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Flying Visual Approaches? Synthetic Vision Pathways Can Help

Flying Magazine

JUNE 3, 2025

If you’ve flown in a Garmin glass cockpit with synthetic vision, then you may have seen the Pathways feature, a series of constantly moving rectangles on the primary flight display (PFD). When approaching an airport on a long base leg, they often struggle to determine the correct altitude for joining the final approach.

Approach

Approach Runway Cockpit Aeronautical Decision-Making

2700 Miles in a Cherokee Six

AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

An autopilot and Aspen primary flight display reduce workload on long flights. Phoenix Approach Control gave us a few delay vectors before turning us onto final approach. It’s used by aircraft operating under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR – flying in the clouds).

Density Altitude

Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Fixed Base Operator

Aviator Connection

Flying Visual Approaches? Synthetic Vision Pathways Can Help

2700 Miles in a Cherokee Six

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