Garmin Updates Pilot App for Apple iOS Devices

The updated Version 9.3 Garmin Pilot app for Apple iOS is now available and adds weather enhancements, airspace alerting, traffic display, and runway extended centerlines, among others.

In the flight profile view, users can now view the probability of severity of icing and overall icing potential, and light green, yellow, and red shading shows the likelihood of icing at particular altitudes. Users can also see projected paths of storm cells, depicted by an orange circle paired with a line extending from the strongest cells and showing the predicted location in 15-, 30-, 45-, and 60-minute intervals.

Symbols for hail or tornadic activity, when applicable, are displayed next to the storm cell line. And more information is available about the cell icon in the app’s radial menu. Another weather enhancement is a surface analysis layer available on the moving map, for GDL  51, 52, or 69 users with a SiriusXM Aviation Weather subscription.

Improvements to airspace alerting include notifications before the aircraft entering select airspace segments, which can be selected on the settings page. When paired with an ADS-B In receiver, Garmin Pilot now allows pinch-to-zoom gestures on the traffic page, for zooming in and out. Traffic can be displayed in relative altitude (relative to own-ship) or absolute altitude (relative to the ground), according to Garmin, “so it’s easier to identify traffic targets that may pose a threat.”

Garmin has added mile marker segments on extended runway centerlines to help pilots see how far their aircraft is from the runway on final approach.