System and method for modelling a flight

US8214075B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited · NZ

Inventors

• Mark Griffin · Springdale, US
• Mervyn Lloyd Robertson · Wellington, NZ

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 29, 2008
• Grant date: Jul 3, 2012
• Expiry date: Nov 19, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/12
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of modelling a flight of an aircraft using at least one computer system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes: sourcing flight details from at least one data source using at least one data acquisition system, the flight details representative of the activity of the aircraft within a flight information region, and compiling a flight model from the flight details using a processing system, the flight model indicating the activity of the aircraft over the duration of the flight in two or more FIRs or for an entire flight undertaken in a single FIR.