METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DATABASE PRODUCTS FOR AUTOMATED RUNWAY SELECTION

摘要

An apparatus and method for predicting which one of at least two candidate runways on which an aircraft is most likely to land includes a database. The database (24) is configured to contain at least two runway data. The runway data includes an empirical glide slope angle and a location associated with each candidate runway. A position sensor (16) is configured to determine a position of the aircraft. A processor (12) is configured to retrieve the glide slope angle and location data associated with each of the at least two candidate runways. The processor calculates an aircraft glide slope angle relative to each of the at least two candidate runways based upon the position of the aircraft, and derives a first likelihood of landing value for each of the at least twocandidate runways based upon the empirical glide slope angle and the aircraft glide slope