Boeing 737-800 - Along Track Displacement; Entering Created Waypoints on the Route or Route Legs Pages; Entering Created Waypoints on the Nav Data Pages

737 Flight Crew Operations Manual
Supplementary Procedures -
Flight Management, Navigation
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D6-27370-866-EGP SP.11.9
Along Track Displacement
RTE LEGS page ............................................................................. Select
Line select the reference waypoint to the scratch pad. Add a “/” and
the + or – distance desired. (EX: SEA/15 for a point 15 miles
downtrack from SEA)
Line select the reference waypoint. (The FMC will automatically
position the created waypoint to appropriate position.)
EXEC key .........................................................................................Push
Observe the MOD RTE LEGS page change to ACT.
Entering Created Waypoints on the Route or Route Legs Pages
Note: Created waypoints are stored in the temporary navigation data
base for one flight only.
RTE or RTE LEGS page ................................................................. Select
Using any of the following methods, key into the scratch pad the
parameters which define the new created waypoint (place identifiers
must already be stored in one of the FMC data bases):
• Place bearing/distance (for example, SEA250/40);
• Place bearing/place bearing (for example, SEA180/ELN270);
• Along–track displacement (for example, SEA/-10);
• Latitude and longitude (for example, N4731.8W12218.3).
Enter into the route by line selecting to the appropriate waypoint
sequence.
Repeat the above steps to define additional created waypoints as desired.
Correct any ROUTE DISCONTINUITY.
EXEC key .........................................................................................Push
Observe the MOD RTE or MOD RTE LEGS page changes to ACT
(for an inactive route, activate and execute on the RTE or RTE
LEGS page).
Entering Created Waypoints on the Nav Data Pages
Note: Created waypoints entered on the SUPP NAV DATA pages
(permitted on the ground only) are stored in the supplemental
navigation data base for an indefinite time period; those entered
on REF NAV DATA pages are stored in the temporary navigation
data base for one flight only.
September 24, 2015