Patent ID: 9476733
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G01C,G05D,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A method for assisting the piloting of an aircraft during an operational flight phase in the course of which the aircraft is likely to land on a runway, a method according to which the following successive steps are carried out automatically and repetitively: a) determining current flight conditions of the aircraft; b) determining, at least with the help of said current flight conditions, the following approach distances which correspond to distances in a horizontal plane between projections in this horizontal plane of the current position of the aircraft and of a position of contact with the ground: c) displaying, on a screen in a cockpit of the aircraft, a first symbol associated with the minimum approach distance and a second symbol associated with the standard approach distance, wherein, throughout said operational flight phase of the aircraft: step b) furthermore comprises the determining the following distance: step c) comprises the following sub-steps: