Techniques are disclosed for determining an optimized flight path for an aircraft between a starting location and a destination location. The optimized flight path is calculated using flight information such as a starting location and a destination location, identified available emergency landing locations between the starting location and the destination location, and a calculated glide range perimeter of the aircraft. A series of iterative processing steps may be performed using this information to calculate an optimized flight path enabling the aircraft to always have an available landing location within the aircraft's gliding range. The optimized flight path may further utilize information from various data sources, including aircraft data, site data, weather data, and geography data, to more accurately calculate the gliding range and thus, the optimal flight path.


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    Title :

    OPTIMIZED FLIGHT PLAN ENSURING AN AVAILABLE LANDING LOCATION WITHIN GLIDE RANGE


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    Publication date :

    2019-02-07


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G01C Messen von Entfernungen, Höhen, Neigungen oder Richtungen , MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS



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