Patent ID: 8676481
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G01C,G05D,G08G

Abstract:
1. A device for assisting in a choice of a diversion airport for an aircraft piloted by a crew, said aircraft comprising a flight management system including location means calculating the position of the aircraft, said device comprising a navigation database and a performance database of the aircraft, said device further comprising: an onboard computer for calculating remaining flight time and fuel consumption predictions for each for accessible airports from the position of the aircraft, from weather conditions and from the performance database and from the navigation database, a company database onboard the aircraft comprising information relating to characteristics of airport services including at least one airport service selected from the group consisting of technical assistance, hosting capacities, medical assistance, and presence of police, a first filter configured to utilize the onboard computer to determine airports in the company database that can be reached by the aircraft from a current position of the aircraft with a quantity of fuel onboard the aircraft, a second filter for calculating a list of candidate airports from airports determined by the first filter according to selected criteria relating to said airport services, the selected criteria corresponding to availability of said services or specific values of characteristics of said services, entered by the crew, and of particular interest to said company, and an interface for interacting with the crew for: