Automated real-time aircraft turbulence reporting and mapping system and process utilizing the ads-b messaging system

A process for automatically distributing, receiving, and displaying turbulence reports between a turbulence data source and one or more receiving aircraft, the process utilizing the Automatic Dependent Surveillance System (ADS-B) messaging system, for distributing and receiving the turbulence reports, the process repurposing one or more of the currently reserved ADS-B system message format type codes as the turbulence message reporting the turbulence data to the one or more receiving aircraft, the turbulence reporting process including:

• redefining one of an existing plurality of reserved ADS-B format codes as the turbulence format type code, the turbulence format type code defining the turbulence message,
• accessing the real-time turbulence data from the turbulence data source by the automated turbulence reporting system,
• communicating the real-time turbulence data from the turbulence data source to the reporting aircraft ADS-B system, the ADS-B system encoding (incorporating) the turbulence data into the redefined turbulence message,
• broadcasting the turbulence message via the ADS-B system transmitter,
• receiving the real-time turbulence data with the receiving aircraft ADS-B,
• extracting the turbulence data by decoding the received turbulence message, in accordance with the turbulence format type code,
• communicating the decoded turbulence data to the FMS processor,
• processing the turbulence data into a turbulence display message for displaying the turbulence data on the receiving aircraft display,
• communicating the turbulence display message to the aircraft display system for display of the received turbulence data to the receiving aircraft flight crew, and
• displaying the turbulence data on the receiving aircraft display.