TM 1-1510-218-10
3B-48
(2) Airport Page. The airport page is used to
display the elevation and the position of the Airport
Reference Point (ARP) of a selected airport. If the
selected airport is contained in the data base, the
above information will be displayed when the airport
ICAO identifier is inputted. User-defined airports can
be created by inputting the above data into their
respective fields and approving the page.
ICAO AIRPORT
IDENTIFIER:
Airport
ICAO
identifier
or
other
user-defined
airport
identifier.
ELEV: FT.
Airport
elevation
to
the
nearest 10 feet referenced to
sea level.
LAT: LON:
Position
in
latitude
and
longitude of the ARP.
APPROVE?
A cursor field used to approve
a user defined airport.
(3) Data/Time Page. The data displayed on
the data/time page is for reference only and can not be
changed from this page.
DATE
The current Greenwich date
in the sequence day-month-
year.
GMT
The current Greenwich mean
time.
DEP TIME
The departure time that is
defined as the time (GMT) the
system
first
calculated
a
groundspeed that exceeded
50 knots.
FLT TIME
The flight time in hours and
minutes, which is defined as
the elapsed time since the
system
first
calculated
a
groundspeed that exceeded
50 knots.
(4) Update Data Base Page. This page
serves as a master menu for initiating three types of
data
base
operations:
reviewing
the
present
configuration of what is currently loaded in the data
base, modifying the configuration of what is to be
loaded into the data base, and loading the data base
with the data loader.
SEL MENU
ITEM:
The number associated with
the desired menu item is
entered in this field.
REVIEW D/BASE
This menu item is selected to
display additional data base
review pages that are used to
review
what
is
presently
loaded in the data base. The
pages accessed via this menu
item are the review data base
page and the review elements
page.
SELECT D/BASE
This menu item is selected to
display additional data base
modification pages that are
used to configure the data
base prior to being loaded
with the data loader.
NEXT UPDATE
A non-enterable cursor field
that displays the Greenwich
date indicating when the next
28-day data base revision
update is due.
LOAD D/BASE?
A flashing cursor field used to
initiate a loading of the data
base with the data loader.
*ON GROUND
SELECT ONLY
*AFTER D/BASE COMPLETE
(5) Review Data Base Page. This page is
used to review those regions of the world having data
presently loaded in the data base. The world is
divided into 10 regions, all of which are displayed on
this page. The data base cannot be modified, from
this page.
SEL MENU ITEM
The number associated with
the desired geographic region
can be entered in this field to
display the region's review
elements page.
Directly below the SEL MENU ITEM:, the 10
regions display. The * denotes that data is presently
loaded in the data base for that region. No * indicates
that data for those regions have not been loaded in the
data base.
(6) Review Elements Page. This page is
used to review the navigational elements loaded in the
data base for a particular region of the world. The
data base cannot be modified from this page.
NAVAID*
Navaids include VORTAC's,
VOR/DME's, VOR's TACAN's
DME's and ILS DME's. The *
denotes that navaids for that
region are presently loaded in
