Garmin has announced its flagship GPSMAP 696 and GPSMAP 695 portable aviation navigation devices, updated from the company’s GPSMAP 495 and 496, and for brevity’s sake I’ll run down the impressive feature set of its flagship model in point form.
The GPSMAP 696 features:
- 7-inch high-res portrait display
- bottom soft keys to control most-used features on any page
- dedicated right side buttons to control “functions such as nearest, direct to, flight plan, zoom in/out and menu”
- rotary knob/joystick on right side “that lets pilots enter airport identifiers, pan the map, or scroll to page and sub-page groups”
- IFR map mode similar to a standard enroute chart but with advanced situational awareness with visual reference points including major visual reference points like rivers, state boundaries, highways and railroad tracks
- Garmin FliteCharts, updated every 28 days
- XM radio and XM WX Satellite Weather receiver for United States customers
- PIREPs and icing forecast information
- Smart Airspace, SafeTaxi and AOPA Airport Directory data
The GPSMAP 695 is split into three versions: GPSMAP 695 Americas, GPSMAP 695 Pacific, and GPSMAP 695 Atlantic. Only the 695 Americas model includes an XM receiver.
The GPSMAP 695 and GPSMAP 696 are available now priced at $2,695 and $3,295 respectively.
via garmin
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