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GNS 430(A) Pilot’s Guide and Reference

190-00140-00 Rev. P

8-4

SECTION 8

NRST PAGES

8.2 NEAREST AIRPORT PAGE

The Nearest Airport Page displays the identifier, symbol,

bearing, and distance to the nine nearest airports (within
200 nm of the present position). For each airport listed,
the Nearest Airport Page also indicates the best available
approach, common traffic advisory frequency (CTAF),
and the length of the longest runway (Figure 8-9).

Figure 8-9 Nearest Airport Page

Airport Identifier

Symbol, Bearing To,

and Distance To

Best Available

Approach

Current Page Group

Scroll

Bar

Tower or CTAF

Frequency and

Longest Runway

Position of

Current Page

within Current

Page Group

Number of Pages in

Current Page Group

The Nearest Airport Page can be configured to exclude

shorter runways or undesirable runway surface types,
so that the corresponding airports do not appear on the
list. The pilot may wish to use this feature to exclude
seaplane bases or runway lengths which would be difficult
or impossible to land upon. See Section 10.5, Setup Page
2: Nearest Airport Criteria for additional details.

The Nearest Airport Page may be used to quickly tune

the COM transceiver to a nearby airport. The selected
frequency is placed in the standby field of the COM
Window and activated using the COM Flip-flop Key.

To quickly tune the common traffic advisory
frequency (CTAF) from the Nearest Airport
Page:

1) Select the Nearest Airport Page, using the steps

outlined in Section 8.1.

2) Press the small right knob to activate the

cursor.

3) Turn the large right knob to scroll through the

list, highlighting the COM frequency associated
with the desired airport (Figure 8-10).

Figure 8-10 COM Frequency Highlighted

4) Press the ENT Key to place the selected

frequency in the standby field of the COM
Window (Figure 8-11).

Figure 8-11 Frequency Moved to Standby Field

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