Patent ID: 7908078

Claim:
A method of providing a visual runway awareness and advisory display, the method comprising: obtaining current craft position and trajectory; determining if a runway is being targeted; and displaying runway alerts and guides on a graphical display with the runway based on the runway being targeted, current craft position, and current craft trajectory, wherein displaying runway alerts and guides includes: fading in runway alerts and guides for a targeted runway; displaying perspective runway distance remaining markers at fixed display positions along the displayed runway; and displaying perspective runway distance remaining markers at positions relative to current craft position, wherein the display positions of the distance remaining markers change according to movement of the craft in order to maintain the positions relative to the current craft position; wherein displaying runway guides and alerts further includes outlining the targeted runway with an outline box; and wherein outlining the targeted runway with an outline box includes varying the border thickness of the outline box based on the position of the craft in relation to the targeted runway.