Garmin introduces larger TXi touchscreen flight display

17 July 2025

Garmin yesterday announced the new 12.1-inch display size in the TXi family of flight displays for piston, turboprop, and jet aircraft. The new display joins the existing 10.6-inch, 7-inch portrait, and 7-inch landscape TXi flight displays. The 12.1-inch TXi flight display is expected to be available in the third quarter of 2025 through Garmin authorized dealers.

The 12.1-inch touchscreen offers a 33% larger active display area, while the thin bezel design maintains the overall unit width, comparable to the 10.6-inch model. The new display matches the design of the TXi and GTN Xi navigator families and comes in both black and gray variations.

Larger indications and touchpoints provide improved readability for pilots as well as easier touchscreen interactions. Additionally, the larger display offers a more visible vertical map distance at equivalent zoom ranges as well as an increased HSI map size and chart displays without impacting the screen layouts. A single 12.1-inch display can be set for either PFD, MFD, or PFD/MFD functionality with an optional engine indication system (EIS) strip.

Like the rest of the TXi family, the 12.1-inch TXi flight display features a bright, sunlight-readable high-resolution LCD touchscreen display. Powerful dual-core processors enhance the system's graphical capabilities, enabling swift zooming, panning, and map rendering. Pilots can easily access display functions with touchscreen inputs or via the concentric knobs.

TXi flight displays allow aircraft owners and operators to replace mechanical gyros with solid-state attitude heading reference system sensors. These digital systems can reduce lifecycle costs and improve dispatch reliability, while also offering weight savings. By incorporating TXi engine monitoring, pilots can more easily see and analyze engine, fuel, and electrical parameters.

(article source: Garmin / editor: Anton van Rijsbergen)
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