Patent ID: 8467966
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A device for aiding flight management of an aircraft comprising a navigation display and a flight management system comprising means for computing a flight plan that the aircraft is assumed to have to follow, wherein said device further comprises: a personalized database storing navigation-aid data, each datum comprising a classification type representative of a family or of one or more categories of navigation-aid data, one or more periods of validity of the datum, information relating to at least one geographic zone of the datum, at least one graphic and textual representation of the datum, and a visibility slot; selection means allowing an operator to choose at least one type of classification defined as a selected type; and extraction means extracting from the personalized database the navigation-aid datum defined as extracted data of which the type is equal to at least one selected type, of which at least one geographic zone is situated at a distance, from the flight plan or from the aircraft, that is less than a predetermined maximum distance, of which at least one period of validity verifies a predefined display time criterion, and of which at least one visibility slot comprises external visibility, wherein said extraction means further being configured for transmitting the extracted datum or data to the navigation display, the navigation display configured for displaying the representations of the extracted data.