System, device, and method for presenting instrument approach procedure advisory information to a pilot on an aircraft

A device for presenting instrument approach procedure (“IAP”) advisory information to a pilot of an aircraft, such device comprising:

• an advisory generator configured to
• retrieve first data representative of flight information comprised of at least
• the current position of the aircraft,
• a designated airport, and
• at least one published IAP at the designated airport;
• generate identification data representative of the identification of each retrieved published IAP;
• provide the identification data to an aircraft presentation system;
• retrieve second data representative of chart-published weather minima data of each retrieved published IAP of the first data;
• receive third data representative of at least one IAP suitability factor;
• determine the suitability or availability of each retrieved published IAP as a function of the second data and the third data;
• disable the selectability of each unsuitable or unavailable retrieved published IAP;
• generate advisory data corresponding to each unsuitable or unavailable retrieved published IAP, where
• the advisory data is representative of advisory information for each unsuitable or unavailable retrieved published IAP and comprised of a visual advisory, an aural advisory, or both;
• and
• provide the advisory data to the aircraft presentation system, whereby
• the information represented in the identification data is presented on the screen of a display unit, and
• the advisory information represented in the advisory data is presented on the screen of the display unit, through an aural alerting unit, or both.

A method for presenting instrument approach procedure (“IAP”) advisory information to a pilot of an aircraft, where such method is performed by an aircraft avionics system processor, such method comprising:

• retrieving first data representative of flight information comprised of at least
• the current position of the aircraft,
• a designated airport, and
• at least one published IAP at the designated airport;
• generating identification data representative of the identification of each retrieved published IAP;
• providing the identification data to an aircraft presentation system;
• retrieving second data representative of chart-published weather minima data of each retrieved published IAP of the first data;
• receiving third data representative of at least one IAP suitability factor;
• determining the suitability or availability of each retrieved published IAP as a function of the second data and the third data;
• disabling the selectability of each unsuitable or unavailable retrieved published IAP;
• generating advisory data corresponding to each unsuitable or unavailable retrieved published IAP, where
• the advisory data is representative of advisory information for each unsuitable or unavailable retrieved published IAP and comprised of a visual advisory, an aural advisory, or both;
• and
• providing the advisory data to the aircraft system, whereby
• the information represented in the identification data is presented on the screen of a display unit, and
• the advisory information represented in the advisory data is presented on the screen of the display unit, through an aural alerting unit, or both.