System and mechanism for a connected aircraft crowd sourced augmented reality processed cloud ceiling information

The apparatus according to 1, wherein the at least one non-transitory memory and the program code that is configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to at least cause transmission of the cloud ceiling value is further configured to:

• receive a cloud ceiling information request from the second aircraft system;
• wherein the cloud ceiling information request is associated with the first landing region;
• and
• wherein the cloud ceiling value associated with the first landing region and the one or more cloud ceiling values associated with one or more alternative landing regions are caused to be transmitted in response to receiving the cloud ceiling information request.

A computer-implemented method configured to determine and provide crowdsourced cloud ceiling data, the method comprising:

• receiving a first set of sensor data from a first aircraft system, wherein the first set of sensor data comprises data captured by one or more sensors at the first aircraft system during a first event within a first landing region;
• determining, based on the first set of sensor data, a cloud ceiling value for a location and a time at which the first set of sensor data was captured;
• storing the cloud ceiling value in association with the first landing region based on the location associated with the first set of sensor data;
• in an instance in which the cloud ceiling value stored in association with the first landing region fails to satisfy a predefined threshold:
• determining, based at least on the first landing region, one or more alternative landing regions;
• and
• causing transmission of one or more indications of the one or more determined alternative landing regions, the cloud ceiling value associated with the first landing region and the one or more cloud ceiling values associated with one or more alternative landing regions to a second aircraft system.

The computer-implemented method according to 8, further comprising:

• receiving a cloud ceiling information request from the second aircraft system;
• wherein the cloud ceiling information request is associated with the first landing region;
• and
• wherein the cloud ceiling value associated with the first landing region and the one or more cloud ceiling values associated with one or more alternative landing regions are caused to be transmitted in response to receiving the cloud ceiling information request.

A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising an executable portion configured to:

• receive a first set of sensor data from a first aircraft system, wherein the first set of sensor data comprises data captured by one or more sensors at the first aircraft system during a first event within a first landing region;
• determine, based on the first set of sensor data, a cloud ceiling value for a location and a time at which the first set of sensor data was captured;
• store the cloud ceiling value in association with the first landing region based on the location associated with the first set of sensor data;
• in an instance in which the cloud ceiling value stored in association with the first landing region fails to satisfy a predefined threshold:
• determine, based at least on the first landing region, one or more alternative landing regions;
• and
• cause transmission of one or more indications of the one or more determined alternative landing regions, the cloud ceiling value associated with the first landing region and the one or more cloud ceiling values associated with one or more alternative landing regions to a second aircraft system.

The computer program product according to 15, wherein the computer-readable program code portions comprising an executable portion configured to cause transmission of the cloud ceiling value are further configured to:

• receive a cloud ceiling information request from the second aircraft system;
• wherein the cloud ceiling information request is associated with the first landing region;
• and
• wherein the cloud ceiling value associated with the first landing region and the one or more cloud ceiling values associated with one or more alternative landing regions are caused to be transmitted in response to receiving the cloud ceiling information request.