Patent ID: 7499795

Claim:
A method of assisting in the navigation of an airplane on the ground at an airport, which automatically and repetitively carries out the following series of successive steps: a) the current values of a plurality of parameters-linked to the airplane are determined; b) at least one airplane position is determined, corresponding to a position of the airplane, using said current values, and its orientation bearing-wise; c) using said airplane position, said orientation bearing-wise and geometric characteristics of the airplane, characteristic positions of a plurality of characteristic points of the airplane are determined; d) for each of said characteristic points: d1) the characteristic position corresponding to a plurality of different zones of the airport is compared; and d2) if at least said characteristic position relative to one of said zones is such that a particular taxiing setpoint or a particular traffic procedure is not respected, a specific information item is transmitted; and e) e1) said airplane position is compared with a routing zone relative to a path that the airplane must follow on the airport; and e2) if said airplane position is not on said routing zone or if the orientation bearing-wise of the airplane on said routing zone does not correspond to a particular traffic direction, an alarm signal is transmitted.