Hi everybody

Just building a few real world flight plans for when the B777 comes out, but this one has me a bit stumped.  Going from FIMP (Mauritius) to YPPH (Perth) I came across co ordinates such as S 21 30.0 E 072 48.0

I am happy entering a coordinate like S20 00.0 E 090 00.0 as 2090S but how do I enter S 21 30.0 E072 48.0 into the FMC?

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

Tim

Exactly as they are with no spaces...

S2130.0E07248.0

I thought positions were limited to 5 characters?

Waypoint names are limited to 5 characters, this is not a waypoint name, it is one of the many lat/long formats accepted by the FMC...

 

The waypoint names are not limited to 5 characters by Boeing or by the FMC, it is an international standard set by the ICAO...

Thank you ecuflyer, is this also valid for the 737NGX?

You learn something new every day.

Cheers

Tim

Yes my friend, it is valid for the 737NGX as well...

 

Cheers.

Cristian

 

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Little hint for you:

Pay attention to the INIT REF page when you're giving the plane its initial position.  When you select the current GPS position, note how it looks in the scratchpad.  You can't get any better direction of how the plane wants the data than from the plane itself!

Thank you Kyle

Thank you Kyle

 

You're welcome.  It's something I always had to remind myself because each aircraft manufacturer generally has its own way of doing things (format-wise), so if you just look at how the position is entered on the INIT page you can't go wrong.