Patent ID: 8108087

Claim:
An aircraft control system for a host aircraft, the system comprising: a processor for executing one or more instructions that implement one or more functions of the aircraft control system; a transceiver for transmitting information from and receiving information for the host aircraft; a display; and memory for storing the one or more instructions for execution by the processor to implement the one or more functions of the aircraft control system to: receive from the transceiver information from another aircraft; determine whether the host aircraft and the other aircraft are within a predefined range of a location where the host aircraft and the other aircraft plan to land; and when the host aircraft and the other aircraft are within the predefined range of the location where the host aircraft and the other aircraft plan to land, generate from the received information a signal for use in the host aircraft to control separation between the host aircraft and the other aircraft while the host aircraft and the other aircraft are within the predefined range of the location where the host aircraft and the other aircraft plan to land, wherein controlling the separation between the host aircraft and the other aircraft includes maintaining a spacing interval between the host aircraft and the other aircraft and wherein the signal is used to indicate on the display a position of where the host aircraft should be relative to the other aircraft to control separation between the host aircraft and the other aircraft.