Garmin Pilot for PC

★ ★ ★ Garmin Pilot Overview

What is Garmin Pilot?

Garmin Pilot is an app designed specifically for general aviation and corporate pilots. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools for flight planning, charts, interactive maps, weather briefing resources, and navigation capabilities. The app's intuitive interface mirrors those on the newest Garmin touchscreen avionics, allowing pilots to go seamlessly from preflight to inflight.

Software Features and Description

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Garmin Pilot is the most comprehensive suite of tools for the iPad designed specifically for general aviation and corporate pilots.

5. With Garmin Pilot, users can easily enter a flight plan and interactively edit it on the map.

6. Flight planning, charts, interactive maps, weather briefing resources and navigation capabilities; it’s all included.

7. After takeoff, pilots can continue to view real-time weather in the U.S. and traffic information by wirelessly connecting to Garmin’s GDL 39 3D portable ADS-B Receiver (sold separately).

8. Pilots can check NEXRAD radar, visible and infrared cloud imagery, METARs, TAFs, AIRMETs, SIGMETs, PIREPs, NOTAMs, winds and temperature aloft, TFRs and lightning data.

9. Garmin Pilot provides full en-route navigation capability on its moving map.

10. Garmin Pilot includes a comprehensive electronic logbook that syncs with flyGarmin.

11. The logbook automatically generates entries based upon GPS data collected during the flight, tracks currency, supports manual entries, endorsements and creates reports.

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Download and install Garmin Pilot on your computer

GET Compatible PC App

App	Download	Rating	Maker
Garmin Pilot	Get App ↲	3,539 4.71	Garmin DCI

Or follow the guide below to use on PC:

Select Windows version:

Windows 10
Windows 11

Install Garmin Pilot app on your Windows in 4 steps below:

Download an Android emulator for PC:
Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks PC software Here >> .

Install the emulator:
On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.

Using Garmin Pilot on PC [Windows 10/ 11]:

Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "Garmin Pilot"
The search will reveal the Garmin Pilot app icon. Open, then click "Install".
Once Garmin Pilot is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including Garmin Pilot.
Now enjoy Garmin Pilot on PC.

Download a Compatible APK for PC

Download	Developer	Rating	Current version
Get APK for PC →	Garmin DCI	4.71	24.9.0

Download on Windows 11

For Windows 11, check if there's a native Garmin Pilot Windows app here » ». If none, follow the steps below:

To get started, Download the OpenPC software »
- Upon installation, open OpenPC app » goto "Playstore on PC" » click "Configure_Download" button. This will auto-download and install PlayStore on your computer.

To use Garmin Pilot,
- Login to the PlayStore we just installed
- Search for "Garmin Pilot" » then Click "Install".
- Garmin Pilot will now be available on your Windows start-menu.

Minimum requirements	Recommended
8GB RAM SSD Storage Processor: Intel Core i3, AMD Ryzen 3000 Architecture: x64 or ARM64	16GB RAM HDD Storage

Get Garmin Pilot on Apple macOS

Download	Developer	Reviews	Rating
Get Free on Mac	Garmin DCI	3539	4.71

Download on Android: Download Android

Garmin Pilot functions

- 30 Days Free Trial on initial download

- Pre-flight planning with comprehensive aviation weather information

- NEXRAD radar, visible and infrared cloud imagery, METARs, TAFs, AIRMETs, SIGMETs, PIREPs, NOTAMs, winds and temperature aloft, TFRs, and lightning data

- Interactive maps that support track-up navigation, VFR sectional or an IFR low or high en-route chart

- Text-based weather widgets and exclusive NavTrack feature to view weather along the planned route

- Easily enter a flight plan and interactively edit it on the map

- Full en-route navigation capability on its moving map

- Garmin's patented panel, a GPS-driven instrument pack with a graphical HSI directional display and indicators for groundspeed, altitude, and vertical speed

- Real-time weather in the U.S. and traffic information by wirelessly connecting to Garmin's GDL 39 3D portable ADS-B Receiver (sold separately)

- Comprehensive electronic logbook that syncs with flyGarmin

- U.S. Standard features: Rich, interactive maps, VFR Sectionals, low and high IFR en-route, airport diagrams, and approach procedures, Jeppesen Terminal Charts, Weather Maps, Extensive text products, AOPA Airport Directory, Weight and Balance, Checklists, Flight plan filing via Leidos Flight Services, Terrain and Obstacles, Smart Airspace, Fast Find predictive Waypoint Entry, Logbook, Optional VFR Premium, Optional IFR Premium

- Regional offerings for Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, and Latin America

- Worldwide Jeppesen NavData, Radar and Satellite imagery, 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.

- Use of GPS running in the background may decrease battery life.

- One subscription to Garmin Pilot may be used on three devices.

✔ Pros:

- Great app for flight planning and in-cockpit assistance

- Constantly improving with updates

- Better map readability than ForeFlight

- Numerous features

- ADS-B weather and traffic works great

- Super user-friendly

- Can be used in rough weather

- Most pilot-friendly app for flight planning and in-cockpit usability

- Integrated everything within the app seamlessly

- Easy to read and find everything within the app

- Updated map is even better

☹ Cons:

- The screen reverts to the default current time block when viewing winds aloft forecasts after about 10-15 seconds of viewing a time block.

Top Pcmac Reviews

Garmin Pilot is great

By justingraff (Pcmac user)

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 this app 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.
Good app.

By lgj1228 (Pcmac user)

I just wanted to bring up an issue I am having while viewing winds aloft forecasts. When I slide the time blocks at the bottom over to a future block to view info, the screen will revert to the default current time block. The screen flickers slightly when it happens. If I am copying wind speeds and directions and dont catch the change I’ll be viewing the wrong info and have to slide back to the time block I was viewing. It seems to do it after about 10-15 seconds of viewing a time block. Otherwise, 5 stars. Maybe something can be fixed in a future update.
Long time garmin app user

By Pginz (Pcmac user)

I have been using this app since it came out. the app 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.
Blows Foreflight out of the water!

By fly to learn (Pcmac user)

The new update effectively blows Foreflight out of the water! this app has integrated everything within the app seamlessly making for a very user-friendly product. Everything is easy to read and find within the app and the updated map makes it even better.