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Old 16th May 2010, 10:49
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I understand perfectly what ballyboley is saying here. Creating a user-defined waypoint from the Capture Intercept point for runway 27 (CI27) is resulting in the display of the "SELECT DESIRED WPT" page, with a list of "CI27" waypoints, none of which appears to be the desired one. It is after selecting one of the waypoints, that the user defined "CI2701" waypoint is appearing on the LEGS page - but not where he wants it, as it is not defined from the Capture Intercept point desired.

The problem is that the FMC system can contain only six waypoint names which are not unique - and the particular CI27 point you are trying to access is not contained within the waypoint database.

Perhaps your best bet would be to define a runway extension point of your own, at the required distance. Go to the APP page, and select the runway you desire (it will be below the runway approaches, you may have to page down to find it). Once selected, you will then see two dashes, a decimal point and another dash at the bottom right. Enter in the desired distance from the runway, and you will have defined a runway extension point on the LEGS page. You may then use this point as the basis for your user defined 360/4 base point.
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