The Beechcraft King Air family of twin turboprops has long set the standard for travel comfort in business aviation. King Air owners love their aircraft. But many of them also face issues with aging mechanical instruments and outdated avionics.

That’s why Garmin created and certified the original G1000® glass flight deck upgrade package. It quickly became the industry’s most popular and trusted King Air retrofit solution. Now, this Garmin glass suite technology gets even better with next-generation G1000® NXi.

This newer system’s dual-core processing power, enhanced features, and growth-oriented technology combine to help boost your King Air’s overall performance, useful load, NextGen readiness, and, ultimately, its market value at resale time. Meanwhile, predictable flat rates for repairs help keep your cost of ownership low – and your confidence level high. Backed by our No. 1-ranked Garmin product support team, G1000 NXi is today’s clear-as-glass choice for giving your aircraft a fresh new lease on life. No other upgrade comes close – for anything close to the price.

Flying with a traffic system for the first time is an experience. You see what you have been missing. Our traffic systems help to make better decisions as they actively support a pilot‘s lookout. They provide better situational awareness, especially in situations with limited perception due to high workloads or complex traffic situations.

Your King Air’s G1000 NXi layout will feature a large 15” multifunction display (MFD) in the center of the panel, flanked by 10.4” primary flight  displays (PFDs) at the pilot and co-pilot positions.  On the central MFD, you’ll find essential engine  and fuel systems data displayed along with  detailed moving-map graphics showing the  aircraft’s current position in relation to ground  features, chart data, navaids, flight plan routings  and more. Likewise, on the pilot and co-pilot PFDs, a  graphical 3-axis flight display incorporates aircraft  attitude, airspeed, climb rate, altimeter and  horizontal course/heading information – as well  as flight director command bar cues and mode  information – when teamed with our GFC 700  automatic flight control system (AFCS). Configured to meet global NextGen airspace  modernization initiatives, your King Air’s G1000 NXi  package provides an integrated, rule-compliant ES  transponder for ADS-B “Out” data transmission.  It also offers standard ADS-B “In” capability to  support weather and advanced traffic displays,  including TargetTrend and TerminalTraffic.  What’s more, optional SVT synthetic vision  technology enables a “virtual reality” landscape  to be computer generated on the PFDs – with simulations of terrain, obstacles, airports, flight  plan routes, weather overlays, traffic and more.   In essence, it’s like having a clear-day “out-the window” view of your flight situation, even in solid  IFR or nighttime VFR conditions.

 Exclusive Connext® cockpit connectivity via the optional Flight Stream 510 wireless gateway lets you  stream information in real time between your King Air’s avionics and compatible mobile devices running  our Garmin Pilot™ app.  This combination turns your tablet or smartphone into a true cockpit interface – supporting Database  Concierge wireless database transfer plus flight plan transfer and continual streaming of SiriusXM®  weather, traffic, attitude information and more to your compatible mobile display. Add a subscription to  SiriusXM audio entertainment, and you can use your mobile device to wirelessly access and control more  than 130 channels of audio entertainment from any seat on the aircraft.

G1000® NXi also supports a variety of satellite datalink options to provide  up-to-the-minute weather information – with animated NEXRAD imagery, current airport conditions, forecasts, flight restrictions, precipitation, lightning, winds and more. Both the U.S. - sourced ADS-B network and SiriusXM satellite weather services can be accessed from your system (SiriusXM subscription required). Plus, an optional Garmin Connext satellite link receiver can also bring seamless on demand worldwide weather  information to your cockpit for international operations. Adding tactical  weather avoidance capability to the mix, the standard GWX™ 70 Doppler capable radar puts a wealth of onboard scanning technology at your fingertips. Its full-color storm cell imagery can be overlaid on your MFD’s moving map – as well as on your PFD’s HSI map display.

With its ultra-smooth 3-axis servo control inputs, the standard GFC™ 700 all-digital flight control system provides your King Air’s G1000 NXi package with a superior level of integration and response. The list of capabilities is unprecedented in this class of autopilot and includes the following: airspeed holds, VNAV profiles, coupled holding patterns, coupled go arounds1, procedure turns and many others. Pilots will appreciate the positive, consistent response afforded by airspeed-scheduled trim – as well as the silky smooth roundouts and vertical intercepts that the system’s advanced software modeling provides on climbs and descents. Another safety-enhancing option available with the King Air G1000 NXi upgrade is our Electronic Stability and Protection (ESP) system2. It helps prevent excursions beyond the normal flight envelope by applying a gentle corrective force to the yoke when it detects any excessive pitch and roll. It can even protect from low airspeed when paired with a compatible angle of attack sensor. By proactively helping to keep the aircraft flying within its design limits, ESP can have a significant and immediate effect on safety-of-flight for King Air pilots and their passengers.

Other key features that are offered as standard  with the G1000 NXi suite include dual RVSM capable ADAHRS units (each of which combines a digital air data computer with the Attitude and Heading Reference System inputs). For the higher-flying King Air 200 and 300/350 series, your G1000 NXi installation includes Reduced Vertical Separation Minimums (RVSM) certification, enabling full operational access to the now-more-restrictive upper flight levels. Designed to be easily updated, your G1000 NXi system’s architecture can be counted on to keep pace with evolving technology and airspace requirements. What’s more, if your King Air is already equipped with a legacy G1000® system, we’ve made the new G1000 NXi displays to be pin-for-pin drop-in compatible, so you can upgrade with minimal downtime and expense. 

With its built-in Flight Data Logging feature, your King Air’s G1000 NXi system automatically stores critical flight and engine parameters on an SD™ data card, giving service crews prompt access to troubleshooting and operational trend information. This recorded data can then be used to identify early signs of engine performance issues and then schedule service to help avoid more costly repairs later.