Systems and methods for assessing aircraft performance, aircraft fuel efficiencies, and aircraft fuel reduction technologies

A computerized system of evaluating performance of an aircraft, comprising:

• a computer having at least one processor;
• a non-transient memory storing a plurality of computer instructions;
• the processor of the computer, when executing the plurality of computer instructions stored in the non-transient memory, causes the computer to:
• receive flight data regarding flights taken by an aircraft over a period of time, the flight data representing data recorded by one or more onboard flight data recorders during said period of time, the flight data including a plurality of data points, each of said data points identifying a plurality of flight parameters and aircraft component operation information at respectively different moments in time of flight by the aircraft, the aircraft component operation information including data regarding settings of control surfaces of the aircraft;
• analyze the flight data to identify the data points that include at least one flight parameter that represents a non-cruise condition;
• filter the flight data to remove the identified data points to produce a first reduced-size data set that includes only data points that represent a cruise condition;
• analyze the first reduced-size data to identify the data points that include at least one aircraft component operation information that represents a control surface that is out-of-tolerance;
• filter the first reduced-size data set to remove the data points identified as including at least one aircraft component operation information that represents a control surface that is out-of-tolerance to produce a second reduced-size data set;
• analyze the second reduced-size data set to ascertain a fuel efficiency that would be gained if the control surfaces of the aircraft that are out-of-tolerance are re-rigged to be in-tolerance;
• supply as an output data identifying at least the ascertained fuel efficiency.

A computerized system of evaluating performance of an aircraft, comprising:

• a computer having at least one processor;
• a non-transient memory storing a plurality of computer instructions;
• the processor of the computer, when executing the plurality of computer instructions stored in the non-transient memory, causes the computer to:
• receive flight data regarding flights taken by an aircraft over a period of time, the flight data representing data recorded by one or more onboard flight data recorders during said period of time, the flight data including a plurality of data points, each of said data points identifying a plurality of flight parameters and aircraft component operation information at respectively different moments in time of flight by the aircraft, the aircraft component operation information including at least data regarding settings of control surfaces of the aircraft;
• analyze the flight data to identify the data points that include at least one flight parameter that represents a non-cruise condition;
• filter the flight data to remove the identified data points to produce a first reduced-size data set that includes only data points that represent a cruise condition;
• analyze the first reduced-size data to identify the data points that include at least one aircraft component operation information that represents a control surface that is out-of-tolerance;
• filter the first reduced-size data set to remove the data points identified as including at least one aircraft component operation information that represents a control surface that is out-of-tolerance to produce a second reduced-size data set;
• analyze the second reduced-size data set to ascertain a fuel efficiency of the aircraft during the cruise condition;
• and
• supply as an output data identifying at least the ascertained fuel efficiency.