Garmin unveils G5000 PRIME integrated flight deck

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Garmin (GRMN) has unveiled G5000 PRIME, its most advanced integrated flight deck designed for Part 25 transport aircraft. The system features expansive touchscreen primary display units with enhanced capabilities, including quadruple memory capacity and network speeds up to 100 times faster than previous generations. Key innovations include multi-core processors doubling processing power, advanced automation features, and improved crew-centered interface design. The system offers Emergency Return functionality, Runway Occupancy Awareness technology, and comprehensive connectivity options including global datalink services. G5000 PRIME supports modern airspace initiatives and includes enhanced flight management tools, terminal safety solutions, and dispatch reliability features. The system builds on Garmin's experience with over 30,000 integrated flight decks in service.

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• Advanced technology features including quadruple memory and 100x faster connectivity compared to previous generations
• Enhanced safety features including Emergency Return function, Runway Occupancy Awareness, and automated route guidance
• Improved crew efficiency through multi-touch interface and advanced automation capabilities
• Built on proven reliability with over 30,000 Garmin flight decks already in service
• Supports global airspace modernization initiatives and comprehensive connectivity options

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Next-generation flight deck brings the latest industry-leading innovations to Part 25 transport aircraft

OLATHE, Kan., June 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) today introduced G5000^® PRIME, its most advanced integrated flight deck for Part 25 transport aircraft. Built for the demands of transport category aircraft and powered by Garmin innovations, G5000 PRIME is designed to simplify operations and enhance safety. The robust, intuitive, all-touchscreen flight deck is designed to feature more displays and display layout options to provide additional information in busy airport environments. G5000 PRIME is highly flexible and customizable, and its open architecture supports advanced system integration, enabling operators to rapidly deploy new technologies. The avionics suite also incorporates additional systems and capabilities, providing access to more aircraft-level systems within the avionics, and adds reliability and high dispatch availability.

"With over 30,000 integrated flight decks in the field, Garmin has paved the way for innovation and set a new standard for integrated avionics. The G5000 PRIME avionics suite is completely optimized for crewed operations and includes deeper systems integration, and advanced automation and connectivity features that will reduce crew workload and streamline workflow in the cockpit."
–Carl Wolf, Garmin Vice President of Aviation Sales, Marketing, Programs & Support

State-of-the-art flight deck

G5000 PRIME features expansive touchscreen primary display units (PDU) with edge-to-edge, sunlight-readable, fingerprint-resistant glass, redefining expectations in cockpit aesthetics and functionality. The vibrant displays include multiple performance enhancements such as quadruple the memory and gigabit system connectivity that is up to 100 times faster than previous generation flight decks. New, faster multi-core processors more than double the processing power – leveraging Garmin's experience certifying multi-core technology for civil and military aviation markets as early as 2017. Additionally, higher display refresh rates provide crisp, smooth animations and an impressively responsive and fluid experience.

Complementary secondary display units (SDU) provide data entry and system control, with the added capability to display multi-function applications. The high-resolution SDUs boast a 40% increase in screen area over prior Garmin touch controllers.

Intuitive crew-centered design

G5000 PRIME has a crew-centered user interface that is designed to streamline workflows and help crews quickly assess information. The context-sensitive layouts, alerts and more, all provide pilots a seamless platform that can enhance situational awareness and operational efficiency.

The advanced multi-touch touchscreen interface is capable of recognizing up to 10 touchscreen inputs at once, allowing both the pilot and copilot to interact with the same display simultaneously. The enhanced multi-touch technology also enables on-screen hand stabilization, allowing pilots to give precise touchscreen inputs while simultaneously resting their fingers on the display. Support for dedicated control devices allows for intuitive physical control of commonly used functions through Garmin-designed products and third-party cursor control devices (CCD).

Advanced automation and advanced flight tools

G5000 PRIME provides enhanced flight management system (FMS) tools like the Modified Flight Plan, which allows pilots to use both the PDU and SDUs to provide a side-by-side graphical preview of flight plan changes, including performance calculation comparisons or what-if scenarios. To further ease information management, the Window Manager feature allows pilots to configure app display, window sizing, and more across the entire flight deck from one SDU. The Window Manager also provides multiple preset options that can configure all displays with one command, eliminating the need for operators to manually configure each window for various phases of flight.

Leveraging advanced automation capabilities, G5000 PRIME is designed to enhance safety in high pilot workload environments. During initialization, pilots can elect to set up an Emergency Return function, which simplifies pilot responses to in-flight emergencies shortly after takeoff. Safety technologies such as Emergency Descent Mode and Garmin Autothrottles further ensure automation is available to assist crews in every phase of flight. Additionally, G5000 PRIME integrates key aircraft performance, takeoff and landing data (TOLD) and load planning applications from the AeroData portfolio of products, allowing for a seamless operational integration and reducing crew workload during preflight and initialization.

Garmin's terminal safety solutions add even more capabilities to G5000 PRIME-equipped aircraft. Runway Occupancy Awareness (ROA) technology analyzes GPS and ADS-B traffic information relevant to the airport's runways and taxiways to assess and alert the flight crew of a possible runway incursion or collision. ROA builds upon Garmin's other terminal safety solutions including Runway Overrun Awareness and Alerting System (ROAAS), 3D SafeTaxi^® and Garmin SurfaceWatch^™. Additionally, Taxiway Routing provides automated route guidance on the 2D navigational maps and 3D Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT^™) depictions.

Connected fleet & improved dispatch availability

G5000 PRIME supports an array of connectivity capabilities, including use of the GDL^® 60 datalink to offload diagnostics and aircraft health information for maintenance or dispatch teams to use. With Connext^® global datalink services, operators can receive worldwide satellite weather coverage, voice calling, email and text messaging to the cockpit. G5000 PRIME also supports global airspace modernization initiatives, including FAA Data Comm and Link 2000+ CPDLC applications, FANS 1/A+, ACARS – and advanced performance-based navigation (PBN). Backed by proven reliability from over 30,000 Garmin flight decks in the field, and new modular, easy-to-interchange LRU designs, G5000 PRIME is designed to keep fleets flying in the most demanding operational environments.

Aircraft delivering with G5000 PRIME will be announced by aircraft manufacturers. To learn more, visit Garmin.com/G5000PRIME. 

Garmin products and services have revolutionized flight and become essential to the lives of pilots and aircraft owners and operators around the world. A leading provider of solutions to general aviation, business aviation, rotorcraft, advanced air mobility, government and defense, and commercial air carrier customers, Garmin believes every day is an opportunity to innovate. Recipient of the prestigious Robert J. Collier Trophy for Garmin Autoland, Garmin developed the world's first certified autonomous system that activates during an emergency to control and land an aircraft without human intervention. Visit the Garmin Newsroom, email our media team, connect with @garminaviation on social, or follow our blog.

About Garmin International, Inc. Garmin International, Inc. is a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd. (NYSE: GRMN). Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in Switzerland, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Garmin, G5000, SafeTaxi, GDL and Connext are registered trademarks, and Smart Glide, SurfaceWatch and SVT are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries.

All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

Notice on Forward-Looking Statements:
This release includes forward-looking statements regarding Garmin Ltd. and its business. Such statements are based on management's current expectations. The forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this release may not occur and actual results could differ materially as a result of risk factors and uncertainties affecting Garmin, including, but not limited to, the risk factors that are described in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28, 2024 and the Quarterly Report on Form 10- Q for the quarter ended March 29, 2025 filed by Garmin with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission file number 001-41118). A copy of Garmin's 2024 Form 10-K and the Q1 2025 Form 10-Q can be downloaded from https://www.garmin.com/en-US/investors/sec/. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and Garmin undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Media Contact:
Mikayla Minnick
913-397-8200
media.relations@garmin.com 

 

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FAQ

What are the key features of Garmin's new G5000 PRIME flight deck?

G5000 PRIME features touchscreen displays with quadruple memory, 100x faster connectivity, multi-core processors, advanced automation, Emergency Return function, and comprehensive safety features including Runway Occupancy Awareness technology.

How does G5000 PRIME improve pilot workflow and safety?

It offers a crew-centered interface with multi-touch capability, advanced automation, Emergency Return function, and terminal safety solutions including Runway Occupancy Awareness and automated route guidance.

What connectivity options does the Garmin G5000 PRIME support?

It supports GDL 60 datalink for diagnostics, Connext global datalink services for weather and communications, FAA Data Comm, Link 2000+ CPDLC, FANS 1/A+, and ACARS.

How does G5000 PRIME compare to previous Garmin flight decks?

G5000 PRIME offers quadruple memory, 100x faster connectivity, doubled processing power, and 40% larger secondary display units compared to previous generations.

Which aircraft will feature the Garmin G5000 PRIME system?

Specific aircraft models featuring G5000 PRIME will be announced by aircraft manufacturers in the future.