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Lat/Long Crossing Points

 

 

 

The entry is NXX/Y/Z or XXXN/Y/Z or WXXX/Y/Z or XXXW/Y/Z where
 


 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

XXX is the latitude/longitude to start from

 

 

 

 

Y is the range in degrees (1 to 20)

 

 

 

 

 

Z is the number of crossing points (1 to 99)...

limited to only 20 on Airbus MCDU Aid for demonstration purposes only

 

 

 

 

 

 

The crossing points appear in the flight plan and on the ND as new waypoints.
 


 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

The flight crew may enter a Latitude or Longitude sequence of crossing points that will appear in the flight plan. To access the LL XING entries select a lateral revision from any waypoint from the flight plan page