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Ground operations and imminent landing runway selection

  • US 20050128129A1
  • Filed: 12/10/2004
  • Published: 06/16/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An airport situational awareness computer program residing on a computer usable storage medium, the computer program comprising:

  • computer-readable program code means for receiving at intervals one or more signals representative of updated aircraft state parameter information;

    computer-readable program code means for accessing as a function of the updated aircraft state parameter information a data base of stored airport information that includes runway survey information;

    computer-readable program code means for determining as a function of the updated aircraft state parameter information an aircraft position, ground speed, orientation, and phase of flight;

    computer-readable program code means for selecting a runway that the aircraft is most likely to encounter;

    computer-readable program code means for determining that the aircraft has encountered the selected runway; and

    computer-readable program code means for generating an airport situational awareness advisory as a function of the aircraft encountering the selected runway.

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