Distance separation criteria indicator

摘要

Methods, systems, and computer-readable media described herein provide for the display of aircraft traffic and climb/descent information on an aircraft display. Flight data is received from a traffic aircraft in the vicinity of an ownship aircraft. Similar flight data is determined for the ownship aircraft. The flight data for the traffic aircraft and the ownship aircraft is used to determine a criteria indicator that is associated with at least the longitudinal separation and closure rate between the two aircraft. According to various embodiments, a number of altitude indication lines are displayed and an aircraft traffic indicator and ownship indicator corresponding with the traffic aircraft and ownship aircraft are displayed on the appropriate altitude indication lines. The criteria indicator is displayed so that the position of the criteria indicator with respect to the aircraft traffic indicator and ownship indicator informs a pilot as to whether an altitude change is possible.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for providing in-flight traffic information corresponding to an aircraft and a traffic aircraft, comprising:
receiving at a traffic management computer, flight data associated with the traffic aircraft from the traffic aircraft; determining by the traffic management computer, flight data associated with the aircraft; utilizing by the traffic management computer, the flight data associated with the traffic aircraft and the flight data associated with the aircraft to determine characteristics of a single criteria indicator corresponding to both a longitudinal separation and a closure rate between the traffic aircraft and the aircraft, the characteristics of the single criteria indicator comprising line direction and length; providing by the traffic management computer, a plurality of altitude indication lines for display on a display unit of the aircraft; providing by the traffic management computer, an ownship representation on an altitude indication line determined from the flight data associated with the aircraft; providing by the traffic management computer, an aircraft traffic representation on an altitude indication line determined from the flight data associated with the traffic aircraft; and providing by the traffic management computer, the single criteria indicator for display on the display unit such that the characteristics of the single criteria indicator with respect to the ownship representation and the aircraft traffic representation indicates whether an altitude change of the aircraft through an altitude corresponding to the altitude indication line of the traffic aircraft is possible.