How to Enter a Flight Plan in the Garmin 530 ~ X Plane

[@carlatteniese2]

Thanks for your erudition, dude. I’ve been searching You Tube for years to augment my aviation education and though many instructors out there provide lots of good information, virtually all of them, real and sim pilots alike, never reach the level of “teacher,” which is one who assumes nothing and thinks like a philosopher-meaning he or she can anticipate misunderstand-and thus tailors in-depth instruction in ways that unable most people to learn. Well-great video. You top the X Plane instructors, who assume too much and speak a bit inarticulately at times. Much appreciated, and as Scott Manley says, “Fly Safe!”

[@carlatteniese2]

Actually, watching you again, a suspicion of mine was confirmed: I thought you had said “waypoint” several times-so “fix” must have some special meaning. Aren’t they NDBs?

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Carl, Thanks so much Carl glad you liked the video, hope it helped :-) Indeed, Fly Safe! By the way, X-Hanger has given me the rights to their Cessna 172N and have allowed me togive it away to anyone who would like to use it for following along in my videos. You can learn how to download it by watching the video in the link below: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o56yqXl4oMx4eKc Blessings, skip

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Carl, Unfortunately I get mixed up using these terms. As I understand it a waypoint is just a "place" you head to during the course of a flight. It can be anything you can identify either visually during VFR flights or a coordinate you entered into a your GPS. I tend to interchange waypoint and checkpoint sometimes in my explanations, again unfortunately. A fix, again as I understand it, is a specific longitude/latitude "location" found on IFR charts that you can enter into your GPS, they are represented by a little Diamond and have a specific name such as "DUMBA" a fix south of Francisco airport KSFO found on the their approach plate. NDB is a Non Directional Beacon, it's like a radio station you listen to in your car, it doesn't send any information or receive information however you can tune, then "dial" your NDB receiver to that station and get a heading to fly to that station. In the early days pilots tuned their NBD radios into regular broadcast radio stations where they knew the location of the station and they could listen to music as they flew towards the station. NDBs basically are "better" than nothing, you can be led astray with the signals as they bounce of buildings and mountains etc. so you could be flying directly into a mountain thinking you are heading to a station!! Hope this helps, thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip

[@carlatteniese2]

@@WEHVideos Skip! It’s such an honor to have your reply! Thanks, Captain! Your vids really are the best!

[@jarisaizpruab.5989]

Hello, I just wanted to say thanks, your videos have been so much useful for me to understand and learn about the flight plan using the Garmin GPS. Thanks again and regards from Ecuador.

[@kengunn31]

Thanks skip. I needed this video to get me going with XP11 flight planning.

[@WEHVideos]

Your welcome Ken, hope it helps and thanks for watching. Blessings, skip

[@larissasousa5052]

Hi, Schip. This is just to say hello and to let you know that your lessons have taught me a lot. God bless. Larissa.

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Larissa, Thanks, nice to hear from you and find you are learning, that's great! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New Year! God Bless you, skip

[@OscarMikeF150]

Where are getting that map from ? I'm using Little NavMap to create flight plans which sure is helpful for low altitude flying in high ground areas. My biggest problem to date is in the King Air with the G530 and trying to get AP to take the airplane. FP is all locked in but clicking AP ENG(age) doesn't hand control over to the airplane. Not sure if that's a software bug but can't find anyone else raising the issue soooo.... Have you done ILS Approach training ??? I love your videos as you are thorough and do them at a speed my brain operates at.

[@jackvanst]

Hi Skip, thx again for an informative video! But i am wondering if we only can add fixes as a waypoint or VORs as well

[@WEHVideos]

Hi SimLover, As far as I know you can only use a fix or airport in the GPS or FMC. VORs are basically radio stations just like the one in you car they just works on different frequencies. Hop;e this helps. Blessings, skip

[@jackvanst]

thx Skip...yes this helps a lot:)! Kind regards

[@william2735]

Great video Skip and thanks. I assume you can file a flight plan beyond the local map if you have the waypoints from say a sectional correct?...since a sectional covers more area than the local map.

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Willaim273, You bet. Check out my other videos on the Garmin here: kzbin.info/aero/PLjqSrWIZDAi_KbXDZnj9-eOnwrOFeV7V3 Also check out my video on skyvector.com This is a great place for making flight plans kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6Cqea2HjMemjtU Happy flying, skip

[@chuckpoole5369]

Skip, where did you get the control panel faceplate for the 530 screen? The 430 has an integrated screen and faceplate but in my version of x-plane 10.3 version I found only the 530 screen but no faceplate like the one in this video. Thanks, Chuck

[@WEHVideos]

chuck poole Hi Chuck, I'm sorry to say that's all you get, the screen, with the Garmin 530 in Plane Maker, don't know why but that's how it is for now. Maybe in future releases of Plane Maker we will get the whole package, don't know.

[@brunotinoco3531]

you explain very well! thanks for sharing all the instructions! it helps a lot!

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Bruno, thanks so much glad to here it helped and thanks for watching :-) Blessings, skip

[@daveredding9957]

Thanks for the video. Do you know if the Emuteq 530 can be used in x-plane?

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Dave, Thanks for watching. Check this link they say it's coming soon to X Plane: www.emuteq.com/GNS530.html Blessings, skip

[@daveredding9957]

Yea, been saying that for a while. Hope other sim pilots are not spending the money before drivers are available. Thanks again, Dave

[@laneymills2130]

Hi Skip, I have an x430 question for which a google search hasn't helped. Xplane 11.30, Cessna 172. The x530 does display course deviation on vor-1 in gps mode. The x430 does not show course deviation on vor-2 in gps mode. It would be a great help if your could let me know if something is broke or if I'm doing something wrong. Thanks a million. Laney Mills

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Laney, I think this is normal there is nothing wrong with your system but it's been a long time since I used GPS of any king. I will look into this to make sure and if I find otherwise I'll let you know. Blessings, skip

[@adjb17]

I like the way you explain how to operate the GPS, I have seen about 3 of your videos so far. excellent Thank you.Dave.

[@WEHVideos]

+Dave Bye Hi Dave, Thanks, hope they are helping you and thanks for watching. Merry Christmas, skip

[@rodneylake3526]

Thanks for that Skip, works fine, much better loading with the FMC, all the best Rod.

[@WEHVideos]

+Rodney lake Your welcome, glad it worked! Yea the FMC is much easier. Blessings, skip

[@kenthigginbotham2754]

Ship thank you! where is the map found?

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Kent, Your welcome, thanks for watching. The map can be toggled by clicking on the icon third from the right in the upper right corner of the screen (looks like an upside down tear drop). I suggest you go into settings and assign a keyboard key or a button on your controller to toggle the map that really helps. Blessings, skip

[@kenthigginbotham2754]

@@WEHVideos Thank you Skip! My map is nothing like yours though? I have hit every dropdown that i can find so far . Any help appreciated!

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Kent, Right!! This video was made in X Plane 10 and the map was changed for XP11, you won't get this "look", sorry didn't think about that:-( Blessings, skip

[@kenthigginbotham2754]

@@WEHVideos Thank you! fly up to Napa and say hi!

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Kent, Your welcome and a flight to Napa would be a nice flight, maybe someday... Blessings, skip

[@Tedaeus]

Thanks for a great instruction. You made t look so simple. Suits my brain !!

[@WEHVideos]

Thanks Theo, Glad you liked it hope it helped. Blessings, skip

[@dspindl1]

Hi, Skip. Just a quick question. How do you delete a saved flight plan from the catalogue? I can delete the flight plan from the "active flight plan" window by hitting "menu> delete flight plan". But after deleting it, if I check the catalogue window it is still there. If I highlight it in the catalogue window and hit menu, nothing happens. Thanks, Dave

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Dave, When you delete a flight plan in the Garmin it just deletes the plan from the Garmin not from your list of available plans. To delete it from your list go to where X Plane is installed on your computer. For a Windows computer if you installed X Plane on your desktop the path would be desktop/X Plane/Output/FMS plans. In the FMS plans folder are all you flight plans, just select the plan files you want to delete and delete away. Blessings, skip

[@dspindl1]

+WEH Videos Thanks, Skip!

[@davidmarshall8801]

Thanks for the tutorial. Very clear and extremely helpful. Good job!

[@WEHVideos]

+David Marshall Thanks David, glad it helped. Blessings, skip

[@sebastiangreenwood3019]

Your a big help, thanks from tasmania australia

[@WEHVideos]

Thanks Seb Rides glad to hear the videos help :-) from sometimes sunny San Bruno, California USA Blessings, skip

[@dzungbui8766]

Simple and easy, thanks Skip. I assume that the HSI source must be switched to GPS mode before you can use the GPS (CDI) button on the Garmin?

[@WEHVideos]

Dzung Bui Thanks Dzung Bui. Yes your right the HSI source needs to be set to GPS but notice if you click the CDI button the HSI source changes with it and if you change the HSI source switch the Garmin changes from VLOC to GPS so the two are tied together. Blessings, Skip

[@dzungbui8766]

Thank you. Skip. keep the videos coming.

[@HyperJoe]

OMG! So glad I found You, liked and subbed.. ;) Pulling hair out trying to figure this out, I knew it had to be simple...lol

[@WEHVideos]

+Soco Joe Hi Soco, So glad to hear you liked the video! Quit pulling out your hair and if I can help just ask. Blessings, skip

[@HyperJoe]

+WEH Videos Thanks Skip for the support, I'm relatively new to X-Plane but got thousands of hours on FSX and P3d, so how You explained it all works great for Me, I followed Your Channel and I'll check out all the Vids as I get time, I'm just glad someone took the time to show how it's done, thanks for sharing.. as always.. Happy Landings.. ;)

[@WEHVideos]

+Soco Joe Hi Soco, I'm like you moved from FSX to X Plane and I'm very pleased with the move. I started flying sims in the late 80s on an Amiga 1000 so have seen lots of amazing improvements over the years it will only get better :-) Happy Flying to you to!

[@HyperJoe]

+WEH Videos Hahaha...That's pretty amazing You mention the Amiga 1000, I bought My first PC an Amiga 500 in 1986 I believe because it had a Flight Sim on it, had 2 Megs of Ram and a 5 Meg HD and hooked up to GEnie Online with a 2400 Baud Modem...lol How Times have changed... :D

[@WEHVideos]

+Soco Joe So we are a couple of old computer jocks:-) Believe it or not I still have the Amiga set up in my kitchen and still like to fly those old "stick figure" airplanesm also have a great golf game that I play once in a while. Flight sims have come a long long way and that's exciting. Blessings, skip

[@karlirvin5904]

How do you get the GPS on the screen?

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Karl, Click or double click on the display where the map is in the Garmin it should open like a new window. Blessings, skip

[@ericc7936]

here's an odd question i turn on autopilot and nav past departure and i fly in circles. same if i turn on ap and nav before rotation. flying baron b58. any thoughts. i enter destination and after selecting approach i delete destination from fltpln.

[@ericc7936]

ap goes off after about 6 seconds into flight if i select it while on runway.

[@WEHVideos]

Really hard to know from your description but it sounds like you don't have GPS turned on. Watch this video and see if that helps. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoKthaB_fL2fr8k As I mentioned earlier I haven't used GPS for a couple years now so I'm not much help you might want to look of other, more current, video on the subject. Blessings, skip

[@rrich26]

Thanks. Your info helped me figure out how to work the 430

[@WEHVideos]

+Ralph Rich Thanks Ralph, glad it helped skip

[@williamdavidwallace3904]

I want to fly to view a particular spot but can't figure out how to add a "way point" where I only have longitude and latitude.

[@kidurrer4546]

Let me get this straight, When your at the Flight plan area, you put in the airport your taking off from, then the waypoints, then the airport you want to end up at, and then you go into the menu and you Activate Leg? correct?

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Ki, Yes that's it. After takeoff, and when it's safe to engage the Garmin 530, if the flight plan page is not displayed click the FPL button. Then you will see a magenta arrow pointing to the waypoint the Garmin will fly to if you activate the flight plan. Make sure the arrow is pointing to the waypoint you want to fly to then click the MENU button. The first option should be "Activate Leg?", click the ENT button and your flight plan is ready but not engaged. Now depending on which airplane you are flying, you will need to turn on the Autopilot, Select GPS for navigation source (NAV1, NAV2, GPS), and then activate the AP, usually by clicking on the NAV or LOC button depending again on the airplane you are flying. If you want to choose a different waypoint then, with the flight plan page open, click on the PUCH CRSR button to highlight the first waypoint in the flight plan. Then click on the right side of the large knob to go down till you get the waypoint you want to activate. Then click the MENU button and then ENT to activate the new waypoint. Happy Flying! Blessings, skip

[@kidurrer4546]

Thank you! this video helped me a lot! Subscribed!!!

[@WEHVideos]

Glad to hear it helped, and thanks for subscribing. Blessings, skip

[@rodneylake3526]

Hi Skip, love your vid's help me so much, one thing I have not been able to do is to load a flight plane form the 530's data base, can't find it, have looked on the help page's but still no luck, hope you can help. All the best Rod. P.S I am flying to the US on an Air bus 380, looking forward to that.

[@WEHVideos]

+Rodney lake Hi Rodney, To open an existing flight plan that you made you click on the FPL button on the 530 which opens the flight plan page. To find your flight plans use the RIGHT side inner knob clicking on the RIGHT side of the knob, this will bring up all your flight plans. Use the RIGHT side Big knob to scroll through the plans, click the ENT button to select the highlighted plan. If you don't see any of your plans or some are missing then they are no longer compatible with the version of the Garmin 530 you are running. X Plane upgrades the Garmin from time to time and sometimes you will find your old flight plans are no longer working so you will have to start over :-( Here's a tip. Open an airplane with an FMC and enter the flight plan there. Then open the plan in your airplane with the 530, should work just fine. Hope this helped. Blessings, skip

[@ericc7936]

when i open flp i have cynd/cynd. i have tried deleting fligh plan to no avail and clear cynd nothing. can't enter new flight plan. any ideas?

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Eric, It's been a long time since I made this video or used the GPS so here's a link to all my videos on using GPS you should find the answers there, if not I'm afraid you will have to search for other videos I've forgotten most of this stuff, sorry. kzbin.info/aero/PLjqSrWIZDAi_KbXDZnj9-eOnwrOFeV7V3 Blessings, skip

[@nickoakes3585]

I bought an aircraft and it has this GPS it also has an SAR option which will put a patient at certain lon and lat now how do I program just coordinates in the gps to find the patient??

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Nick, I don't believe it is possible to enter lon lat into the Garmin 530 in X Plane, I have not seen anything that addresses that. There is some discussion at the X Plane forum but nothing definitive. I'm sorry but I don't know what you mean by "patient"?? Blessings, skip

[@nickoakes3585]

I downloaded the Bell 412 by X-trident and it has a plugin availble to be a rescue helicopter in which you can go and rescue a person "patient" and load them into the helicopter and take them whre you please, this all works great if you want to just land and activate a person on the ground but it has an option to enter coordinates and go there and then that person will be there if that makes any more sense

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Nick, Yea now I understand, I didn't realize you were flying a helicopter :-)

[@tswift101]

Hey, thanks for the tutorial. I have been a long tome flight sim user. Xplane 11 is my first. Trying to get used to this and your video sure did help me out

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Tony, Glad the video helped and thanks for watching. Blessings, skip

[@tswift101]

No thank you. I was wondering if you have you have a video for the Garmin 1000 in the SF50 ? . that sucker is very hard to understand and work.

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Tony, Sorry I don't have any videos on the G1000 there are not too many airplanes that fully model the G1000, they only have a few functions that work, at least that's my experience but I haven't spent much time with it so you might look for other videos on the 1000 I'm sure you can find something, sorry. Blessings, skip

[@yair1956]

How do you delete Waypoint & how do you insert waypoint ????

[@WEHVideos]

Hi O Ben-Ad, That's a question with the answer to long to answer here. Here is a link to my whole series on the Garmin 530 I'm sure I cover that in one of early videos, sorry I don't remember which one, but watching the series should help. kzbin.info/aero/PLjqSrWIZDAi_KbXDZnj9-eOnwrOFeV7V3 If you are in a hurry there is a Manual for the Garmin530 that come with X Plane 11. Go to your XP11 folder you will find the manual in the Instructions folder. (X-Plane 11/instructions) Search the PDF for "Delete" and it will take you right to the answer you are looking for. Hope this helps. Blessings, skip

[@yair1956]

@@WEHVideos .. tnx Skip, I'm following all your Vid, I, will have to go back and look for it .... & as mentioned I can use the user manual .....

[@anthonyjbwhite3163]

Very very good will follow all your videos many thanks

[@WEHVideos]

+Anthonyjb White Hi Anthonyjb, Thanks and glad you liked the videos. Thanks for watching and hope they help. Blessings, skip

[@SkyhawkDriver]

Thank you very much. Helped me out a lot.

[@WEHVideos]

Hi roygrem, Thanks, glad it helped. Blessings, skip

[@devon___9111]

Thank you this was so helpful

[@WEHVideos]

Thanks hdevon, glad to here it helped. Blessings, skip

[@waleedhaj3264]

Can someone advise me how to insert an airway, not a waypoint ???

[@WEHVideos]

Hi DUDESH, I don't believe it is possible in X Plane 11.26r2 to program the FMC with airways maybe in the next release, 11.30, it might be. Below is a link to how to program airways into the FMC but it does NOT work you will get an INVALID ENTRY message at least that's what happened to me when I tried following the video. Sorry. kzbin.info/www/bejne/inmlmJtjnr6SjLM Blessings, skip

[@harlequin991]

I did this but still wont follow the flight plan it says its out of date?

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Paul, When are you getting the out of date message? I believe that is referring to the database not your flight plan you just need to clear that message I think. Blessings, skip

[@harlequin991]

@@WEHVideos ok thanks one other think is when you normally press enter to bring up the file flight plan . I get a cursor in the middle of screen .not the file flight plan box . Could you tell me how to find it again ? I looked all over the keyboard commands and its disappeared ??

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Paul, I need a more detailed description of what you are doing, can you give me more info? Blessings, skip

[@harlequin991]

@@WEHVideos basically on xp.11 when you start a basic flight you can program a flight plan by pressing the enter key and that brings up a window that says file flight plan there you can enter the waypoints and talk to control tower. Well I dont get anything when I press enter just a cursor and text line . It's as though i have a keyboard key confliction. I cannot find file flight plan window anywere!!

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Paul, Oh, this is a feature I have not used in XP so I can't help you, sorry. I will look into this and give it a try. I was thinking you were having a problem with the Garmin GPS or the FMC. Blessings, skip

[@angeljurio1167]

Best regards excellent video very and easy to understand Thank you Angel

[@WEHVideos]

+ANGEL JURIO SANJUAN Thanks Angel glad you liked it, hope it helped. Blessings, skip

[@AndreSlidell]

Thank you for your time and effort, I will put it to good use.

[@WEHVideos]

aeross60 thank you for watching. Blessings Skip

[@cherfieldm]

Thanks, God bless you too.

[@WEHVideos]

Your welcome cherfieldm and thanks for watching hope it helped. Blessings back to you :-) skip

[@velboc1]

Thank you !

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Rafeal, Thank you and thanks for watching, hope it helped. Blessings, skip

[@jaksongpg]

how do i delete a flight plan?

[@WEHVideos]

Hi jaksongpg, To delete a flight plan load the flight plan so you see the ACTIVE FLIGHT PLAN page, click the MENU button and using the large right knob scroll down to Delete Flight Plan? and click ENT. If you mean how do you completely remove the plan from the list of flight plans I don't believe you can do that through the Garmin 530. Only way I know is to use Windows Explorer and go to your X Plane Folder>Output Folder,>FMSplans Folder and delete the plan(s) you want. Not sure what you use in a MAC system but it works the same anyway. Blessings, skip

[@mitchong8742]

Thanks!

[@WEHVideos]

Mitch Ong Your welcome and thanks for watching. Blessings, skip

[@mikejw58]

I watch these videos and when I try it the plane will turn to what ever heading it feels like. off the charts frustrating.

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Mike, Sorry you are having trouble with this I know it can be very frustrating! What airplane are you flying? There are different ways to activate the Autopilot in different airplanes. There are usually two things you need to set for the Autopilot to function like you want. You need to know how to select which "source" for the Autopilot you want to use such at NAV1, NAV2, or GPS. For the Garmin 530 to follow your flight plan this selector switch must be set to GPS. On the G530 there's a button labeled CDI on the bottom left. When clicking this button you are switching between using the NAV radios to GPS so make sure GPS is displayed above the button and not VLOC. Watch the video below it might help, let me know how it goes :-) (You can find the G530 manual in your X-Plane 11 folder in a folder called instructions.) kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoKthaB_fL2fr8k Blessings, skip

[@mikejw58]

@@WEHVideos Thanks for the speedy response! I will watch the linked video you recommended and give it another shot but I have to say flight simming has been more frustrating to me then its worth. I try both VLOC and GPS and neither works. I have no idea what that plane is doing. Im even going to get one of those pay by the hr instructors that can view my screen and see what I'm seeing. I have my real world ppl and love everything aviation, but I find flight sims too frustrating to use. I've come to the conclusion you have to be a IT tech first and an aviator second to be successful with sims. Thanks for the help

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Mike, Really sorry for this late response seems a bunch of comments got lost somehow and just showed up today :-( I agree the sim can be frustrating and and more difficult that the real thing but hang in there, what airplane are you trying to use the Garimin in and are you using X-Plane 11maybe I can figure it out !?? That's Cool, What airplane do you fly in real life? Blessings, skip

[@mikejw58]

@@WEHVideos Thanks Skip. No problem at all. I appreciate all that you do to help people with your videos. I dont have a lot of time to spend on simming so maybe thats the biggest factor but even if I had the time I would still probably do what I've been doing and thats to walk away once the frustration starts. When I see "kids" flying 777's and I cant even master the 172, something is wrong. I haven't flown real world in a while but when I did I trained and rented a Piper Warrior PA28. At one point I bought a PA28 from Carenado for X-Plane 11and it was great. But then after one update it no longer ran on X-Plane. They said an update was coming but never did. Once again, frustration! I looked high and low for another Warrior to buy but there is no good ones out there. The ones I did find were horrible. I understand that the Piper is not as popular as the 172 but it is still used in a lot of flight schools. You can buy just about every plane imaginable but not a warrior, or not a good one like Carenado had I just dont get it. So now I just use the standard C172 with the steam gauges. I even looked into those screen sharing tutor services but let me not spend an hour talking about how frustrating that was. PilotEdge used to offer that service but discontinued it. Some of the other services out there want more money then a real world instructor. VatSim is just way too hard to schedule flights. I would pay for an instructor but I dont have a lot of confidence I will get a lot out of it. Anyway, I think I will just leave the flight simming to the computer techs out there that have a lot of time on their hands. Thanks for all your help!

[@WEHVideos]

Hi Mike, Really sorry you are having so much trouble! I know what you mean about getting the right airplane especially for those of us who have flown in real life and just want to fly an airplane we have real life experience in. I was lucky to find the 172N I use in my videos years ago but it's no longer available or supported so eventually will be obsolete as simulators improve, I'll be stuck in the past I guess. I really hate to see you give up so if you would like to Zoom with me and can put your camera on the monitor so I can see what you are doing I would like to try and help, not sure how doing this with Zoom will work but we can try. If this is something you would like to try let me know and we can work out the details. This is something I have ever done before but I really don't want you to quit without trying everything possible first! Blessings, skip

[@pito2531]

how do you enter a airway like v123

[@WEHVideos]

Hi pito__253. I don't believe that is possible to enter airways in the Garmin 530 directly. I've heard you can create flight plans with airways in third party software and they would work. Check the X-Plane G530 manual that comes with XP11 in the "Instructions" folder. Blessings, skip