Garmin G2000 / G5000 flight data log — export & score every landing

1) Logging is automatic — no toggle

There’s nothing to switch on. With an SD card in the MFD top slot, the deck writes a new .csv once per second every time the avionics are powered. There’s no logging switch and no on-screen logging menu to hunt for on the GTC — so the proof is the file, not a screen:

1. Put your SD card in the MFD top slot before power-up (Step 2).
2. Power up and fly normally — the deck logs on its own.
3. After shutdown, pull the card and check it: a data_log folder holding a new log_*.csv dated today is the real proof logging ran (Step 3).

The logging card reads in the top slot; resident nav databases live in the bottom slot, not on the logging card. The GTC touchscreen you tap has no card slot of its own — the card always goes into the MFD bezel.

2) Insert your SD card and fly

1. Use the right card: a full-size SDHC card, 4–32 GB, formatted FAT32. Cards this size ship FAT32 — if yours doesn’t read, format it to FAT32.
2. Insert it in the MFD top slot — a standard SDHC card works there for logging. (Only the lower nav slot needs a Garmin TSO card; don’t put your logging card there.)
3. Insert it before power-up, then fly normally — the deck writes the log on its own.

Need a card? A 32 GB SDHC card fits the spec — anything 32 GB or smaller works.

3) Offload and upload

1. Pull the card from the MFD top slot.
2. Read it (below) and open the data_log folder. Logs are named log_YYMMDD_HHMMSS_IDENT.csv — there’s one per power-on, so a multi-leg day has several. Grab them all.

Upload at landing.fyi →

Grab every log_*.csv file from the SD card and upload them all at once — landing.fyi scores each flight and quietly ignores any duplicates, so it's safe to select the lot.