Audio Monitor and Event-Conflict Signaling System

A system, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• receive airport audio communication originating from one of an air traffic control tower (ATCT) of an airport with one or more, runways or a flight deck of an aircraft;
• determine one or more keywords corresponding to a runway event affecting operations of a particular runway of the airport;
• detect, within the airport audio communication, a conflict comprising a correspondence between the airport audio communication and one or more of the keywords, wherein the conflict indicates that an aircraft has been cleared to use the particular runway associated with the runway event;
• and
• notify the ATCT of the conflict.

A tangible computer-readable device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, causes the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving airport audio communication originating from one of an air traffic control tower (ATCT) of an airport with one or more runways or a flight deck of an aircraft;
• determine one or more keywords corresponding to a runway event affecting operations of a particular runway of the airport;
• detecting, within the airport audio communication, a conflict comprising a correspondence between the airport audio communication and one or more of the keywords, wherein the conflict indicates that an aircraft has been cleared to use the particular runway associated with the runway event ;
• and
• notifying the ATCT of the conflict.