Systems and methods for radar-based aircraft maneuver actions

One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media storing instructions that are executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• transmitting, using one or more radio transmitters onboard an aircraft, one or more radio signals;
• receiving, using one or more radio receivers onboard the aircraft, reflected radio data corresponding to the one or more radio signals reflected from a plurality of radio detection and ranging (“radar”) reflectors placed at a plurality of locations associated with an aerial facility, wherein the plurality of locations associated with the aerial facility comprise a first arrangement of locations that are proximate to the particular landing pad, and the first arrangement of locations that are proximate to the particular landing pad is configured in an asymmetrical pattern;
• computing a location for the aircraft based on the reflected radio data and the plurality of locations associated with the aerial facility at which the radar reflectors are placed;
• and
• initiating a maneuver action for the aircraft relative to a particular landing pad of the aerial facility based on the location.

An aerial computing system onboard an aircraft, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media that store instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to cause the aerial computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• transmitting, using one or more radio transmitters onboard an aircraft, one or more radio signals;
• receiving, using a plurality of radio receivers onboard the aircraft, reflected radio data corresponding to the one or more radio signals reflected from a plurality of radio detection and ranging (“radar”) reflectors placed at a plurality of locations associated with an aerial facility, wherein the plurality of locations associated with the aerial facility comprise a first arrangement of locations that are proximate to the particular landing pad, and the first arrangement of locations that are proximate to the particular landing pad is configured in an asymmetrical pattern;
• computing a location for the aircraft based on the reflected radio data and the plurality of locations of the aerial facility;
• and
• initiating one or more maneuver actions for the aircraft relative to a particular landing pad of the aerial facility based on the location.