Determining suitable areas for off-airport landings
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorCharles B. Spinelli
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Abstract
A routing tool is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method and system include receiving flight data and geographic data in the aircraft, and generating route data based on the flight data and the geographic data. The route data provides information about attainable landing areas for the aircraft.
Claims40
A method for facilitating a landing of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- receiving flight data in the aircraft;
- receiving geographic data in the aircraft;
- and
- generating route data based on the flight data and the geographic data, wherein the route data provides information about attainable landing areas for the aircraft, wherein the attainable landing areas comprise one or more off-airport landing areas, wherein the flight data comprises aircraft-performance data, and wherein the aircraft-performance data comprises one or more of runway surface and length requirements, and type of runway surfaces required.
A computer-readable medium containing program instructions for facilitating a landing of an aircraft, which when executed by a computer system cause the computer system to execute a method comprising:
- receiving flight data in the aircraft;
- receiving geographic data in the aircraft;
- and
- generating route data based on the flight data and the geographic data, wherein the route data provides information about attainable landing areas for the aircraft, wherein the attainable landing areas comprise one or more off-airport landing areas, wherein the flight data comprises aircraft-performance data, and wherein the aircraft-performance data comprises one or more of runway surface and length requirements, and type of runway surfaces required.
An airplane comprising:
- a plurality of aircraft systems;
- and
- a flight planning system coupled to the plurality of aircraft systems, wherein the flight planning system is operable to receive flight data in the airplane, receive geographic data in the airplane, and generate route data based on the flight data and the geographic data, wherein the route data provides information about attainable landing areas for the airplane, wherein the attainable landing areas comprise one or more off-airport landing areas, wherein the flight data comprises aircraft-performance data, and wherein the aircraft-performance data comprises one or more of runway surface and length requirements, and type of runway surfaces required.
A method for facilitating a landing of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- receiving flight data in the aircraft;
- receiving geographic data in the aircraft;
- and
- generating route data based on the flight data and the geographic data, wherein the route data provides information about attainable landing areas for the aircraft, and wherein the attainable landing areas comprise one or more off-airport landing areas, wherein the flight data comprises aircraft-performance data, wherein the aircraft-performance data comprises one or more of climb performance, cruise performance, descent performance, weight and balance data, fuel capacity and burn rates, runway surface and length requirements, and type of runway surfaces required, and wherein the geographic data is provided by one or more of a terrain database, a roads database, an airport database, a populated areas database, an airspace database, an obstructions database, a weather data database, a utilities database, and a vegetation database.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.