Surface Management at an Airport

• US 20100036596A1
• Filed: 07/27/2009
• Published: 02/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PASSUR Aerospace, Inc.
• Original Assignee: PASSUR Aerospace, Inc.
• Inventors: DUNSKY, Ron
• Granted Patent: US 8,473,126 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/120
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/06 for control when on the ground

Abstract

An airport management system having a memory storing surface management data for aircraft at an airport and a processor calculating a metric using the surface management data and generating a recommendation for the aircraft based on the calculated metric. A computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions executable by a processor, the set of instructions operable to receive surface management data for aircraft at an airport, calculate a metric using the surface management data and generate a recommendation for the aircraft based on the calculated metric.

Claims

1. An airport management system, comprising:

a memory storing surface management data for aircraft at an airport; and

a processor calculating a metric using the surface management data and generating a recommendation for the aircraft based on the calculated metric.

2. The airport management system of claim 1, wherein the recommendation includes a departure schedule.

3. The airport management system of claim 1, wherein the surface management data includes one of a block-out time, a block-in time, an off time, an on time, a deicing time, a runway configuration, an arrival rate, and a departure rate.

4. The airport management system of claim 1, wherein the processor further generates alerts based on the surface management data.

5. The airport management system of claim 1, wherein the metric is one of an estimated taxi time, an estimated departure time, an estimated arrival time, a miles in trail performance, and a fix performance.

6. The airport management system of claim 1, wherein the recommendation includes a selection of a coded departure route for one of the aircraft.

7. The airport management system of claim 1, further comprising:

a display displaying aircraft location at the airport including an identification of the aircraft.

8. The aircraft management system of claim 7, wherein the location includes a runway, a taxiway and a gate.

9. The airport management system of claim 7, wherein the display further displays selected surface management data for each of the aircraft.

10. The airport management system of claim 1, wherein the recommendation includes a push back sequence for the aircraft.

11. A computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions executable by a processor, the set of instructions operable to:

receive surface management data for aircraft at an airport;

calculate a metric using the surface management data; and

generate a recommendation for the aircraft based on the calculated metric.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the recommendation includes a departure schedule.

13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the surface management data includes one of a block-out time, a block-in time, an off time, an on time, a deicing time, a runway configuration, an arrival rate, and a departure rate.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein instructions are further operable to:

generate alerts based on the surface management data.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the metric is one of an estimated taxi time, an estimated departure time, an estimated arrival time, a miles in trail performance, and a fix performance.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the recommendation includes a selection of a coded departure route for one of the aircraft.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions are further operable to:

display aircraft location at the airport including an identification of the aircraft.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the location includes a runway, a taxiway and a gate.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the display further displays selected surface management data for each of the aircraft.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the recommendation includes a push back sequence for the aircraft.