Patent ID: 7626513

Claim:
A method for communicating the braking conditions for a runway comprising: determining braking information in real-time from a first aircraft landing on the runway using an automated apparatus on the first aircraft comprising at least one computer, wherein said braking information comprises at least one of (1) a real-time braking performance measurement comprising at least one runway real-time deceleration measurement of the landing first aircraft based on an initial touch-down runway location of said first aircraft, an initial velocity of said first aircraft at said initial touch-down runway location, a final runway location of said first aircraft, and a final velocity of said first aircraft at said final runway location, and (2) a real-time normalized braking performance measurement comprising an expected braking performance of a standard aircraft on said runway, the real-time normalized braking performance measurement further comprising the normalization of a real-time deceleration rate of the landing first aircraft which takes into account at least one of wind speed, wind direction, a weight of the first aircraft, a type of the first aircraft, air temperature, configuration of the first aircraft, Minimum Equipment List conditions, thrust reverse conditions, non-normal conditions, the initial velocity of said first aircraft at the initial touchdown runway location, and the final velocity of said first aircraft at the final runway location; communicating in real-time said real-time braking information to at least one of air traffic control and a second aircraft, comprising an incoming aircraft, utilizing at least one of an Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast system (ADS-B) and an automatic networking system; and determining in real-time the expected braking performance of said second aircraft on said runway based on said real-time braking information.