plan Page Options and press 
ENT. 
3.   A window appears listing the available depar -
tures for your departure airport. Turn the small 
right  knob to select the desired departure and 
press ENT. 
4.   A second window appears listing available 
transitions for the departure. Turn the  small 
right knob to highlight the desired transition 
waypoint and press ENT. 
5.    A third window appears listing available run-
ways for the departure. Turn the small right 
knob to highlight the desired runway and press 
ENT. 
6.   With “Load?” highlighted, press ENT . The 
departure is now inserted into your flight 
plan. 
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. 
Approaches, arrivals and departures can all  be removed from the active flight plan by selecting the corresponding “Remove...”  option. 
To remove an approach, arrival or departure from 
the active flight plan: 
1.  From the Active Flight Plan Page, press MENU 
to display the Active Flight Plan Page Options. 
2.  Select the “Remove Approach?”, “Remove 
Arrival?” or “Remove Departure?” option and 
press ENT. 
3.   A confirmation window appears listing the pro -
cedure you are about to remove. With “Yes?” 
highlighted, press ENT. 
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Closest Point of FPL
Closest Point of FPL? calculates the bearing and 
closest distance at which a flight plan passes from 
a reference waypoint. May also be used to create a 
new user waypoint along the flight plan at the loca
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tion closest to a chosen reference waypoint. 
To determine the closest point where the ac-tive flight plan passes a particular waypoint,  use the “Closest Point of FPL?” option. A 
waypoint can be added to the flight plan at  the calculated location. 
To determine the closest point, along the active 
flight plan, to a selected waypoint: 
1.  From the Active Flight Plan Page, press 
MENU to display the Active Flight Plan Page 
Options. 
2.   Select the “Closest Point of FPL?” option from 
the Active Flight Plan Page Options and press 
ENT. 
3.    A window appears with the reference waypoint 
field highlighted. Use the small and large 
right  knobs to enter the identifier of the refer -
ence waypoint and press ENT. 
4.    The 500W-series unit displays the bearing 
(BRG) and distance (DIST) to the closest point 
along the flight plan, from the selected refer -
ence 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 is derived from the 
identifier of the reference waypoint. 
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, a 
message will state “Parallel offset terminating in X 
seconds”. The message will be given when the aircraft 
reaches the offset distance from the end of the parallel 
track. This will give the pilot sufficient time to inter
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cept the original course. 
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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
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. 
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. 
6.  Activate? is highlighted. Press ENT to activate 
the selected Parallel Track. Or, press CLR or the 
small right knob (CRSR) to cancel Parallel 
Track selection. 
After activating Parallel Track, the flight plan  
will show “-P” for each leg to indicate 
Parallel Track is active and GPS-PTK will be  annunciated in the lower left corner. 
After setting a parallel track to your current 
flight plan, a magenta parallel track line will  be drawn offset from the original by the se-lected distance. The original course line will 
be drawn in white. The aircraft will navigate  to the parallel track course line. 
Original 
flight plan 
course line
Parallel Track 
offset waypoint
Present
Position
Original 
waypoint
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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. 
Changing fields for the active flight 
plan. 
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 short
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cuts speed the process of removing approaches, depar-
tures 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 right. 
To remove an approach, departure or arrival using 
the CLR key: 
To remove an approach, departure 
or arrival from the active flight plan, 
highlight the procedure name (appears  in light blue text) and press CLR. 
1.  With the Active Flight Plan Page displayed, 
press the small right knob to activate the 
cursor. 
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2.  Turn the large right knob to highlight the title 
for the approach, departure or arrival you wish 
to delete. Titles 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. 
This same process may also be used to remove 
individual waypoints from the active flight plan. 
To remove an individual waypoint from  the active flight plan, highlight the 
waypoint you wish to remove and press  CLR. 
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 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?” option is discussed earlier, 
which allows you to specify which leg of the flight 
plan is currently used for navigation guidance. A 
shortcut also exists for this operation, using the 
direct-to key. 
From the Active Flight Plan Page, use the  direct-to key (press twice) to activate a  highlighted route leg...
...including any portion of an instrument 
procedure, such as a procedure turn, DME arc  or holding pattern. 
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. 
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Flight Plan Shortcuts
When using instrument procedures, this feature 
can be used not only to activate a specific point-to-
point leg, but to also activate a departure, an arrival, 
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 WPT page 
group. 
To review a procedure while viewing a flight plan 
page: 
1.    With the 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
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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 way
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points 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 500W 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 confirm selections and initi-
ate transfers. 
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