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Schedule management system and method for managing air traffic

A technology for air traffic control and progress management, applied in traffic control systems, aircraft traffic control, multi-aircraft traffic management, etc., can solve problems such as information accuracy and availability limitations

Active Publication Date: 2015-04-01
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO +1
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[0016] although information and decision-making can be made purely aircraft or ground systems, there are limitations to the accuracy and availability of information in either of these approaches

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[0026] The present invention provides a schedule management system and method for managing air traffic approaching an arriving airport. According to a preferred aspect of the invention, the aircraft in the airspace are equipped with an on-board flight management system (FMS) determining aircraft trajectories and flight-specific cost data of individual aircraft on which the on-board flight management system is installed. The schedule management system receives aircraft trajectory and flight specific cost data from the FMS of the aircraft within the sphere of influence of an air traffic control (ATC) center whose ground system is equipped with a decision support tool (DST). The air traffic control system determines the scheduled time of arrival (STA) of an aircraft at one or more meter fix points along one or more routes to the arrival airport, and if any aircraft misses its STA and Thus imposing a time delay on one or more other aircraft flying towards the metered fix, DST uses...

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A system and method to improve efficiency in aircraft maneuvers meant to accommodate time-related constraints in air traffic, information related to flight performance and atmospheric conditions is gathered onboard an aircraft, then transmitted to an air traffic control center, in the event of a delay or any other event which necessitates an alteration in an aircraft trajectory, the data is sent to a decision support tool to compute and provide alternative trajectories, preferably including operator- preferred trajectories, within air traffic constraints. Air traffic controllers can then offer an alternative trajectory to an aircraft that is more efficient, cost effective, and / or preferable to the aircraft operator.

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims the benefit of US Provisional Application No. 61 / 666,801 filed June 30, 2012, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Additionally, this application is a continuation-in-part of co-pending US Patent Application Serial No. 13 / 032,176 filed February 22, 2011, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. technical field [0003] The present invention generally relates to methods and systems for managing air traffic. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods and systems for optimizing air traffic control operations and minimizing the loss of air traffic efficiency, and includes the possibility of being missed by one or more aircraft by including early cruise descent as a A method and system for managing time schedules for arriving aircraft due to time delays due to their / their scheduled arrival times (STA). Background technique [0004] Managin...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G08G5/00
CPCG08G5/0013G08G5/0043
Inventor R. V. 苏布D. S. K. 陈G. W. 布鲁克斯比J. K 克卢斯特S. 托雷斯
Owner GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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