Method of mapping predicted aircraft exhaust plumes and associated systems

A system for mapping predicted aircraft exhaust plumes, the system comprising:

• an aircraft in a grounded position within an airport environment;
• a processor communicatively coupled with the aircraft;
• and
• non-transitory computer readable storage media storing code, the code being executable by the processor to perform operations comprising:
• generating an exhaust plume model for a simulated aircraft in a plurality of grounded position within a simulated airport environment, wherein:
• the simulated aircraft is configured to simulate movement of the aircraft;
• and
• the exhaust plume model is generated in response to predicted dynamic exhaust plume data for the simulated aircraft;
• generating an airport feature map for the simulated airport environment, the airport feature map comprising a digital model of the simulated airport environment;
• superimposing the exhaust plume model for the simulated aircraft at each one of the plurality of grounded positions onto the airport feature map to display a predicted exhaust plume at each one of the plurality of grounded positions on a computer display;
• analyzing the predicted exhaust plume at each one of the plurality of grounded positions to predict exhaust plume hazard zones within the simulated airport environment;
• and
• mapping a predicted path along the ground surface of the simulated airport environment wherein:
• the predicted path comprises at least one of the plurality of grounded positions;
• and
• the simulated aircraft is configured to move along the predicted path while maintaining the predicted exhaust plume out of the predict exhaust plume hazard zones,
• wherein the aircraft is configured to move along a path in response to the predicted path within the airport environment.

A program product for mapping predicted aircraft exhaust plumes within a simulated airport environment comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing code, the code being configured to be executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:
• generating an exhaust plume model for a simulated aircraft in a grounded position within the simulated airport environment, wherein the exhaust plume model is generated in response to predicted dynamic exhaust plume data for the simulated aircraft;
• generating an airport feature map for the simulated airport environment, the airport feature map comprising a digital model of the simulated airport environment;
• superimposing the exhaust plume model for the simulated aircraft in the grounded position onto the airport feature map to display a predicted exhaust plume on a computer display;
• and
• analyzing the predicted exhaust plume to predict exhaust plume hazard zones.