Compatible Garmin avionics can record each flight from startup to shutdown. On October 15, 2026, Garmin announced two more services that an owner can send those records to from flyGarmin.com: Class A and Coflyt. That makes twelve.
What a flight log holds, and how it gets there
Garmin's release says that, when the aircraft is equipped for it, a flight log can include the GPS track, attitude, engine data, aircraft total time, departure time and carbon monoxide levels, among other things. There are two ways to get it off the airplane:
- GDL 60 with PlaneSync: the log uploads to flyGarmin.com automatically after the flight. This needs an active PlaneSync subscription plan, works only on the ground, and needs the GDL 60 to have an LTE or Wi-Fi connection.
- Flight Stream 510: the wireless gateway passes the log to the Garmin Pilot app, which uploads it.
Garmin keeps the list of compatible avionics at garmin.com/FlightLogs. The release gives no prices.
The twelve services
The two added this week, as Garmin describes them:
- Class A: an aviation insurer that uses flight data in underwriting. It is starting a flight data monitoring service (FOQA/FDM) as part of what it calls its Virtual Flight Department.
- Coflyt: an aircraft management service covering inspection and maintenance tracking, AD compliance, squawk sheets, scheduling, utilization, payments and communications.
The other ten named in the release are FlySto, Crewchief Systems, Savvy Aviation, Navi, Brazos Safety Systems, Jet-Care, Pilotbase, TBX, PLANELOGIX and AircraftMX. Garmin groups what they do as flight school scheduling, maintenance tracking, recordkeeping and engine analysis.
What an owner agrees to
Sharing is set up on flyGarmin.com, one service and one aircraft at a time. Once it is turned on, Garmin says, all current and future flight logs for that aircraft go to that service automatically. Access to future logs can be changed at any time. The release does not say how each service may use the data it receives.
A flight log is not a maintenance record
Some of these services track maintenance and AD compliance. The records the regulations require are still the owner's to keep. 14 CFR 91.417 requires the registered owner or operator to keep records of maintenance, preventive maintenance, alteration and required inspections, each with a description of the work, the date it was completed, and the signature and certificate number of the person approving the aircraft for return to service. It also requires records of total time in service, life-limited parts, time since overhaul, current inspection status, and the current status of applicable ADs with the method of compliance. A flight log can supply a total-time figure. It does not carry a return-to-service signature.
Sources
- Garmin, Garmin adds more service integrations to simplify and automate aircraft flight logging with PlaneSync, press release, Olathe, Kansas, October 15, 2026. Read October 16, 2026.
- 14 CFR 91.417, Maintenance records, eCFR, as of October 14, 2026. Read October 16, 2026.
- Photo: Cessna 206H Stationair G1000 instrument panel by Ahunt, Wikimedia Commons, public domain.