Patent ID: 6980892
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: G01C,G01S,G05D,G08G

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a Premature Descent Alert for an aircraft during a final landing approach, the method comprising: determining a plurality of Final Approach Flight Safety Altitudes for each of a plurality of runways; storing the determined Final Approach Flight Safety Altitudes in association with each corresponding runway upon a media readable by a Terrain Awareness and Warning System (“TAWS”); identifying upon which runway an aircraft will land; and generating a Premature Descent Alert during the final landing approach for the aircraft to the runway by reference to the determined Final Approach Flight Safety Altitudes for the identified runway, wherein the Final Approach Flight Safety Altitudes further comprise Final Approach Flight Safety Altitudes corresponding to each of at least two approaches to at least one of the runways.