Patent ID: 8160759
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: G01C,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for presenting suitable airports, said method comprising the steps of: maintaining a first electronic database of airports, each airport including at least an associated location, runway type, runway length, and hours of operation information; maintaining a second electronic database of aircraft performance information and aircraft takeoff and landing requirements including aircraft weight and climb rate; receiving over a network flight information from a remote user using a first server; wherein said flight information includes an origin and destination location, departure time, and an aircraft type; determining a first set of airports within said destination location, each airport within said first set has an associated location which is within said geographic location; determining a second set of airports as a subset of said first set, wherein each airport within said second set has an associated runway type and runway length within said first database suitable for accommodating the aircraft takeoff and landing requirements associated in said second database with said aircraft type; and transmitting information identifying at least one airport within said second set to the remote user over said network.