Eyes in the back of your head

A seven-inch high-definition WVGA display shows a wide attitude indicator with vertical tape displays for airspeed and altitude. Below that, you’ll find an easy-to-read electronic HSI. The surrounding bezel features a rotary joystick cursor control, which helps simplify data entry. Use accompanying softkeys for mode and menu selection. Select from optional VFR or airway-style IFR map modes. An integrated aviation base map gives life-like visual navigation that shows terrain such as rivers, roads, cities, lakes, airports, and more. Stay aware of special airspace activity with more than 683 parachute drop zones detailed in the Americas navigation database. And for enhanced safety, a built-in elevation database powers a color-keyed terrain page for both overhead and vertical profile views of potentially hazardous terrain along your route.

Know your way around

On top of its aviation base-map imagery, the G300 avionics suite also comes with basic Garmin FliteCharts^® and SafeTaxi^® functionality pre-installed for U.S. buyers of the Skycatcher. With SafeTaxi, you can access detailed airport diagrams and get geo-referenced positioning information about your aircraft’s position on the field for more than 900 U.S. airports. It’s especially useful when landing at unfamiliar locations. The G300 comes with AOPA Airport Directory data on more than 7,400 U.S. airports, as well as airports of entry for Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. When flying internationally, you have the option of global AC-U-KWIK airport directory data instead.