CPC G08G 5/0008 (2013.01) [G08G 5/0021 (2013.01); G08G 5/0078 (2013.01); G08G 5/0091 (2013.01); G08G 5/025 (2013.01); G08G 5/045 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A system for transmitting an aircraft report (AIREP) from a first aircraft having an enabled aircraft autoland system, comprising:
a transmitter coupled to receive a transmit command and configured, in response to receiving the transmit command, to selectively transmit one or more messages; and
a first processing system in operable communication with the transmitter and configured to:
retrieve standard AIREP data from one or more avionic systems disposed within the first aircraft, the standard AIREP data including standard AIREP reporting information,
retrieve autoland enablement data that indicates whether the autoland system was manually or automatically enabled,
retrieve autoland information data from the one or more avionics systems, the autoland information data including current aircraft state data and current flight plan data, the autoland information data being different from the standard AIREP data and comprising one or more of a destination runway, an estimated time of arrival to the destination runway, fuel level, and aircraft health status,
append the autoland information data to the standard AIREP data to generate an AIREP-autoland message,
supply the AIREP-autoland message to the transmitter, and
command the transmitter to transmit the AIREP-autoland message.
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