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Equipment code

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I am really confused as to which equipment code I should be using. I have the non-waas G1000 with the GTX345R for ADS-B (mode S). So what should I be using for the current flight plan and the future ICAO flight plan?
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Re: Equipment code

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For current/legacy FAA flight plans, continue to use /G (assuming your GPS database is current).

For ICAO, good luck. The list of entries in the various slots has so many redundancies I haven't sorted it all out yet myself. I have made educated guesses but it's a puzzlement.
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Re: Equipment code

Post by linzhiming »

See link at the bottom of the page for an XLS file that maps Garmin equipment combinations to the ICAO flight plan codes.

https://fly.garmin.com/fly-garmin/suppo ... ight-plans
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Re: Equipment code

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I have a non-WAAS G1000 with a GTX-345R for ADS-B (Mode S).

I am trying to use Garmin Pilot to file a flight plan and I keep getting the following error:

"The equipment selected for this aircraft is not valid for filing an ICAO flight plan. Please make sure to have values for the following item:

ICAO Equipment
Surveillance Equipment"

For ICAO Equipement I have selected:
FAA/Domestic /G
ICAO COM/NAV S
ICAO Surveillance EB2

I reviewed the Garmin Spreadsheet referenced above and it seems the most appropriate choice for ICAO Nav/Com is either C2 or D2 but those aren't options (or at least I don't see them). I couldn't find the difference between with and without SBAS.

Thanks!
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I have been in and out of Canada and the Bahamas several times with the same avionics as you and I use S/EB2
I have not had any problems using that code.
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Re: Equipment code

Post by Tim H »

Steven -

Working with Garmin Pilot, we figured out that I had an error in the "Filing Type" field. Once I corrected the "Filing Type" I was able to file using S/EB2.

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Re: Equipment code

Post by Tom-B »

I found the ForeFlight video helpful ... seems to suggest G &. S as appropriate codes

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R-2sb2tAatI
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