Ensure aviation database accuracy with Garmin!
You’re flying back to your home airport; it’s a typical
flight, XM radio is on, checklists are complete, and today is one of those days
you’re reminded of how nice flying truly is. As you approach your home airport,
you’re told by ATC to, “Expect the RNAV to Runway 18.” The airport is reporting
500 overcast and 3 miles visibility, which is IMC (instrument metrological
conditions) by any pilot’s standard.
You could fly this approach with your eyes closed. As you proceed
to load the RNAV approach into your
Garmin navigator, the approach is not
listed. The correct airport identifier is loaded. The navigation database is
up-to-date and current. What now?
Certainly this is a mistake!
From time-to-time, procedures may be excluded from the
aviation database. Each database cycle, Garmin performs a series of quality
checks on the latest data received from our suppliers. If it is determined the
data is not being processed correctly, the procedure will be screened out of
the navigation database for that particular cycle. The causes driving such
removals are wide-ranging and while some data can be rectified and reinstated
one cycle later, other data will remain excluded for longer periods of time.
The good news is that we give you advanced warning when
we withhold this data! A report covering the two most recent cycles can be
accessed anytime by visiting our Garmin
Data Exclusions report.
Procedures that have been excluded from the navigation database
are conveniently listed in this report by airport identifier, approach, and
region. For issues that affect a wider array of procedures, a general
explanation is sometimes given instead of a full procedure listing.
Per FAR 91.103, ensuring you have, “all available
information concerning that flight” is part of our duty as pilot in command. Be
sure you have all of the necessary information by making a habit out of
visiting this website, each time you perform a database update on our flyGarmin website. And while
you’re there, be sure to check out our Aviation Data Alerts
page, too! Not familiar? Check out Lucy’s
Logbook for more information!
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