The Garmin GPSMAP 696 is the biggest, full-featured, portable aviation GPS available. The 696 looks just like a person pulled a glass cockpit MFD out of a panel and squashed it into a slender notebook. Exactly like an MFD, the 696 has softkeys that switch behavior as you alter modes or pages. Additionally, it has a joystick knob that performs many functions based upon the context.
Terrain is a primary and critical attribute of the GPSMAP 696. The unit has a high-resolution terrain page to show dangers relative to the altitude and a vertical profile of terrain along your way. The terrain data source by Jeppesen is built-in, and it contains a terrain database of the Americas, Atlantic or Pacific. An obstacles data source for the U. S. or European union is also integrated. With all this info, the 696 displays a person's flight path using contoured terrain maps. The 696 displays and tracks your present location in relation to surrounding terrain to provide notifications.
While navigating through unfamiliar airspace, the terrain and obstacles repository is crucial. Terrain presentations on the 696 are vibrant and evident. Yellow means caution and it a very good idea to achieve some altitude prior to approaching a yellow place. Red is dead - this simple principle will keep you from flying into anything large and solid. If the color shades don't warn you, then the insistent voice in your headset certainly will. When your 696 says pull up, do it.
Oftentimes, the terrain view appears like a hopeless predicament. You've got red in front of you and to the right without any break. Should you bank left? First off attempt zooming out your screen with the joystick. Oops, more red on the left. Better to climb and maybe circle until you can find a way out.
To help keep pilots cognizant of special airspace activity, around 683 parachute drop zones are detailed in the Americas navigation data source. You may also tailor-make your own minimum clearance ranges to be given terrain warnings. The 696 also has a realistic 'view from space' satellite imagery basemap.
One truly beneficial characteristic is the ability to lay out a flight path and view the surfaces all along the path, before you ever depart the ground. This one planning task could keep you right out the boxed in circumstance above. Add a few legs to the flight path and take a short detour around any kind of terrain your airplane is unable to climb over.
When in the air, Garmin's new Smart Airspace feature makes it a lot easier than ever to spot exactly what airspace lies ahead. Smart Airspace immediately highlights airspace near your current altitude and de-emphasizes airspace away from the actual altitude, which gives you increased situational awareness.
On the ground, the Garmin 696 includes the Safe Taxi database plus comprehensive taxiway diagrams and location information for more than 950 U. S. airports. Preloaded on the model, this information assists you to get around new airports with full confidence and displays your aircraft's specific situation on the field. And with the AOPA Airport Directory and the Private Airports and Heliports repository, you will always know what to expect whenever you land at your destination.
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