Systems and methods for presenting taxi instructions and reducing runway incursions
A system and method are provided for presenting a taxi route for an aircraft at an airport. The method, for example, includes, but is not limited to receiving, by a processor, the taxi route, translating, by the processor, the taxi route into a graphical representation, displaying, on an aircraft display, a map of the airport and the graphical representation, and displaying, a location of a hold short instruction on the aircraft display.
1. A method for presenting a taxi route for an aircraft of an airport, comprising:
receiving, by a processor, the taxi route via text based instructions;
translating, by the processor, the text based instructions into a graphical representation of the taxi route;
displaying, on an aircraft display, a map of the airport and the graphical representation of the taxi route; and
displaying, a location of a hold short instruction on the aircraft display.
2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the taxi route to the processor with a controller pilot data link communication.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the translating the taxi route in the graphical representation further comprises:
parsing a communication of the controller pilot data link communication;
extracting the taxiway route; and
correlating the taxiway route with map data of the airport.
4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising issuing a first alert if a speed of the aircraft is greater than a first threshold as the aircraft is approaching the location of the hold short instruction.
5. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising issuing a second alert if a speed of the aircraft is greater than a second threshold as the aircraft is approaching the location of the hold short instruction.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first threshold and second threshold vary based upon a distance of the aircraft relative to the location of the hold short instruction.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second alert is audible and visual.
8. A system for presenting a taxi instruction for an aircraft, comprising:
a data link communications system configured to receive a-text based taxi instruction;
a display; and
a processor coupled to the data link communication system and the display, the processor configured to:
translate the text based taxi instruction into a graphical representation of the taxi instruction;
identify a hold short instruction within the text based taxi instruction received by the data link communications system;
transmit the graphical representation of the taxi instruction to the display; and
transmit a location of the hold short instruction to the display if a hold short instruction is identified within the text based taxi instruction.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the data link communications system is a controller pilot data link communication system.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor when translating the taxi instructions is further configured to:
parse the text based taxi instructions;
extract relevant taxiway instructions; and
correlate the extracted relevant taxiway instructions with map data of the airport.
11. The system of claim 8 , further comprising a flight management system configured to monitor a position of the aircraft and a speed of the aircraft.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive the location and speed of the aircraft from the flight management system and to issue a first alert if the speed of the aircraft is greater than a first threshold as the aircraft is approaching the location of the hold short instruction.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to issue a second alert if the speed of the aircraft is greater than a second threshold as the aircraft is approaching the location of the hold short instruction.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the first threshold and second threshold vary based upon a distance of the aircraft relative to the location of the hold short instruction.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the second alert is audible and visual.
16. An aircraft, comprising:
a display;
a controller pilot data link communication (CPDLC) system configured to receive a CPDLC message including text based taxi instructions for the aircraft;
a processor configured to receive the text based taxi instructions from the CPDLC system, to translate the text based taxi instructions into a graphical representation of the taxi instructions and to display the graphical representation of the taxi instructions on the display,
wherein, if the text based taxi instructions include a hold short instruction, the processor is further configured to display a location of the hold short instruction on the display.
17. The aircraft of claim 16 , further comprising:
a memory configured to store map data for an airport,
wherein the processor, when translating the text based taxi instructions, is further configured to:
parse the text based taxi instructions;
extract relevant taxiway instructions; and
correlate the extracted relevant taxiway instructions with the map data of the airport.
18. The aircraft of claim 16 , further comprising:
a flight management system configured to monitor a position of the aircraft and a speed of the aircraft,
wherein the processor is further configured to receive the location and speed of the aircraft from the flight management system and to issue a first alert if the speed of the aircraft is greater than a first threshold as the aircraft is approaching the location of the hold short instruction.
19. The aircraft of claim 18 , wherein the processor is further configured to issue a second alert if the speed of the aircraft is greater than a second threshold as the aircraft is approaching the location of the hold short instruction.
20. The aircraft of claim 19 , wherein the first threshold and second threshold vary based upon a distance of the aircraft relative to the location of the hold short instruction.