November 18, 2025

You love your Cirrus SR aircraft — and for good reason. It’s not just how you travel; it’s how you choose to fly. Whether for business or pleasure, your SR has delivered every step of the way.

But if you’ve considered giving your trusted aircraft an avionics refresh, Garmin has the technology to make it happen. Designed for Cirrus SR Series G3 and G5 (models 20, 22 and 22T) aircraft equipped with the original Cirrus Perspective® system, the Cirrus Perspective+ flight deck upgrade brings new capabilities, enhanced processing power, and smarter safety tools and features.

This familiar yet new flight deck is certain to make your aircraft more enjoyable to fly. How? Let’s dive into the four reasons why you should upgrade with Cirrus Perspective+.

1. Peace of mind

Safety is key while in the air. You know this. We know this. Which is why the Perspective+ flight deck upgrade adds even more safety tools to enhance peace of mind on every flight. How so, you may ask?

For starters, enjoy our award-winning Runway Occupancy Awareness technology¹ (ROA), which uses ADS-B traffic and GPS data to detect potential runway incursions caused by nearby airborne aircraft and ground vehicles. Combined with the SurfaceWatch™ feature, an optional offering, pilots can receive visual and aural alerts to help prevent runway confusion or accidental takeoffs and landings on the wrong surface.

See your airport environment in a new way with a 3D exocentric view of SafeTaxi®, an enhanced Garmin SVT™ feature that provides a clear, three-dimensional depiction of runways, taxiways and your aircraft’s position on the field. 3D SafeTaxi helps reduce confusion and increases confidence from engine start to shut down.

2. Modern performance and processing power

Perspective+ brings your Cirrus SR flight deck up to speed with faster processing, smoother map rendering, vivid LED backlighting and crisp, high-resolution displays (available in 10” or 12” screens depending on your aircraft’s configuration). The result is a system that reacts as quickly as you do, keeping essential flight data flowing seamlessly and efficiently.

3. More intuitive control

The addition of a QWERTY-style keypad controller makes entering flight plans, waypoints and frequencies faster and more natural — much like typing on your smartphone or tablet. It’s a small detail that makes a big difference in cockpit efficiency, helping you stay focused on the joy of flying. Meanwhile, the HOME key quickly brings pilots to the main navigation functions. Optional upgrades are available to pilots looking to add even more capabilities, including a GDL® 60 Datalink with PlaneSync™ Technology², GI 275 standby flight instrument and taxiway routing.

4. A smoother ride

Perspective+ also provides automatic yaw damper capabilities for equipped aircraft. This feature automatically activates the yaw damper to apply rudder input to counteract engine torque or sideslip during climb and cruise. It’s a simple yet meaningful convenience feature to help keep you focused during critical phases of flight.

Upgrading to Cirrus Perspective+ is quick and easy — the displays preserve the same footprint and harness connections, so downtime and installation costs are minimal. Select 2017 G6 aircraft already equipped with Perspective+ can take advantage of ROA and other new features for their cockpit through an optional software upgrade. Contact your Garmin dealer or Cirrus Factory Service Center today to get the process started.

_{¹Requires compatible transponder.
²Active PlaneSync and database subscriptions required for automatic database updates. Active PlaneSync subscription plan required for flight log uploading. Features are available on-ground only and require GDL 60 to have active LTE or Wi-Fi® connectivity; signal strength and other factors may apply. See Garmin.com/PlaneSyncCoverage for LTE coverage details.}