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Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 20, 2012
Applicants:

Rajat Agrawal, Denver, CO (US);

Robert A. Petrie, Jr., San Ramon, CA (US);

Jason J. Long, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);

Inventors:

Rajat Agrawal, Denver, CO (US);

Robert A. Petrie, Jr., San Ramon, CA (US);

Jason J. Long, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G06Q 10/04 (2012.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/047 (2013.01); G08G 5/0034 (2013.01); G08G 5/0091 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for flight planning. Routes from a start point to an end point are identified for a flight of an aircraft from a database of routes. A plurality of different types of routes is present in the database of routes. A number of characteristics of the aircraft are applied to the routes to identify a performance of the aircraft for the routes using a number of weather conditions for the flight. The routes are ranked based on the performance of the aircraft on the routes in meeting a number of goals for the flight to form ranked routes. A portion of the ranked routes are displayed.


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