Patent ID: 11935419
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
identifying from live flight data for an aircraft that the aircraft has performed a first turn based on a sequence of flight samples from the live flight data indicating a first change in a direction relative to a first segment in a current trajectory of the aircraft, wherein the current trajectory is based on the live flight data;
identifying from the live flight data that the aircraft has performed a leg traverse in a second segment relative to the first segment and after performing the first turn;
identifying from the live flight data that the aircraft has performed a second turn after performing the leg traverse based on a second sequence of flight samples from the live flight data indicating a second change in the direction in relation to the first segment and the second segment of the current trajectory of the aircraft;
determining, from the live flight data and the current trajectory of the aircraft, whether the second turn comprises a circuitous turn from a perspective of the aircraft, the circuitous turn forming a circuit with the first turn, the first segment, and the second segment in the current trajectory of the aircraft;
generating, based on whether the second turn is determined to comprise a circuitous turn, a classification or a likelihood determination indicating that the aircraft is currently in an uncharted holding pattern;
determining a baseline effect for at least one airport based on the holding pattern; and
diverting, based on the baseline effect, at least one aircraft traveling to the at least one airport to a new destination.