Systems and methods for airspace and airport usage management

A method for determining airspace and airport services usage including costs for a plurality of users for a plurality of airplane flights, the method comprising:

• providing a server having a communication interface, a processor and a memory storing program instructions for performing the method;
• communicating with external systems, using the communication interface, to receive from a give airplane flight, a route string and flown navigation data;
• generating, using the processor, a plan route data by decoding a route string, wherein the plan route data includes plan route geographic coordinates generated by translating encoded waypoint data;
• generating, using the processor, a plan route line providing a plan route geographic representation of latitude and longitude values based on the plan route geographical coordinates;
• generating, using the processor, a flown route data by extracting sequential waypoint data from a flown navigation data, wherein the flown route data includes flown route geographic coordinates;
• generating, using the processor, a flown route line providing a flown route geographic representation of the flown route geographic coordinates;
• determining, using the processor, a plan route intersection object and a flown route intersection object, wherein the plan route intersection object includes a plurality of plan route intersection coordinates at the points where a plurality of FIR boundaries intersect with the plan route line, and wherein the flown route intersection object includes a plurality of flown route intersection coordinates at the points where the plurality of FIR boundaries intersect with the flown route line;
• and
• updating a flight database stored on the memory to include flight reference data, aircraft type data, FIR code, distance covered in a corresponding FIR, and time elapsed in the corresponding FIR.

A device for determining airspace and airport services costs, the device comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• generate a plan route data by decoding a route string, wherein the plan route data includes plan route geographic coordinates generated by translating encoded waypoint data;
• generate a plan route line providing a plan route geographic representation of latitude and longitude values based on the plan route geographical coordinates;
• generate a flown route data by extracting sequential waypoint data from a flown navigation data, wherein the flown route data includes flown route geographic coordinates;
• generate a flown route line providing a flown route geographic representation of the flown route geographic coordinates;
• determine a plan route intersection object and a flown route intersection object, wherein the plan route intersection object includes a plurality of plan route intersection coordinates at the points where a plurality of FIR boundaries intersect with the plan route line, and wherein the flown route intersection object includes a plurality of flown route intersection coordinates at the points where the plurality of FIR boundaries intersect with the flown route line;
• select a country billing function based on the plurality of FIR boundaries intersected by either a plan route intersection object or flown route intersection object;
• and
• determine a charge value data by applying a selected country billing function on data values in an associated intersection object, wherein the selected country billing function is associated to either the plan route intersection object or the flown route intersection object, and wherein the data values include flight reference data, aircraft type data, FIR code, distance covered in a corresponding FIR, and time elapsed in the corresponding FIR.