Autoland

visibility is fine, but the problem we are facing is with the ceiling because we can't continue with the ILS with a ceiling of... 200, because every time we try to lock on to the localizer, you know, the implementation doesn't allow us to do that.

Okay, so you cannot do like an Autoland or something? No, Autoland is not available, because we've got two radio altimeter failures, so we're on one radio altimeter, we've got TCAS failures, we've got multiple instrument failures.

Okay, so let me try and find, so you need something with a better, so what ceiling do you need?

We need something where we, you know, we have, where we can do like a non-precision approach.

That's the integrated touchscreen glass cockpit system that Garmin has been putting into high-performance singles for the last several years.

The G3000 is important, because Autoland is a G3000 feature.

You cannot bolt Autoland onto a panel that isn't built for it.

The avionics architecture has to be there first, and the AX was designed from the ground up with that architecture in place.

So what is Autoland exactly? Because the name suggests something, but the full capability of the system goes further than most people realize until they dig into it.

Garmin's Autoland is an autonomous landing system, not an autopilot in the traditional sense, not a flight director, not an approach mode.

Autonomous when activated, the system takes complete control of the aircraft.

It evaluates all nearby airports and selects the best available option based on runway length, weather conditions, instrument approach availability, and proximity.

Whether you're flying a Cessna 172 at 8,000 feet or a pressurized turboprop at flight level 270, if the person in the front seat cannot fly, the airplane cannot fly, and the outcomes in those cases have historically been fatal.

Emergency Autoland technology is the industry's answer to that problem, and the PC-12 Pro is now certified to handle it.

Here's what the system does.

If the pilot is incapacitated, a passenger with zero flight experience can initiate the emergency sequence.

That is not a trivial software problem.

That is deep integration between flight management, avionics, and communication systems.

Now, emergency Autoland technology is not entirely new to aviation.

Garmin developed their version and received FAA certification in 2020.

That's the part people miss.

Autoland solves the approach.

It doesn't solve the ground.

Control towers have to visually confirm aircraft on the runway.