System and method for generating and displaying a taxi index on an embedded aircraft cockpit display

摘要

A taxi method for an aircraft (100) having a primary thrust engine taxi system (106) and an electric taxi system (112) is provided. The method involves obtaining aircraft and airport status data (262) and generating therefrom taxi drive information indicative of the relative cost of taxiing the aircraft along a predetermined route using the electric taxi system (264) versus the aircraft engine taxi system (266). The taxi drive index information is presented (270, 272) to a user.