Garmin Pilot - Recent Threads

Quality of data and service through Garmin Pilot in South Africa?

3401356 — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:02:58 GMT

I'm planning to fly in South Africa soon-ish. As a Garmin Pilot user on Android who started using it in the US and then used Garmin Pilot in Europe (and felt the quality of the presented info/features/price effectiveness dropping radically), what am I looking at when going to South Africa and adding another subscription on top? What should I be expecting when flying in South Africa quality-wise? How's the quality of the weather briefing in GP? Are there any VFR (the subscription page says, yes..) but also airport/arrival/.. charts available? I am aware that the quality of publicly available information might also differ from the US.. so the question is: how close to "presenting all the publicly available data" is GP in SA?

I'm seriously considering whether I should invest in another subscription for GP (which has been my "well-known & goto ecosystem" but where I apparently only get a fraction of all the features I'm paying for on my Android phone, which I use when flying - the last Android update is 5months old, synchronization was broken after the flights iOS update,...) or whether I'm better served with purpose-built alternatives, like EasyCockpit.

Thanks for some insights here!

Pilot on Android bug report - seemingly random settings not synced

1139150 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:38:53 GMT

I started using pilot on my S26+ about 6 months ago. I came to try pilot because I hate apple and foreflight does not run on android. I like pilot but seems to be pretty buggy given its maturity. I recently installed pilot on my new Active 5 tablet and noticed yesterday that many settings did not sync. Things like preferred speed and distance units. Aircraft performance data such as empty weight and CG. I understand the latter bug is getting fixed any day now but its hard to rely on a app when you don't know if changes made on device A will make it to device B. Seems like all settings should be in a local json file on each device and use git to merge and track changes to a master copy in my cloud account which then propagates between devices. Based on the fact that some but not all account settings are syncing I am guessing there is some spaghetti code behind the sync process. Hope this can get fixed with a single unifying sync using git change tracking/merge at its core so this problem is solved once and for all? And what's with the manual "sync" menu with a plethora of "sync" buttons. When/why would users not just want all their settings synced? can you make the default "always sync" and for those users that want manual syncing let them choose which items to never or manual sync?

I would love to see pilot become as popular as foreflight as that would take some market share from apple which, as I mentioned above, I am not fond of. So hoping we can get these "pilot on android" bugs cleaned up soon. Thanks!

RE: Pilot on Android bug report - seemingly random settings not synced

Garmin-CB — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:46:38 GMT

Hello, I would like to pass along as much information as possible to our Garmin Pilot engineers. Please submit as many photos as possible of what you are seeing to this link: https://supportforms.garmin.com/en-US/form/file-uploader/. Just please make sure to send me a private message with the email you used to submit the information. Also, please also submit your debug logs from the Active 5 tablet to that link. Here is a guide to finding your debug logs: https://support.garmin.com/en-GB/?faq=nwp7mki0Ji9zn4hahubey9. Thank you!

RE: Android bug report - cant change starting fuel on W&B worksheet

Garmin-CB — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:22:04 GMT

Hello, we apologize for the issue that you have encountered. The Garmin Pilot team is currently working on a fix for the App which should be included in the next update. Please keep an eye out for the update that will hopefully be released very soon.

Android bug report - cant change starting fuel on W&B worksheet

1139150 — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:22:52 GMT

cant change starting fuel on W&B worksheet - I can edit it, save the changes, I come back and its back to what it was. It seems to be locked in to the planes fuel value when the trip was created. I changed the plane profile, edit the value in the load sheet, nothing changes it.

RE: Android bug report - cant change starting fuel on W&B worksheet

2597651 — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:03:46 GMT

This issues is just not Android. I get the same behavior in iOS/iPad. It appears the update/sync function keeps updating the tablet from the cloud, versus updating the cloud server from the changes we are making in the tablet.

Redesign of the "Flights" page not useful.

2597651 — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:50:21 GMT

What am I missing? It appears the recent changes to the “Flights” page are not intuitive, or are focused for the biz-jet community and not the smaller piston community.

Climb/Cruise/Descent – What is this block suppose to be displaying? No information is displayed other than “Estimated”. What is “estimated”; fuel?, time? Opening this block appears to allow a “power setting”, but is blank and does nothing.

Payload – When AC loading and determining the CG are very important for smaller AC, how is a generic people and cargo count useful? Why do I have to scroll up (not apparent/hidden) the app to get to the W&B page? Can I change this default?

Weight Limits – This is misleading or something is wrong with my setup. All runways list the AC’s structural weight limit; and always show the longest runway. I can’t figure out how to change the runway (I often get assigned a different / shorter runway). W&B loading plus a hot high-density altitude day and my ability to accept said shorter runway is sometimes limited by the AC’s weight. How do I change, adapt, or modify this section to show relevant information for the AC’s current loading; and the expected shorter runway?

The app knows what AC I’m using to plan the flight. Why then can’t it display useful information based on the AC type?

I guess I’m going back to my Excel spreadsheet with airport runway lookup tables and density altitude calculator to determine my takeoff and landing distances.

Pilot flight menu is poorly laid out

1139150 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:57:12 GMT

the flight menu is not consistent depending on which tab you are on. When on "Flight plan" it does show "stored flight plans" but when on "summary" or "details" it does not show "stored flight plans". And while we are on that subject it would be much more intuitive to have a "Save flight plan" menu option so flight plans can be saved directly while editing them. To have to navigate to "stored flight plans" first to find the save option would be like using microsoft word and the file menu does not have a save option but rather a "Stored Word Fdiles" menu option and once you are there browsing the stored files you get the option to save the current file. makes no sense. should be a direct "save flight plan" menu item that is a peer of "Stored flight plans". And "stored" should be globally replaced with "saved".

Android Pilot bug report - flight plan->summary->create trip does not save the trip that's created

1139150 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:51:51 GMT

Android Pilot bug report - flight plan->summary->create trip does not save the trip that's created. It looks, smells and feels like you have created a trip and lets you edit all trip settings but once you exit its not listed in your trips. Its gone.

trips->add trip->load flight plan does work for turning a flight plan into a trip so thats a workaround.

Feature Request - during route planning flag when glide circle does not reach a suitable emergency landing runway

1139150 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:15:53 GMT

Feature Request - during route planning flag when glide circle does not reach a suitable emergency landing runway. Best I can tell there is a feature that shows a glide ring in flight but thats really just telling you "your screwed" if you have an engine failure and there are no airports in your glide ring. Or you could add to your in in flight workload and play a video game where you constantly adjust course and altitude in real time chasing capturing at least one airport in your glide ring. Or - add another check to the route checker that flags when glide does not reach a suitable emergency landing runway. Preflight checks already flag when weather minimums are not met, sigmets are bad, or TFRs are active. Seems like an easy incremental feature to add this with very high safety value.

G1000NXi connects to iPad with Garmin Pilot via Bluetooth but will not make Wifi connection for Database transfers.

4091443 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:29:23 GMT

How do I make the G1000NXi connect to Garmin Pilot on an iPad with Wifi.

RE: G1000NXi connects to iPad with Garmin Pilot via Bluetooth but will not make Wifi connection for Database transfers.

Garmin-AH — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:47:44 GMT

You are correct. Once the Garmin Pilot is connected via Bluetooth and the avionics sees that there are databases available in the app to transfer the avionics will prompt a Wi-Fi connection to transfer the databases.

RE: Folding iPhone

2707371 — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:22:47 GMT

As a feature request it would be great if the app was optimized for iOS to work with the folding iPhone which is widely expected to be released this fall. It would save pilots from having to also bring an iPad along on flights.

Folding iPhone

2707371 — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:48:48 GMT

At the Apple Platforms State of the Union they appear to have confirmed that an iPhone fold is coming. "Now instead of designing for specific devices and orientations, you're designing for a dynamic range of sizes and aspect ratios."

They now offer support for resizable iOS apps and iPhone mirroring in the beta dev software and apparently the full size matches the leaks of the form factor of the new folding iPhone when open.

I'm about due for a new phone so I think I'll get one when available.

Will Garmin optimize Pilot to take advantage of the new form factor? I'd love to skip having a separate iPad mini to carry around.

Sending Route from Garmin APP to GTN750

2087898 — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:22:24 GMT

Hello,

I have a strange problem. I'm using the Garmin Pilot app on a Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 and want to connect it to my GTN 750 in the aircraft via Flightstream. The connection always works perfectly. Everything I enter on the GTN 750 immediately appears in my app as an "update." I can confirm it and see the route on my tablet.

However, I haven't yet figured out why it sometimes fails and sometimes doesn't. I plan a route with Autorouter, receive a PDF, and click the link in the PDF to send it to the Garmin Pilot app. That works, too. I see the route on my tablet. However, I have no way to send it to the aircraft via Connext. The "send" button is simply grayed out. Even restarting the tablet doesn't change anything. If I then enter something directly on the GTN 750, I immediately receive an update on the tablet.

How is this possible?

Thanks!

RE: Sending Route from Garmin APP to GTN750

Andrew Oberholtzer — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:34:38 GMT

If the issues are still persistent, please contact Garmin Aviation Product Support at 866-739-5687, and we can gather the debug logs for you!

RE: Has anyone sucsessfully copied a flight plan generated in Foreflight and pasted it into Garmin Pilot?

Andrew Oberholtzer — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:32:02 GMT

There isn't a direct way to do a copy and paste that we are aware of in ForeFlight, but if copied, it should be able to be pasted into the route in Garmin Pilot. If you have any additional questions or need assistance, please contact Garmin Aviation Product Support at 866-739-5687!

Has anyone sucsessfully copied a flight plan generated in Foreflight and pasted it into Garmin Pilot?

3599033 — Tue, 12 May 2026 13:10:28 GMT

I am looking at starting with Garmin Pilot having used ForFlight for a long time. I have a number of flights saved on ForeFlight which I would like to copy the route and paste it into Garmin Pilot. Is this straight forward and does the Garmin Pilot recognise the routing made by FF?

Thank you.

Zooming Map and Route does not

SteveWireless — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:41:31 GMT

Well plenty of crashing going on and not much to say about that.

The one thing that is consistently wrong is zooming in and out, the map is fine but the route does not. Scale is off and doesn't stay connected to the proper waypoints. The only way to fix it is shut down the app and restart it. Ugh, it is getting old while in flight.

Using latest version and iOS. iPad a couple of years old.

Is it a known bug?

RE: Zooming Map and Route does not

Andrew Oberholtzer — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:40:18 GMT

This should be fixed in the latest release of Garmin Pilot iOS 26.7.2. If issues persist, please email gpfeedback@garmin.com!

RE: TOLD Support

Andrew Oberholtzer — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:38:49 GMT

Thank you for the feature request! We are considering and accepting all feedback and suggestions for any future developments!

TOLD Support

3094982 — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 02:44:16 GMT

Has there been any consideration to incorporate takeoff and landing performance information in Garmin Pilot? It’s a feature that keeps me bouncing back to a competitors product, especially on hot summer days.

RE: Folding iPhone

Andrew Oberholtzer — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:37:37 GMT

While we cannot comment on any future devices, whether proposed or confirmed, generally folding phones of any kind(Android types) do not work as effectively with Garmin Pilot as a non-foldable phone.

RE: Has anyone sucsessfully copied a flight plan generated in Foreflight and pasted it into Garmin Pilot?

2707371 — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:27:19 GMT

Hi, yes, I've done this. What I've done is actually gone to the Flights page in FF, go down the form and copy the route from there. I couldn't copy it from the Maps page.

RE: TOLD Support

2707371 — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:24:27 GMT

I believe you need to do it in FltPlan. I agree it would be great to have it integrated in to GP directly. I've submitted this as a feature request.