In this screenshot, a Garmin GNS530 is flying a flight plan around a TFR plotted by entering a user-defined waypoint.

by Paul Sanchez

Every day a new temporary flight restriction (TFR) pops up in the National Airspace System, usually in connection with a political event of one sort or another. By their very nature, these TFRs do not appear in the databases distributed every 28 days to update users’ GPS installations. The result, of course, is that these TFRs simply do not appear on moving map displays from Garmin or other manufacturers, nor are they plotted on paper charts. Nevertheless, you’re expected to stay out of them. …