Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Nine years in the making, Garmin has reinvented digital aeronautical procedural charts with a new product it calls SmartCharts. Available with the Garmin Pilot app for iOS, the SmartCharts procedures automatically adjust and scale as the pilot zooms and pans within the chart, similar to Garmin's data-driven maps across its entire product line. This data also allows SmartCharts to highlight details and notes that could be easily overlooked and lost on traditional charts, while also reducing clutter—and reducing the potential for error. In a first for the industry, the approach vertical profile view is geo-referenced, with the aircraft appearing on the profile at its altitude.
For this video, Aviation Consumer magazine Editor in Chief and AVweb contributor Larry Anglisano joined up with Garmin's Kyle Ludwick for a detailed look at a few interesting SmartCharts and real-world scenarios.
Nine years in the making, Garmin has reinvented digital aeronautical procedural charts with a new product it calls SmartCharts. Available with the Garmin Pilot app for iOS, the SmartCharts procedures automatically adjust and scale as the pilot zooms and pans within the chart, similar to Garmin's data-driven maps across its entire product line. This data also allows SmartCharts to highlight details and notes that could be easily overlooked and lost on traditional charts, while also reducing clutter—and reducing the potential for error. In a first for the industry, the approach vertical profile view is geo-referenced, with the aircraft appearing on the profile at its altitude.
For this video, Aviation Consumer magazine Editor in Chief and AVweb contributor Larry Anglisano joined up with Garmin's Kyle Ludwick for a detailed look at a few interesting SmartCharts and real-world scenarios.
