A Surface Movement Area /
Runway Traffic and Surface Area Flow Tool with
Runway Incursion
Protection System reduces
runway incursions due to lost or disoriented aircraft, navigation in low
visibility conditions, unfamiliarity with local procedures and airport layouts, and truncated or misunderstood clearances or other frequency congestion related communication and
workload problems. SMART Board surface displays are used to provide
route guidance instructions to aircraft at ramp and taxiway intersections, confirm to for pilots that their aircraft is at the correct location and is in the assigned
queue and sequence before entering active runways, visual confirmation of
runway clearances to aircraft and vehicles at all
runway entrances, and lessening frequency congestion on Ground and Local communications channels. The
system includes an Electronic
Flight Data System to generate messages. Sensors and a
wireless LAN are used to provide data from the
system to all aircraft and vehicles on the surface movement area of an airport.