Terrain warnings for unlisted airports

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   A couple weeks ago I flew to a friend's private field. It's on foreflight, but not in any of the jeppesen databases. I added it as a custom waypoint and the IFD took me there with no problems.

Descending to land though, it freaked out. I got every terrain warning imaginable like I was about to fly into a mountain or something. I hit clear a few times and it quit announcing it at least.

Is there a way that I'm unaware of to flag a custom waypoint as an airport to disable terrain warnings?

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SeanMollet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 Aug 2019 Location: OverlandPark,KS Status: Offline Points: 25	Post Options Post Reply Quote SeanMollet Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Terrain warnings for unlisted airports Posted: 30 Jul 2020 at 6:59pm
	A couple weeks ago I flew to a friend's private field. It's on foreflight, but not in any of the jeppesen databases. I added it as a custom waypoint and the IFD took me there with no problems. Descending to land though, it freaked out. I got every terrain warning imaginable like I was about to fly into a mountain or something. I hit clear a few times and it quit announcing it at least. Is there a way that I'm unaware of to flag a custom waypoint as an airport to disable terrain warnings?

oskrypuch Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 09 Nov 2012 Location: CYFD Status: Offline Points: 3061	Post Options Post Reply Quote oskrypuch Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jul 2020 at 8:25pm
	Oh, I assumed that you had already done that, and were having trouble. PG around pg 2-48. DESIGNATING A USER WAYPOINT AS AN AIRFIELD To designate a user waypoint as an airfield, the waypoint must be manually named using the following format “AIRPORT XXXXXFT” where XXXX is the field’s elevation and note that the space is critical in naming the point.

SeanMollet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 Aug 2019 Location: OverlandPark,KS Status: Offline Points: 25	Post Options Post Reply Quote SeanMollet Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 Aug 2020 at 11:41am
	I totally missed that. Thanks, that's exactly what I was hoping for.