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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2020
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Markus Florian Peukert, Darmstadt, DE;
Samantha A. Schwartz, Castle Pines, CO (US);
Mitchell G. Woolever, Arvada, CO (US);
Jason W. Clark, Evergreen, CO (US);
Katie M. Reid, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Joshua T. Glazer, Rougemont, NC (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides for informed de-icing by identifying a travel time range for an aircraft from a de-icing station to a runway; identifying a holdover window based on predicted weather conditions during the travel time range; estimating a takeoff time for the aircraft based on a takeoff queue for the runway and the travel time range; and in response to the holdover window expiring before the estimated takeoff time, delaying the aircraft from de-icing. In some aspects, informed de-icing includes, in response to identifying an aircraft scheduled for de-icing within a caution threshold of a scheduled takeoff time and to determining that a push time cannot be delayed: evaluating an effect of repeating a de-icing operation for the aircraft on flight operations; and in response to the effect exceeding an impact threshold: rescheduling the de-icing operation for the aircraft based on a new takeoff time.