Avionics
Garmin Adds 15 More Guided Visual Approaches to Database
Procedures help pilots flying into challenging airports and at night
Garmin guided visual approaches
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Subscribers to Garmin’s database of guided visual approaches have 15 new approaches to fly and 10 airports added to the database. Guided visual approaches can be loaded in avionics and flown (by hand or autopilot-coupled) like traditional instrument approaches and give pilots stabilized, obstacle-free lateral and vertical guidance to the runway.

The guided visual approaches are available for aircraft equipped with “Garmin WAAS-equipped avionics capable of RF legs, such as the GTN and GTN Xi series navigators, and select Garmin integrated flight decks,” according to Garmin. Each approach is depicted on a georeferenced approach chart, accessed via Garmin’s FliteCharts system, and they are briefed and flown like any approach, although they are visual procedures for use only in visual meteorological conditions.

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