Garmin G1000 Piper PA32 - Manual (Page 218)

GPS NAVIGATION
190-00692-00 Rev. B 5-84 Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for Piper PA32
Airway optional waypoints are not loaded
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.
Load the selected airway segment into the flight plan
When the pilot presses the ENT Key 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.
Figure 5-78 Returning to the Flight Plan Page