Systems and Methods for Processing Flight Information

A system for processing flight information, comprising a processor programmed to perform the following operations:

• (a) obtaining a flight plan/route message comprising payload data representing a flight plan/route of an aircraft;
• (b) processing the payload data representing said flight plan/route to derive a list of waypoints and associated flight information in a form suitable for use by a user;
• (c) processing the list of waypoints and associated flight information to derive payload data representing an updated flight plan/route of said aircraft;
• (d) constructing an updated flight plan/route message that includes said payload data representing said updated flight plan/route;
• and
• (e) making available said updated flight plan/route message with or without environmental information.

A system for processing flight information comprising a flight object, and a flight plan/route processor capable of communicating with a navigation database and said flight object, wherein said flight plan/route processor is programmed to perform the following operations:

• (a) obtaining a flight plan/route message comprising payload data representing a flight plan/route of an aircraft;
• (b) parsing the payload data in said obtained flight plan/route message to extract flight information;
• (c) decoding components of said flight information to derive a list of waypoints and associated flight information;
• (d) storing said list of waypoints and associated flight information in said flight object;
• and
• (e) translating said list of waypoints in said flight object into a list of waypoints suitable for use by a user.

A system for processing flight information comprising:

• a flight object that stores a list of waypoints associated with a flight plan/route of an aircraft;
• and
• a flight plan/route processor capable of communicating with a navigation database and said flight object, wherein said flight plan/route processor is programmed to perform the following operations:
• (a) translating said list of waypoints into a sequence of flight information comprising waypoints, flight levels, fixes, transitions, airways and flight procedures, said sequence of flight information representing said flight plan/route for said aircraft;
• (b) encoding said sequence of flight information to form message payload data having a specified format associated with said aircraft or an airline operating said aircraft;
• (c) constructing a flight plan/route message that includes said message payload data;
• and
• (d) making available said flight plan/route message with or without environmental information.