Viewing airport information by facility
name or city:
1) Select the Airport Location Page (see page 6).
2) Press the small right knob to activate the
cursor.
3) Turn the large right knob to highlight the
facility name (second line) or the city (third
line) field.
4) Turn the small and large right knob to enter
the facility name or city location of the desired
destination waypoint. When spelling the
facility name or city, the GPS 500’s Spell’N’Find
feature will select the first entry in the database
based upon the characters that have been
entered up to that point.
5) Once the facility name or city is entered, the
information for that airport appears on the
page. Press the ENT Key to accept the selected
airport.
6) To view the other airport information pages,
press the small right knob to remove the
flashing cursor and turn the small right knob
to select the desired page.
DEFAULT NAV PAGE
Course
Deviation
Indicator
(CDI)
User-Selectable Data Fields (all four corners)
Active Leg
of Flight
Plan, or
Direct-to
Destination
Current Page Group
Number of Pages in
Current Page Group
Position of Current
Page within Current
Page Group
Map
Range
The following symbols are used on the Default NAV
Page (directly above the CDI), to depict the ‘active leg’ of
a flight plan or direct to:
Symbol Description
Direct-to a Waypoint
Course to a Waypoint, or Desired Course
between Two Waypoints
Procedure Turn
Procedure Turn
Vectors-to-Final
DME Arc to the Left
DME Arc to the Right
Left-hand Holding Pattern
Right-hand Holding Pattern
