Patent ID: 7963618

Claim:
A runway alert system for a host aircraft, the system comprising: a processor for executing one or more instructions that implement one or more functions of the runway alert system; a data storage device including geographical runway information; a receiver for obtaining current location data of the host aircraft; an apparatus to provide a current heading of the host aircraft; a data entry device for receiving data indicating a desired runway; and memory for storing the one or more instructions for execution by the processor to implement the one or more functions of the runway alert system to: receive the identity of the desired runway; provide an indicia of: the desired runway; and the position of the host aircraft in relation to the desired runway; determine that the host aircraft is being positioned for traversing an undesired runway; determine from the current location data, the current heading, the identity of the desired runway, and the geographical runway information, that a predetermined threshold has been satisfied, and thereupon, providing within the host aircraft one or more of an aural alert or a visual alert; and determine that: the host aircraft is within a predetermined proximity of an undesired runway; and the angular difference between the current heading and the heading necessary to traverse on the undesired runway is within a predetermined heading difference threshold.