Patent ID: 8214136

Claim:
A method of assisting in rerouting for an aircraft operated by a company, the method comprising: generating a first list of airport names, the first list including: (a) a first predetermined number of airport names selected from a first airport database, the first airport database including airport names associated with exclusively airports identified by the company as within a company's airport network, (b) air distances between a position of the aircraft and a first set of airports associated with the airport names in the first list, and (c) importance indicators for the first set of airports, the generation of the first list comprising: identifying a second predetermined number of airport names associated with a second set of airports identified by the company as reachable by a direct route; and compiling the first list of airport names based on the second set of airports; prioritizing the airport names in the first list based on a flight duration separating the position of the aircraft from a position of at least one of the first set of airports; and displaying, by a display screen of the aircraft, a third predetermined number of airport names selected from the top of the prioritized first list.