Garmin Pilot 4+
Plan. File. Fly. Log.
Garmin DCI
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
*30 Days Free Trial on initial download!*
Plan. File. Fly. Log.
Garmin Pilot is the most comprehensive suite of tools for the iPad designed specifically for general aviation and corporate pilots. Flight planning, charts, interactive maps, weather briefing resources and navigation capabilities; it’s all included. The app’s intuitive interface mirrors those on the newest Garmin touchscreen avionics so you can go seamlessly from preflight to inflight.
Plan
Garmin Pilot’s powerful capabilities start with pre-flight planning, providing pilots with the most comprehensive aviation weather information to make better-informed flight decisions. Pilots can check NEXRAD radar, visible and infrared cloud imagery, METARs, TAFs, AIRMETs, SIGMETs, PIREPs, NOTAMs, winds and temperature aloft, TFRs and lightning data. With Garmin Pilot, data can be displayed over Garmin’s interactive maps that support track-up navigation, VFR sectional or an IFR low or high en-route chart to visualize the weather for your route. Add text-based weather widgets and use the exclusive NavTrack feature to view weather along the planned route.
File
With Garmin Pilot, users can easily enter a flight plan and interactively edit it on the map. Pre-loaded forms make it quick to save and reuse data for frequently flown routes. And when the flight plan is ready, Garmin Pilot makes it simple to file, amend or close the flight plan via Leidos Flight Service or DUATS.
Fly
Garmin Pilot provides full en-route navigation capability on its moving map. Pilots can also navigate with Garmin’s patented panel, a GPS-driven instrument pack with a graphical HSI directional display and indicators for groundspeed, altitude and vertical speed. After takeoff, pilots can continue to view real-time weather in the U.S. and traffic information by wirelessly connecting to Garmin’s GDL 50 series portable ADS-B Receiver (sold separately).
Log
Garmin Pilot includes a comprehensive electronic logbook that syncs with flyGarmin. The logbook automatically generates entries based upon GPS data collected during the flight, tracks currency, supports manual entries, endorsements and creates reports.
Garmin Pilot U.S. Standard:
- Rich, interactive maps support Track-Up navigation
- Charts: VFR Sectionals, low and high IFR en-route, airport diagrams and approach procedures
- Ability to view Jeppesen Terminal Charts (Jeppesen echart subscription required)
- Weather Maps: Animated radar, Infrared and Visible Satellite, AIRMETs, SIGMETs, Lightning, TFRs and more!
- Extensive text products: METARs, TAFs, Winds Aloft, PIREPs, AIRMETs, SIGMETs, Area Forecasts and NOTAMs
- AOPA Airport Directory
- Weight and Balance
- Checklists
- Flight plan filing via Leidos Flight Services
- Garmin patented navigation panel
- Terrain and Obstacles
- Smart Airspace
- Fast Find predictive Waypoint Entry
- Logbook
- Optional VFR Premium: Synthetic Vision (SVX), Terrain and obstacle alerting, and Garmin SafeTaxi®
- Optional IFR Premium: VFR Premium plus geo-referenced Garmin FliteCharts®
Garmin Pilot has regional offerings for Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe and Latin America. Features include:
- Worldwide Jeppesen NavData
- Rich, interactive maps support Track-Up navigation
- Radar and Satellite imagery for Western Europe, U.S., Canada and Australia
- Ability to view Jeppesen Terminal Charts (Jeppesen echart subscription required)
- Worldwide METARs, TAFs, AIRMETs, SIGMETs, NOTAMs and winds aloft
- VFR Flight Plan Filing
- IFR autorouting and Flight plan filing in Europe
- Terrain and Obstacles with alerting
- Synthetic Vision (SVX)
- Smart Airspace
- Logbook
- Optional VFR charts from DFS, IGN and NATS and IFR enroute charts from EuroControl
- Optional Garmin FliteCharts® and SafeTaxi® diagrams available on a country-by-country basis
*Note: Use of GPS running in the background may decrease battery life.*
*Note: One subscription to Garmin Pilot may be used on three devices.*
What’s New
Version 25.3.0
- Enhanced the weather briefing by adding cloud tops to the standard and abbreviated versions.
- Improved the depiction of SafeTaxi diagrams on the dynamic maps for airports near bodies of water.
- Resolved issue of displaying incorrect distance and fuel value when scrolling through save trips in Trip Planning.
- Fixed the back-up and restore feature.
- Resolved an issue with flight plan transfer to certain avionics configurations with multiple Bluetooth connections to the Flight Stream 510.
Ratings and Reviews
See AllGarmin Pilot is great
I have used it for at least 6 years. Great app. Constantly improving it. Has always had better map readability than ForeFlight, and even with FF’s improved vector based maps Garmin Pilot still is superior. Too numerous to count features. ADS-B weather and traffic works great. I like that they generally add features without adding multiple pricing levels. The only weak area in my opinion is the weather briefing which still just gives an DAA standard briefing, and is the sole reason I keep my ForeFlight subscription. I suspect ForeFlight will improve the preflight weather brief in the future. It even works with my flight simulator that I use to practice instrument approaches.
Garmin Pilot Review
Garmin continues to add features and improvements to their GP app. Overall this is a very good product. I can only imagine the complexities behind the curtain. This being said, app still drops off line regularly, especially when connected with a 510 card inside the nxi or 3000. I do really like the availability of charts to any airport being at your fingertips.
I am still having trouble loading aircraft into the garmin database , as I did this past weekend when operating out of KVGT. The database will not accept my entry due to it not matching some pattern based on aircraft home base location. This is Extremely annoying.
Also, when I enter a garmin visual approach as are in the garmin database, the approach will not show up on my iPad, even though my iPad is joined with the 510, or the gdl60. Visual approach courses need to show up on the display as this is a matter of orientation and safety. Please address this issue. Thank you for your dedication.
Beats Foreflight
Garmin Pilot was good when it was introduced and gets better with each version. I believe it has surpassed Foreflight in it’s latest releases. The planning is easier, the Home icons are easier for us older aviators, and a great feature for us IFR flyers is the auto-loading of Instrument charts for all airports in your flight plan being automatically loaded for you. I really recommend Pilot over Foreflight when I am giving instrument instruction and have e several converts. I also like how Garmin makes it’t hardware compatible with other programs while Foreflight continues to be proprietary. My students can connect to my GDL device and get all the ADS-B data. Full feature pilot is also a lot less expensive than Foreflight. Being able to run on two platforms and on three devices is also a plus.
App Privacy
The developer, Garmin DCI, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Digital Cyclone
- Size
- 376.3 MB
- Category
- Weather
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 17.4 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 17.4 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.1 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- © 2009-2024 Garmin, Inc.
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- U.S. Standard $109.99
- U.S. Premium Upgrade $99.99
- Latin American Standard $109.99