GNS Part VI SIDs and STARs

In this part 6 of our series covering the Garmin GNS 430 and 530 GPS navigators, we dive in to how to fly Standard Instrument Departures (SIDs) and Standard Terminal Arrival Routes (STARs). These time-saving tools can simplify your IFR routing into and out of many airports. But, if you're not sure about how to do them, or not aware of a couple major issues with the way they're implemented in the GNS navigators, they can lead to confusion, maybe even a Pilot Deviation, and in the worst case, an accident.

This program shows how to choose, load, modify, and fly SIDs and STARs. We cover a couple of these issues that have caused pilots to have problems, and how to work around them. We'll finish up with a technique for entering a complex Obstacle Departure Procedure manually into the GNS Flight Plan.

Visit Captain Brian Schiff's information web page, with links to some tools and documents pertaining to this series, here: https://www.captainschiff.com/gns101