US 11,724,819 B2
Method and system for assessing aircraft landing and surface movement performances
Stephen Lyle McKeown, Campbellford (CA); Zindine Souiki, Brampton (CA); Ty Shattuck, Burlington (CA); Richard Thibodeau, Campbellford (CA); Paul Edward Cudmore, Castleton (CA); and Daniel Thomas Savery, Hastings (CA)
Assigned to EAGLE AEROSPACE LTD., Campbellford (CA)
Filed by EAGLE AEROSPACE, LTD., Campbellford (CA)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/710,020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/777,907, filed on Dec. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0180781 A1, Jun. 11, 2020
Int. Cl. B64D 45/08 (2006.01); B64D 43/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 45/08 (2013.01) [B64D 43/00 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for detecting and reporting anomalies during operation of an aircraft, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving, from an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), real time data indicative of operation of the aircraft, the real time data including at least one of the following :
ground speed, rate of deceleration of the aircraft, touchdown location, position of the aircraft as it travels down a runway, timing of a route the aircraft travels, ground movement activities, and a maximum landing distance;
based on the received real time data, calculating a predicted performance of the aircraft;
generating, in real-time, an alert when the predicted performance exceeds a predetermined threshold;
performing, responsive to the alert, one or more actions, wherein the one or more actions comprises informing an air traffic control team and/or an airport operations team that an anomalous deceleration or directional control of the aircraft has taken place on a certain area of the runway when the predicted performance exceeds the predetermined threshold;
generating one or more additional alerts when a landing distance difference exceeds a second predetermined threshold, and/or when a ground speed difference exceeds a third predetermined threshold, and/or when a touchdown difference exceeds a fourth predetermined threshold,
overlaying a graphical view on an airport map; and
marking, on the graphical view, one or more sections of the runway the aircraft landed on when the predicted performance exceeds the predetermined threshold, and/or when the landing distance difference exceeds the second predetermined threshold, and/or when the ground speed difference exceeds the third predetermined threshold, and/or when the touchdown difference exceeds the fourth predetermined threshold.