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Doesn’t beat Foreflight vector maps are worthless
I have been a long time user of both Garmin and Jeppesen. Things I like, easy flight plan changed when IFR that can be quickly sent to my gps. There things I don’t like: VFR vector maps do not have topo lines. Also VFR corridors available on TACs through class B are not available anywhere. Jeppesen VFR vector maps not available. Things I don’t like about the IFR maps: Garmin vector maps are worthless. No minimum crossing altitude points available, no VOR radial information for victor airways, MEA’s missing on some victor airways, (these are the ones I know of) and Jeppesen IFR maps not available, only the approach plates are available.Show lessbkre78
Awesome!
The best app on the market once you get used to using it.TheMancaveGarage
Fee
I really wish we could be a one time fee only not a yearly subscriptionAzoriandan
Freezes occasionally while trying to view weather and then won’t open
A little concerning that an aviation app freezes/crashes so frequently. Called support and they told me to use the Restart Option (in main iPad settings) “Switch to Map Page” as a workaround to get it out of the freeze. This worked, but after doing so, the map settings I selected were reset to default and turns out the app “backup” that it does doesn’t include these settings (so restoring the backup is worthless) so I have to redo these every time I have to reboot the app with these settings.Show lessRyanTypeDude
Love it but...
Great app, have been using it for a while and it is an excellent tool! Having said that I live in Guatemala and there are a lot of map issues and waypoints that are in the wrong place, would love to be able to edit them and have them be in their correct place also be able to add airports that are not in the database, private runways.
Aside from this love the app!! Hope you can fix the issuesShow lessAlepm
Perhaps the best EFB out there but lacking maps data
Any plans to add FIA frequency data to Australian maps and Country Strip Guides to make usable for Australian market?
Integration with Airservices Australia's NAIPS service for flight logging would also be essential for Australians.Pavel Aero
Long time garmin app user
I have been using this app since it came out. Garmin is awesome at keeping this app current. This is the app to use for flight planning and in the cockpit assistance. It is super user friendly and can be used in rough weather. I believe this is the most pilot friendly app for flight planning and actual in cockpit usability. You need to keep buying new iPads as they come out because the software is pretty heavy. It is packed with horsepower and every two to three years the processors can’t keep up. I have an iPad Pro that’s a year old and does great.Show lessPginz
Does not beat Foreflight!
Read the other review that this beats ForeFlight. Well...I’m not sure what rock that person came out from other, but no way. Not even close. Garmin Pilot is a great program, and I use it as my backup in case my ForeFlight goes down, and I would be perfectly comfortable using it as my first line nav program— but why would I when I have the full ForeFlight suite. I guess it just boils down to preference. ForeFlight in my opinion is the hands down winner all the way across the board.Show lesssnowmobilejer
Class E airspace now shown.
Now having the inclusion of class e airspace again is very helpful...dteyres
No Class E Airspace
**Update** Garmin has in the last few days added the Class E airspace back on both the Garmin Pilot and Portables. Thank you very much! I will be renewing my Garmin Pilot subscription in February!!****
Since Garmin decided to remove Class E Airspace from not only Garmin Pilot but my Garmin 796, I will be switching to ForeFlight. In Canada there are lots of MF Class E Aerodromes and not having that information available on a paid subscription is useless in my mind. I’ve spent hundreds of dollars on map and chart upgrades and subscriptions with Garmin over the last two years and now will need to switch to another provider. I spoke with a Garmin tech support guy today and he agrees and says there is no fix in sight for this. He doesn’t know why they removed it. I wish I wouldn’t have updated my 796 as the Airspace was on the old maps.
Aside from that I love both products but I want to be able to see all Airspace not just C and D. I’m assuming that since Class E Airspace with MF are not common in the US that this is why they removed it?Show lessJbsupercub
