Patent ID: 9734728
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G08G

Claim:
1. A method for providing alerts or indications to an aircrew of an aircraft that is in-flight and approaching a destination airport, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an aircrew runway selection from the aircrew of the aircraft, wherein the aircrew runway selection is one of two or more runways at the destination airport, and wherein the runway selection is received into a flight management system (FMS) of the aircraft via flight crew entry of data into a primary flight display or a multi-function display of the aircraft; automatically generating a probable runway selection by the aircraft, wherein the probable runway selection is one of the two or more runways at the destination airport, and wherein the probable runway selection is automatically generated using an algorithm that utilizes one or more of an aircraft position, altitude, descent/ascent rate, glide path angle, ground speed, or track; determining a position of the in-flight aircraft with reference to a threshold point that comprises both a threshold altitude and a threshold lateral distance from the destination airport, wherein: