Garmin G5 flight data log — export & score every landing

1) Insert your microSD card

1. Use a microSD card 32 GB or smaller, formatted FAT32. A larger card reports “data card not supported.”
2. Slide it into the slot on the bezel face, just below the screen, gold contacts down, until it sits flush.

Need one? A 32 GB microSD card is in spec — anything 32 GB or smaller works. If a card won’t read, format it to FAT32.

2) Switch on data logging

The G5 doesn’t log until you turn it on — a one-time setting in configuration mode. With the card already in:

Enter configuration mode: push and hold the knob in while you power the G5 on, then release once it opens in config mode (a dark text menu, not the attitude display).

Then navigate — turn the knob to highlight a row, push it to select:

1. Open Device Information → Diagnostics → Data Log.
2. Set Data Card Log to Enabled.
3. Exit configuration mode and power off. Power on normally — the G5 now logs every flight to the card.

3) Fly, then offload and upload

Go fly a few landings — the G5 logs each one to the card on its own. Back on the ground:

1. Press the card to release it and pull it from the bezel slot.
2. Read it (below) and grab DATA_LOG.CSV — the G5 writes one growing log file.

Upload at landing.fyi →

Grab DATA_LOG.CSV from the microSD card and upload it — landing.fyi scores every landing in it.