Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for a ground radar and information display system for commercial and general aviation. The method includes processing raw data from the presently existing ATCRBS system, duplicating the raw data and sending it to an auxiliary computer, filtering out non-positional messages of the raw data, encoding the raw data into a data block and transmitting the data block to a display facility, where it is decoded and displayed. The apparatus of the invention includes and auxiliary ground computer and a smaller on-board computer for processing the data block.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for a ground radar and information display system for commercial and general aviation. The method includes processing raw data from the presently existing ATCRBS system, duplicating the raw data and sending it to an auxiliary computer, filtering out non-positional messages of the raw data, encoding the raw data into a data block transmitting the data block to a display facility, where it is decoded and displayed. The apparatus of the invention includes and auxiliary ground computer and a smaller on-board computer for processing the data block.