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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2007
Billy J. Durham, Glendale, AZ (US);
Brian J. Smith, Glendale, AZ (US);
Billy J. Durham, Glendale, AZ (US);
Brian J. Smith, Glendale, AZ (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
System and methods are provided alerting an aircraft crew member of a runway assignment for an aircraft takeoff sequence from a runway of an airport having a plurality of runways. In an embodiment, the method includes transmitting data comprising data relating to the runway assignment and data relating to an open status or a closed status for each airport runway to an aircraft data receiver, and transmitting an audio signal indicating the runway assignment to an aircraft audio receiver. In another embodiment, the method includes receiving an audio signal indicating the runway assignment from a control tower audio transmitter, receiving data comprising data relating to the runway assignment and data relating to an open status or a closed status of each of the airport runways from a control tower data transmitter, processing the received data, and displaying the received data relating to the runway assignment on a display.