System and method for enhancing operator situational awareness of traffic diversion patterns and adapting thereto

A system for updating an electronic device onboard a vehicle, the system comprising;

• at least one memory storing instructions;
• and
• at least one processor executing the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• receiving travel path information for each vehicle of a plurality of vehicles in transit;
• receiving traffic pattern information for the plurality of vehicles in transit, the traffic pattern information including route patterns of each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles in the vicinity of a first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles;
• receiving weather information for a prospective destination of the plurality of vehicles in transit;
• determining if a clearance request has been made by a traffic controller for any vehicle ahead of the first vehicle in a traffic pattern;
• continuously or periodically evaluating the traffic pattern to determine if any vehicle ahead of the first vehicle is diverting away from a predetermined route pattern;
• in response to determining the clearance request has been made or in response to determining a vehicle ahead of the first vehicle is diverting away from its predetermined route pattern, determining a new runway and associated arrival procedures for the diverting vehicle;
• and
• generating an output record to be forwarded to an electronic device onboard the first vehicle, the output record including the new runway and associated arrival procedures.

A system for updating an electronic device onboard a vehicle, the electronic device being connected to a predictor engine, the system comprising:

• at least one memory storing instructions;
• and
• at least one processor executing the instructions to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• processing a predicted runway and associated procedural information received from a predictor engine;
• determining if the predictor engine has predicted that a change to a current flight plan is to occur;
• in response to determining that the change to the current flight plan is predicted to occur, generating a new flight plan including the predicted change;
• displaying a visual representation of a predicted flight plan to a user;
• and
• in response to accepting a flight plan change issued by a traffic controller, uploading the new flight plan into a flight management system.