Patent ID: 8193948

Claim:
A system for presenting runway advisory information to a pilot, said system comprising: a source for providing navigation data; a source for providing navigation reference data; a source for providing input factor data; an advisory generating processor, wherein such processor receives data representative of at least aircraft location from a navigation data source, receives data representative of at least one input factor from an input factor data source, establishes a runway reference using data received from the source of navigation reference data, determine a first value representative of a required terrain clearance altitude associated with the phase of flight and flight attitude parameter, generates a runway advisory data set as a function of phase of flight and the positional relationship between aircraft location and the runway reference, where the runway advisory data set is representative of advisory information comprised of visual runway advisory information, aural runway advisory information, tactile advisory information, or a combination thereof, and provides the runway advisory data set to a presentation system; and the presentation system, wherein such system receives the runway advisory data set, and presents advisory information represented in the advisory data set on or through at least one presentation unit, where each presentation unit is a visual display unit, an aural alert unit, or a tactile alert unit.