PROCESS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION A LOCAL AND FAVORABLE METEOROLOGICAL SITUATION NOT CONFORMING TO A GENERAL METEOROLOGICAL FORECAST
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1. A process taken into consideration when a nominal route is being followed between a departure airport and an arrival airport, of a flight plan established on the basis of a general meteorological forecast covering an area of the airspace including the nominal route and in a time frame beginning before the date of the departure of the aircraft from the departure airport, for a local meteorological situation that is unfavorable and not conforming to the general meteorological forecast,comprising the following steps:
- detecting during in the following of the nominal route of the flight plan, unfavorable local situations not conforming to the general meteorological situation forecast;
seeking an alternate route diverting around the local unfavorable meteorological situation detected, while taking into consideration the general meteorological situation forecast.
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Abstract
This invention concerns a process taken into consideration when a nominal route is being followed between a departure airport and an arrival airport, of a flight plan established on the basis of a general meteorological forecast covering an area of the airspace containing the nominal route and in a time frame beginning before the date of the departure of the aircraft from the departure airport, for a local meteorological situation that is unfavorable and not conforming to the general meteorological forecast. According to the invention, the process includes detecting during in the following of the nominal route of the flight plan, unfavorable local situations not conforming to the general meteorological situation forecast and seeking an alternate route diverting around the local unfavorable meteorological situation detected, while taking into consideration the general meteorological situation forecast.
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1. A process taken into consideration when a nominal route is being followed between a departure airport and an arrival airport, of a flight plan established on the basis of a general meteorological forecast covering an area of the airspace including the nominal route and in a time frame beginning before the date of the departure of the aircraft from the departure airport, for a local meteorological situation that is unfavorable and not conforming to the general meteorological forecast,
comprising the following steps: -
detecting during in the following of the nominal route of the flight plan, unfavorable local situations not conforming to the general meteorological situation forecast; seeking an alternate route diverting around the local unfavorable meteorological situation detected, while taking into consideration the general meteorological situation forecast. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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