GNS-480 Capabilities

Capabilities like primary navigation during the en route, terminal, and approach phases of flight enabling the use of GPS for approach procedures with vertical guidance into 100's and eventually 1,000's of airports without an existing precision approach. And in the very near future you will be able to use the CNX80 to fly new GLS approaches providing the accuracy and safety of an ILS. WAAS is just the start of a long list of GNS-480 features and benefits. The navigator is loaded with the most advanced features ever developed starting with Airway depiction and navigation. Included in the comprehensive Jeppesen database are pre-stored navaids, airspace, all DPs and STARs, Instrument Approach Procedures including ILSs, holding patterns, procedure turns, and missed approach procedures. Available at your fingertips this information can be entered into any flight plan, but what makes the CNX80 different from other navigators is the unit's ability to provide guidance on these procedures and approaches from takeoff rotation to landing flare.

Imagine filing a flight plan receiving your clearance and programming the approved flight plan in the exact same manner. For example, if assigned a clearance from Portland to Seattle via the River Six Departure, direct BTG VOR-V495-SEA. The CNX80 lets the pilot quickly insert standard procedures and airways exactly as assigned by ATC. Trips can be easily tailored to use "mixed" flight plans with efficient direct-to routing or airways with only a few button presses.

The GNS-480 also includes our patented Nav/Comm features including Standby frequency monitoring which lets pilots listen to transmissions like ATIS and AWOS or the emergency channel without leaving the active frequency. Our patented Nav receiver automatically decodes and displays the Morse code station identifier for any tuned VOR/LOC/ILS. The pilot can use one nav receiver to cross check position fixes, a handy feature during approach operations.

The GNS-480 is also the first integrated navigator designed for general aviation with voice prompting and audio alerting. For instance, when a count down timer expires or upon waypoint arrival, an audio ding is generated through the intercom alerting the pilot. In addition, the GNS-480 will also say "localizer alive" when the needles begin deflecting during an ILS approach, and at 500 feet above the runway during an approach the unit will announce "500." The GNS-480 will also advise the pilot at the missed approach point by announcing "Missed Approach Point."

Multiple checklists can be customized and entered into the GNS-480 and referenced during flight and there are 2 general count up or down timers, one programmable flight timer and one trip timer.