GNS 480 Integrated Avionics System

The Garmin GNS 480 takes a Quantum Leap into the future of airborne navigation. The GNS 480 is by far the most advanced integrated avionics system designed for general aviation. The unit is approved for primary navigation and includes the industry's first certified WAAS/GPS navigator opening up thousands of airports in IFR conditions.

Add to this a high resolution, sunlight readable moving-map display with 256 color combinations and our award winning VHF Nav/Comm with VOR Nav, localizer, and glide slope receivers all integrated in one compact package. The GNS 480 frees up precious panel space with added functionality to control a remote mounted transponder. The Garmin GNS 480 is setting the standard for integrated avionics.

The GNS 480 was the first navigator approved under the FAA's new TSO C-146a. Only C-146a devices can be approved for primary navigation and are required to meet more stringent environmental qualifications, satisfy higher software integrity levels with new leg types and transitions, while insuring improved integrity and availability during precision approach operations.

The FAA's new Wide Area Augmentation System or WAAS dramatically improves the accuracy, integrity, and availability of GPS. The GNS 480 incorporates a new 15-channel WAAS receiver designed specifically for airborne applications. GPS position is computed 5 times per second with vertical and horizontal accuracy of 2-meters, improving safety while dramatically increasing cockpit capabilities.

The Garmin GNS 480 is by far the most advanced integrated avionics system available for general aviation and is designed to work in concert with the popular GMX 200 multi-function display. The GMX 200 creates a benchmark for situational awareness in the cockpit and received the "Aviation Consumer Magazine" Product of the Year award in 2001. Additional features and tighter integration are available when the GMX 200 is paired with the GNS 480.

Changing ranges on the GNS 480 automatically controls ranges on the GMX 200. Even more impressive is when an approach is selected on the GNS 480, the approach plate is automatically depicted on the GMX 200 when using Jeppesen Chart View. This combination greatly reduces pilot workload and is simply unbeatable for situational awareness in all phases of flight.

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