Patent ID: 9719785
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G01C,G01W,G08G

Claim:
1. A method of presenting forecast information pertaining to a flight plan on a display device associated with an aircraft, the method comprising: obtaining, by a processing system, a plurality of reference times, each respective reference time of the plurality being associated with a respective reference point of a plurality of reference points associated with the flight plan, the plurality of reference points defining a flight path for the flight plan; displaying, by the processing system, a graphical representation of the flight path on a map on the display device; determining, by the processing system, a plurality of forecast regions encompassing respective portions of the flight path based on the plurality of reference times, each forecast region of the plurality of forecast regions being associated with a respective time period different from respective time periods associated with remaining forecast regions of the plurality of forecast regions; and for each forecast region of the plurality of forecast regions: