Device for assisting in the choice of a diversion airport
First Claim
1. A device for assisting in a choice of a diversion airport for an aircraft piloted by a crew, said aircraft comprising a flight management system including location means calculating the position of the aircraft, said device comprising a navigation database and a performance database of the aircraft, said device further comprising:
- an onboard computer for calculating remaining flight time and fuel consumption predictions for each for accessible airports from the position of the aircraft, from weather conditions and from the performance database and from the navigation database,a company database onboard the aircraft comprising information relating to characteristics of airport services including at least one airport service selected from the group consisting of technical assistance, hosting capacities, medical assistance, and presence of police,a first filter configured to utilize the onboard computer to determine airports in the company database that can be reached by the aircraft from a current position of the aircraft with a quantity of fuel onboard the aircraft,a second filter for calculating a list of candidate airports from airports determined by the first filter according to selected criteria relating to said airport services, the selected criteria corresponding to availability of said services or specific values of characteristics of said services, entered by the crew, and of particular interest to said company, andan interface for interacting with the crew for;
obtaining the selected criteria relating to airport services from the crew, displaying the list of candidate airports calculated by the second filter, and for each candidate airport, displaying related characteristics and a symbol associated with a degree of conformity of said related characteristic with the selected criteria.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for assisting in the choice of a diversion airport for an aircraft piloted by a crew (200), said aircraft comprising a flight management system including location means (207) calculating the position of the aircraft, said device comprising a navigation database (202) and a performance database (203) of the aircraft, said device being characterized in that it comprises a company database (201) comprising airports and characteristics of said airports, means (205) of calculating a list of airports, called candidate airports, from the airports in the company database, from the navigation database and from the selected characteristics by the crew, means (204) for calculating remaining flight time and fuel consumption predictions for each of the candidate airports from the position of the aircraft, from weather conditions and from the performance database, and an interface giving the favored airports for diversion according to pre-established criteria or determined in real time using the interface.
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1. A device for assisting in a choice of a diversion airport for an aircraft piloted by a crew, said aircraft comprising a flight management system including location means calculating the position of the aircraft, said device comprising a navigation database and a performance database of the aircraft, said device further comprising:
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an onboard computer for calculating remaining flight time and fuel consumption predictions for each for accessible airports from the position of the aircraft, from weather conditions and from the performance database and from the navigation database, a company database onboard the aircraft comprising information relating to characteristics of airport services including at least one airport service selected from the group consisting of technical assistance, hosting capacities, medical assistance, and presence of police, a first filter configured to utilize the onboard computer to determine airports in the company database that can be reached by the aircraft from a current position of the aircraft with a quantity of fuel onboard the aircraft, a second filter for calculating a list of candidate airports from airports determined by the first filter according to selected criteria relating to said airport services, the selected criteria corresponding to availability of said services or specific values of characteristics of said services, entered by the crew, and of particular interest to said company, and an interface for interacting with the crew for; obtaining the selected criteria relating to airport services from the crew, displaying the list of candidate airports calculated by the second filter, and for each candidate airport, displaying related characteristics and a symbol associated with a degree of conformity of said related characteristic with the selected criteria. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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