IFD400 Series Pilot Guide
FMS Subsystem 2-11
When a departure is selected from the initial dropdown, a
sequence of dropdowns may be presented to allow the selection
of an enroute transition and a runway transition. The structure of
the departure and the presence of a selected runway will impact
whether a specific dropdown is presented.
The FMS processes enroute transitions first. If the departure has
more than one published enroute transition, the FMS will present
a dropdown showing those transitions and a transition must be
selected. If the departure has only one published enroute
transition, the FMS will automatically select that one and no
dropdown for enroute transitions will be presented. There are
departures that have no published enroute transitions. In those
cases, this entire step is skipped.
Departure Enroute Transition Dropdown
COOL FEATURE
If a departure has at least one enroute transition and
the departure has a common segment after runway
transitions from which all enroute transitions are
started, the dropdown menu will contain an option
for "None". Selecting "None" will cause the
departure to terminate at the end of the common
segment.
Once the enroute transition has been selected, the FMS will
process runway transitions. There are departures that do not
have published runway transitions. For those cases, the rest of
this process is skipped and the selected procedure and enroute
transition are inserted into the flight plan. Otherwise, the FMS
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