Patent ID: 7634353

Claim:
A method for aiding the flow of a craft on the surface of an airport subject to local flow constraints, the craft being provided with a geographical locating rig and with an airport database cataloguing the flow surfaces of the airport and the associated local flow constraints, comprising the following steps: partitioning of the flow surfaces of the airport into elementary flow constraint zones each enclosing a set of adjoining points subject to the same local flow constraints, identifying the elementary zones and specific flow constraints thereof, detecting encroachment of the craft into the elementary zones, by likening the craft to a girth surface encompassing its current position and by searching for the intersections of a girth surface with a set of elementary zones of the flow surfaces of the airport, and upon each encroachment of the craft into an elementary zone providing a reminder to a commander of the craft, of a flow constraints specific to the elementary zone concerned.