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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2009
Bradley D. Cornell, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Robert W. Mead, Covington, WA (US);
Louis J. Bailey, Kent, WA (US);
Gregory T. Saccone, Kirkland, WA (US);
Bradley D. Cornell, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Robert W. Mead, Covington, WA (US);
Louis J. Bailey, Kent, WA (US);
Gregory T. Saccone, Kirkland, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A tailored arrival allocation system (TAAS) for determining a descent profile for an aircraft is described. TAAS includes a gateway operable for establishing communications between TAAS and aircraft, and for establishing communications between TAAS and at least one of a source of weather data, an air traffic services facility, and an airlines operations center. A processing device communicatively coupled to the gateway calculates a descent profile based on data received from a plurality of an air traffic services coordination function, an airline operations center function, data from the aircraft, and data received from a weather station that allows the aircraft to meet the required time at one or more metering fixes during the descent. Output interfaces provide data relating to the calculated descent profile to the processing device. The gateway communicates with a flight management computer for the aircraft to incorporate the calculated descent profile onto the flight management computer.