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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
May. 18, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Geun I. Kim, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 19/00 (2013.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/0021 (2013.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); G08G 5/0039 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes receiving, at a flight management system of an aircraft, a required time of arrival (RTA) of the aircraft at a first location. The method includes receiving, at the flight management system, an input indicating an RTA index value. The method further includes modifying a speed of the aircraft based on the RTA and the RTA index value. The speed is determined by the flight management system as part of a flight plan of the aircraft.