Patent ID: 8798815

Claim:
A method for displaying an indication that a threshold altitude will be exceeded by a flight path of an aircraft, the method comprising: determining the flight path of the aircraft by a management system, the flight path including an aircraft position, an aircraft altitude, an aircraft ground speed, and a rate of change of aircraft altitude; determining by the management system a threshold altitude in the vicinity of the flight path that is not to be exceeded by the aircraft, wherein the threshold altitude consists of at least one of the group selected from minimum off route altitude (MORA), minimum crossing altitude (MCA), minimum obstacle clearance altitude (MOCA), off route obstruction clearance altitude (OROCA), minimum en route altitude (MEA), maximum authorized altitude (MAA), minimum holding altitude (MHA), and minimum reception altitude (MRA); providing the flight path as an output to a display; and highlighting the flight path in the output on the display if the current flight path will exceed the threshold altitude.