Advanced flight guidance panel with display of future waypoints and constraints

A method comprising:

• receiving, via an input in an aircraft, a flight plan including a first waypoint, a second waypoint, a third waypoint, a second navigational information associated with the second waypoint and a third navigational information associated with the third waypoint;
• displaying the first waypoint and the second waypoint and the second navigational information and not the third waypoint and the third navigational information on a flight guidance panel wherein the flight guidance panel configured to display a current waypoint and a future waypoint;
• receiving a request for the third waypoint in response to a user input on a user interface;
• displaying the first waypoint, the third waypoint and the third navigational information and not the second waypoint and the second navigational information on the flight guidance panel in response to the user input wherein the third waypoint and the third navigational information replaces the second waypoint and the second navigational information within the display;
• detecting an aircraft location;
• and
• replacing the first waypoint with the second waypoint and continuing to display the third waypoint and the third navigational information on the flight guidance panel in response to the aircraft location being indicative of the aircraft arriving at the first waypoint.

An aircraft, comprising:

• a flight guidance panel for displaying a graphical user interface configured to display a current waypoint and a future waypoint;
• a user input for generating a navigational selection;
• a global positioning system for detecting an aircraft location;
• a flight management system for receiving a flight plan wherein the flight plan includes a first waypoint, a second waypoint, a second navigational information associated with the second waypoint, a third waypoint, and a third navigational information associated with the third waypoint;
• and
• a processor operative to generate the graphical user interface in response to the first waypoint and the second waypoint and not the third waypoint, the processor being further operative to generate the graphical user interface in response to the navigational selection, the first waypoint and the third waypoint and not the second waypoint wherein the third waypoint and the third navigational information replaces the second waypoint and the second navigational information within the graphical user interface, the processor being further operative to couple the graphical user interface to the flight guidance panel, the processor being further operative to generate the graphical user interface for replacing the first waypoint with the second waypoint and continuing to display the third waypoint and the third navigational information in response to the aircraft location being indicative of the aircraft arriving at the first waypoint.