MD-11 Flight Crew Operations Manual
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FMS.30.26
Pilot-entered Waypoint Formats
This page and the next show examples of flight plan data that will be displayed in the
waypoint field in the left column of the ACT F-PLN pages. This data is for lateral defining
legs, pseudo-waypoints, and flight plan markers.
MCDU COMMENT
WPT TTTT SSS/HHHHH WPT is the termination of a direct leg
(track to a Fix, Direct-To a Fix, or Initial Fix).
AWY
WPT
WPT is a waypoint on a procedure names “airway”.
N34W117 Waypoint pilot-defined as Lat/Long = n34 xx.x’/w117 yy.y’
ABWPT Waypoint abeam of WPT, entered via the DIR to page.
PBS HH Waypoint pilot-defined as place/bearing/distance, #nn of 40.
WPTDDD OR DDWPT Along-track Waypoint pilot-defined from flight plan fix named
WPT, DDD=distance before or after WPT.
HOLD R
C234 °
WPT
Right-turn holding pattern to a manual termination; inbound
course 234°, holding fix is WPT. Created automatically or
manually. If created automatically as PPOS HOLD the waypoint
name will be T-P.
PROC T
WPT
Manually entered procedure turn ending at a fixed waypoint.
T-P Becomes “FROM” waypoint when a present position hold is
executed and may also be the termination. Also “FROM” for a
Direct to. PPOS Becomes “FROM” waypoint when the aircraft is
flown into a discontinuity.
PPOS Becomes “FROM” waypoint when the aircraft is flown into a
discontinuity.
Database Entered Waypoint Formats
MCDU COMMENT
C123°
WPT
WPT is the termination of a “Course 123° to a FIX” leg.
C072°
HHHHH CONDITIONAL
C072°
WPT TTTT SSS/HHHHH
Conditional altitude termination. FMS predicts termination will
occur at the altitude fix.
DD NAV
WPT
Leg along a DME arc of radius DD with center at navaid “NAV”
and terminating at WPT>
FANNN Final approach waypoint automatically entered into flight plan
when VFR approach is inserted. NNN = destination runway
number.
October 02, 2006
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