Methods and systems for performance based arrival and sequencing and spacing

US10096252B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Liling Ren · Niskayuna, US
• Harold Woodruff Tomlinson, Jr. · Liverpool, US
• Vincent Paul Staudinger · Niskayuna, US
• Jeffrey Russell Bult · Grand Rapids, US
• Mauricio Castillo-Effen · Niskayuna, US
• Szabolcs A. Borgyos · Wyoming, US
• Stephen Koszalka · Kent, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 9, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 22, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G5/727
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method, medium, and system to receive flight parameter data relating to a plurality of flights, the flight parameter data including indications of aircraft performance based navigation (PBN) capabilities, flight plan information, an aircraft configuration, and an airport configuration for the plurality of flights; assign probabilistic properties to the flight parameter data; receive accurate and current position and predicted flight plan information for a plurality of aircraft corresponding to the flight parameter data; determine a probabilistic trajectory for two of the plurality of aircraft based on a combination of the probabilistic properties of the flight parameter data and the position and predicted flight plan information, the probabilistic trajectory being specific to the two aircraft and including a target spacing specification to maintain a predetermined spacing between the two aircraft at a target location with a specified probability; and generate a record of the probabilistic trajectory for the two aircraft.