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The portable color Garmin GPSMAP 96C along with the grayscale Garmin GPSMPAP 96 combine a pilot-friendly operating system with powerful navigation features and great value - giving you the freedom to go anywhere.

Enhance Situational Awarenes

The Garmin GPSMAP 96C offers a built-in Jeppesen® database. View Jeppesen airport data overlaid on a map and receive alerts when potential obstacles loom ahead. In addition, the 96C shows localizer-like runway extensions and graphic HSI steering with GPS-derived VNAV for added orientation.

View Images in Sharp Detail

The Garmin GPSMAP 96C features a bright sunlight-readable color display that makes map detail easy to read. Its simple keypad and streamlined design literally put the world of GPS capability in the palm of your hand.

Automate Your Logbook

A built-in logbook in the Garmin GPSMAP 96C tracks your flying hours and automatically records departure and arrival locations. When used with Garmin's free logbook software, Flightbook, you can simplify your record keeping by creating, managing, analyzing, saving and printing flight data from the GPSMAP 96C's logbook.

Navigate by Air, Land or Sea

The Garmin GPSMAP 96C's three navigation modes and built-in autorouting basemap let you go from plane to car to boat to hiking boots without missing a beat. With 119 megabytes of memory and a mini-USB port, you can quickly download and store map data from a variety of optional MapSource® products. Add detailed street maps for street navigation. Or, for a great day on the water, customize the waterproof 96C with marine cartography. The Garmin GPSMAP 96C also operates on 2 AA batteries, making it easy to use on foot.

Garmin GPSMAP 96C: Go from plane to boat to automobile without missing a beat.

Includes Garmin GPSMAP96C receiver with Jeppesen database,2 AA batteries, Yoke Mount, Wrist strap, PC USB interface cable, 12 volt adapter, trip and waypoint manager and manuals.

Please note that prices may change due to variations in the US dollar. Freight is $16.50 within Australia.

GARMIN 96C REVIEW by Dave Prossor

Dave Prossor is a Grade 1 Flight Instructor who also writes two columns is Australian Aviation magazine. Dave doubles as an on-demand ferry pilot on S/E aircraft, domestic. He recently gave the Garmin 96C that he purchased from us a test flight. Here is his report;

I have been using a Garmin 90 GPS for the last ten years. It has been a good unit but recently I opted to upgrade to a Garmin 96C from Calculator and Handheld Systems and Services and see how it went while on the ferry of a Cessna 172 from Melbourne to Mt. Isa.

I chose the 96C because it is compact, has a colour screen, the price was right and I expected correctly that it would operate along much the same lines as my previous Garmin 90. It also has additional features that I like.

The 96C is the same size as the 90 mono unit and as such fits easily into my flight bag. On the moving map Prohibited, Restricted and Danger areas (PRD) as well as CTA boundaries are displayed. It came with a cradle holder that attaches to the control column of whatever aircraft I am flying. The 96C slips easily into the holder and as such is nicely in front of the pilot. The 96C uses only two AA batteries for a said life of up to 40 hours running time (the 90 used four for a shorter life). The 96C can have a power cable plugged into the ciggy lighter for aircraft power and if that is lost or not available the batteries (if installed) then take over. It can have an external windscreen mounted aerial but I found that the unit quickly pulled in up to 12 satellites using the in-built aerial while just mounted in the holder.

The display I chose was the moving map display with the ground speed and miles to run displayed at the top of the screen. A touch of the Quit button gave me time-to-run to the destination and battery run time. Screen back light level can be graduated. When in the air you can zoom in or out to assist in track keeping. The handbook that comes with the 96C shows many more features that the unit can do. A track using a series of waypoints can be set up or the pilot can simply Go-to a selected waypoint. Up to 1000 user waypoints can be added. The memory can be updated via the supplied USB cable. The 96C does not come with a carry pouch so I obtained one.

Summary; The Garmin 96C is a compact easy to use portable aviation GPS. It is well priced and for the small cost difference the 96C (colour) model is probably a better unit than the 96 (mono). Please remember that a portable aviation GPS unit should only be used as an assist to the basic VFR skills of chart, watch & compass.  

A happy Garmin 96C GPS owner.