Route modeler for improving desired environmental and economic flight characteristics

An apparatus comprising a route modeler in a processor unit configured to;

• identify first information for a performance of an aircraft for a selected route over an area of land and population affected by the selected route;
• identify second information for the performance of the aircraft for a new route over an area of land and population affected by the new route;
• identify a first number of values for a number of characteristics about the area of land and population affected by the selected route based on the first information, such that the number of characteristics comprises at least two of:
• an amount of noise produced, a count of population affected, an amount of impact to local air quality of an area of interest, and airport environmental regulations;
• identify a second number of values for the number of characteristics about the area of land and population affected by the new route based on the second information;
• adjust the first number of values, for the number of characteristics, based on a number of weightings received in a number of entity inputs for each characteristic, such that each weighting in the number of weightings comprises a multiplicative factor applied to a value of a particular characteristic in the number of characteristics;
• adjust the second number of values for the number of characteristics based on the number of weightings received in the number of entity inputs for the each characteristic;
• and
• select a desired route based on:
• the first number of values for the number of characteristics;
• and
• the second number of values for the number of characteristics.

A method for processing routes, the method comprising a route modeler in processor unit:

• identifying an area of land and a population affected by a number of routes, for a number of aircraft;
• and
• receiving a number of entity inputs that identify a number of weightings for a number of a number of characteristics that comprise a number of environmental characteristics and a number of economic characteristics, that affect the area of land and the population for the number of routes for the number of aircraft, such that each weighting in the number of weightings comprises a multiplicative factor applied to a particular characteristic in the number of characteristics, and the number of environmental characteristics comprises at least two of:
• an amount of noise produced, a count of population affected, an amount of impact to local air quality of an area of interest, and airport environmental regulations;
• generating a number of new routes, for the number of aircraft, for the area of land and population, based on receiving the entity inputs, about the number of routes, associated with the area of land and the population;
• identifying values for:
• characteristics, in the number of characteristics, for each new route in the number of new routes;
• and each route in the number of routes based on the number of entity inputs;
• and
• generating a performance value for the each new route, and for the each route, based on the values, and the number of weightings, for the number of characteristics.

An apparatus comprising a route modeler in a processor unit configured to:

• identify an area of land and a population affected by a number of routes, for a number of aircraft;
• and
• receive from a number of entity inputs, a number of values, and a number of weightings, for a number of characteristics, for the number of routes for the number of aircraft, such that the number of characteristics comprises at least two of:
• an amount of noise produced, a count of population affected, an amount of impact to local air quality of an area of interest, and airport environmental regulations, and such that each weighting in the number of weightings comprises a multiplicative factor applied to a particular characteristic in the number of characteristics;
• and
• generate performance values, that represent an affect on the land and the population by a performance of the number of aircraft on the number of routes, based upon weightings for the number of characteristics.