Patent ID: 8160755

Claim:
A method for displaying aircraft symbology on a display, comprising: displaying, for a first aircraft, a flight path including a current line segment at a first altitude and a planned line segment at a second altitude; displaying a first symbol in a predetermined first size for the first aircraft flying at about the first altitude on the current line segment; processing a third altitude for a second aircraft within the current line segment; processing a fourth altitude for a third aircraft within the planned line segment; determining a second size based on the processed third altitude for the display of a second symbol for the second aircraft, wherein the second size is inversely proportional to the distance from the second aircraft to the first line segment; determining a third size based on the processed fourth altitude for the display of a third symbol for the third aircraft, wherein the third size is inversely proportional to the distance from the third aircraft to the second line segment; and displaying the second and third symbols.