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    Posted: 03 Sep 2023 at 6:09pm
Is there a way to create an abeam to a fix on a current flight plan on the IFD? 

sometimes the atc asks us to report when abeam a VOR / airport, and my old GNS430 had a way to insert a temporary abeam waypoint to the current route
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There's no abeam points function in the IFD.  You could do some crazy stuff with user waypoints and the flight plan, but the best way I can think of would be to just use the Designated Waypoint datablock.  Enter the VOR/Airport into the datablock, then monitor the bearing until it's 90 degrees to your course.

Anybody else with a better idea?
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Originally posted by AviSteve AviSteve wrote:

There's no abeam points function in the IFD.  You could do some crazy stuff with user waypoints and the flight plan, but the best way I can think of would be to just use the Designated Waypoint datablock.  Enter the VOR/Airport into the datablock, then monitor the bearing until it's 90 degrees to your course.

Anybody else with a better idea?

Use the Offset Route or Rubber Banding feature.
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Yes - rubber banding seems to be a good solution - pinpoint with your finger the place abeam / where the atc told you to report, create a temporary user waypoint and wait for it to fly by.
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