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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2012
Rajat Agrawal, Denver, CO (US);
Robert A. Petrie, Jr., San Ramon, CA (US);
Jason J. Long, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Rajat Agrawal, Denver, CO (US);
Robert A. Petrie, Jr., San Ramon, CA (US);
Jason J. Long, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
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.