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Garmin’s navigation database now includes the FISK arrival for Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, which is the VFR procedure for pilots flying in for the annual EAA AirVenture show. The FISK arrival is selectable as an arrival procedure in Garmin avionics and the Garmin Pilot app and is depicted in Garmin’s new SmartCharts format.
“Pilots should still reference the <a href="https://www.eaa.org/airventure/eaa-fly-in-flying-to-oshkosh/eaa-airventure-oshkosh-notam">Oshkosh Notice</a> for full pre-flight planning,” the company said, but using the FISK arrival in Garmin Pilot and avionics can help pilots navigate more precisely when flying the procedure.
SmartCharts users can view notes about the procedure and waypoints directly on the chart. According to Garmin, “While the FISK arrival includes a few VFR waypoints that are in typical navigation databases, it has never been fully coded as part of an official navigation database with the full detailed route, until now. That route also includes details such as flying 'the shoreline of Puckaway Lake’ and ‘flying between Fisk Avenue and the Microwave Tower’ when those transitions are selected.”
A 30-day free trial of Garmin SmartCharts on Garmin Pilot is available for anyone to try out the new charts.
For pilots who want to practice the FISK arrival with live ATC on their flight simulators, <a href="https://www.pilotedge.net/pages/simventure">SimVenture</a> begins today and runs through this weekend.

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