Trying to enter in 737 FMC LEGS page the following:N49 50 04.5708 E8 38 10.3178entered in sratchpad as per manual:N495004E0083810 - NOT IN DATABASEorN4950E00838 - NOT IN DATABASECannot understand why this error, AIRAC is up to date and I always thought one could alwaysinput any coordinates in the FMC providing they are entered in the correct format and sequence.Any help much appreciated.RegardsJoaquin

Think your entry might not be quite in the right format.Check out http://ops.precisionmanuals.com/wiki/FMC_WP_Entry_NotesJohn Ellison

Think your entry might not be quite in the right format.Check out http://ops.precisionmanuals.com/wiki/FMC_WP_Entry_NotesJohn Ellison

Thank you JohnTried the wiki ones state:737/747: NDDMM.MM/WDDDMM.MM SDDMM.MM/EDDDMM.MM, etcthus my entry on scratchpad would be:N4950.04E00838.10 but once again NOT IN DATABASE errorThe PMDG manual for the 737 gives following example:"For example, entry for a latitude/longitude waypoint at the geographic location N33

Read it again, the entry with decimal point is for MD11 only I believe. Disregard, I read it again, the format for the 737 does use: NDDMM.MM/WDDDMM.MM, my memory is so poor.I'll fire up the 737 and give it a try myself.

I guess the wiki article needs editing.As you pointed out, the 737 manual doesn't call for a decimal point so my memory was right on this one. Also, you must enter the custom waypoint on the LEGS page (not the RTE page).Taking your original N 49 50 04.5708 E 0008 38 10.3178 (that is a lot of precision for a waypoint, I seldom see more than 0.1 precision) converted to decimal minutes becomes N 49 50.1 E 008 38.2 (convert seconds to minutes by dividing by 60).I can enter N49501E008382 into the LEGs page of a 737 without error.Hope this helps, thanks for finding the error in wiki.

I guess the wiki article needs editing.As you pointed out, the 737 manual doesn't call for a decimal point so my memory was right on this one. Also, you must enter the custom waypoint on the LEGS page (not the RTE page).Taking your original N 49 50 04.5708 E 0008 38 10.3178 (that is a lot of precision for a waypoint, I seldom see more than 0.1 precision) converted to decimal minutes becomes N 49 50.1 E 008 38.2 (convert seconds to minutes by dividing by 60).I can enter N49501E008382 into the LEGs page of a 737 without error.Hope this helps, thanks for finding the error in wiki.

It worked beautifully, I can see my error was not dividing the secons by 60 to obtain the decimal.Thank you very much Dan & John for your assistance.Regards

Hi,Can someone help me out with the same problem but in the Wilco A320 series?Is there any literature on how to enter LAT/LONG point on an Airbus FMGC?Thanks

Can someone help me out with the same problem but in the Wilco A320 series?Is there any literature on how to enter LAT/LONG point on an Airbus FMGC?

Try this forum: http://forum.iemit.comCut-and-past from a post found there: example: to enter a waypoint which latitude is 56

Try this forum: http://forum.iemit.comCut-and-past from a post found there: example: to enter a waypoint which latitude is 56