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En Route Spacing System and MethodA method of and computer software for minimizing aircraft deviations needed to comply with an en route miles-in-trail spacing requirement imposed during air traffic control operations via establishing a spacing reference geometry, predicting spatial locations of a plurality of aircraft at a predicted time of intersection of a path of a first of said plurality of aircraft with the spacing reference geometry, and determining spacing of each of the plurality of aircraft based on the predicted spatial locations.
Document ID
20050237962
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Other - Patent
External Source(s)
ARC-14418-1
Authors
Heinz Erzberger (Ames Research Center Mountain View, United States)
Steven M Green (Ames Research Center Mountain View, United States)
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
May 21, 2002
Subject Category
Aircraft Communications And Navigation
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-Patent-6,393,358
Patent Application
US-Patent-Appl-SN-629123

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