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Device and method for assisting in the choice of rerouting airports

  • US 8,214,136 B2
  • Filed: 12/21/2007
  • Issued: 07/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of assisting in rerouting for an aircraft operated by a company, the method comprising:

  • generating a first list of airport names, the first list including;

    (a) a first predetermined number of airport names selected from a first airport database, the first airport database including airport names associated with exclusively airports identified by the company as within a company'"'"'s airport network, (b) air distances between a position of the aircraft and a first set of airports associated with the airport names in the first list, and (c) importance indicators for the first set of airports, the generation of the first list comprising;

    identifying a second predetermined number of airport names associated with a second set of airports identified by the company as reachable by a direct route; and

    compiling the first list of airport names based on the second set of airports;

    prioritizing the airport names in the first list based on a flight duration separating the position of the aircraft from a position of at least one of the first set of airports; and

    displaying, by a display screen of the aircraft, a third predetermined number of airport names selected from the top of the prioritized first list.

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