Flight Management System (FMS) for the Agusta AW139/AB139 Helicopter
10. Multifunction Control Display
Unit (MCDU) Entry Format
INTRODUCTION
Each entry made to the multifunction control display unit (MCDU) must
be checked for correct syntax or format at the time the entry is line
selected from the scratchpad.
NOTE:
Leading zeros and zeros after a decimal are not required.
LIST OF ENTRIES AND DEFINITIONS
Table 10--1 defines the requirements for each type of entry.
Entry
AGL (Above Ground
Level)
Airport Identifiers
A28- - 1146- - 181
REV 3 Mar 2009
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Table 10- -1
MCDU Entry Format
Entry in feet up to 4 digits
D
Leading zeros not required
D
Range from 0 to 9999.
D
The flight management system (FMS)
uses four--character International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO) or
ICAO--format airport identifiers. When
a U.S. airport has a three--letter
identifier in the Jeppesen charts and is
normally prefixed with a K in the
database. Alaskan and Hawaiian
airports with a three--letter identifier
are normally prefixed with a P.
Canadian airports with three--letter
identifiers are normally prefixed with
a C. Airports with numbers in the
identifier (such as P07) are also
included in the navigation database.
Any other entry on an airport line is
assumed to be a navaid, an
intersection or a pilot--defined
waypoint. Runway data, including
standard instrument departure (SIDs),
standard terminal arrival route
(STARs) and approaches are available
only with an airport from the Jeppesen
database.
Multifunction Control Display Unit (MCDU) Entry Format
Format
10-1