Garmin G1000 NXi Approved for Embraer Phenom 300

Garmin’s G1000 NXi upgrade is now available for the Embraer Phenom 300.

The upgrade to the aircraft’s Prodigy flight deck adds faster processors to the system’s displays, enabling many new features such as split-screens on the multifunction display and faster map panning.

Among other new features are wireless connectivity for database updates and two-way flight plan transfer, as well as sharing GPS and backup attitude information with mobile devices running apps such as Garmin Pilot, FltPlan Go, and ForeFlight.

G1000 NXi also adds the HSI map with overlay options, including weather, traffic, and terrain; SurfaceWatch runway monitoring to help pilots avoid using the wrong runway or one that is too short; and visual approach guidance, which gives a stabilized glidepath to the runway end. Sectional and IFR low/high en route charts are now available on the flight displays along with Smart Airspace, which “highlights the airspace nearest the aircraft’s current altitude and de-emphasizes non-pertinent airspace,” according to Garmin.

Customers upgrading their Phenom 300s to the G1000 NXi can also add the optional GWX 75 solid-state Doppler weather radar, which offers long-range capability and a high-definition color palette.