Abstract: Systems and methods for aircraft arrival management are disclosed. The system is configured to control a timing of landing between a leading and a trailing aircraft by calculating backward trajectories for each of the aircraft from a common touchdown point on a runway. The system is further configured to compute a delta distance, based on a separation threshold distance, corresponding to a travel distance for the trailing aircraft along an arc centered around a merge point, before turning towards a merge point.

Abstract: A method for managing air traffic in one or more sectors of a controlled airspace is disclosed, including defining a first sector configuration of at least two adjacent sectors in the airspace, each sector being assigned to a station controller in an air traffic control station and a communication channel. The method includes monitoring, for each sector, an anticipated level of air traffic controller workload over a selected time interval, and detecting a difference greater than a pre-selected threshold in anticipated levels of air traffic controller workload in the two adjacent sectors over the selected time interval. The method includes redefining the first sector configuration into a second sector configuration of the two adjacent sectors, such that the difference in controller workload in the two adjacent sectors is below the threshold, and then implementing the second sector configuration.

Abstract: A method of a flight management system (FMS) of an aircraft for generating an equi-time point (ETP) for an emergency landing of the aircraft includes receiving at least two reference points for landing the aircraft upon an occurrence of an emergency. The method also includes determining an equi-distance point (EDP) for the aircraft by locating a first point on the remaining flight path of the aircraft which is equidistant from the at least two reference points. The method further includes generating an ETP for the aircraft by locating a second point on the remaining flight path such that time difference between any two of expected flight times of the aircraft from the second point to the at least two reference points is less than a threshold value.

Abstract: A method of a flight management system (FMS) of an aircraft for computing flight time from an equi-distance point (EDP to a reference point for an emergency landing of the aircraft includes receiving at least two reference points for landing the aircraft upon an occurrence of an emergency and determining a remaining flight path for the aircraft based on a current location of the aircraft and a flight plan serviced by the FMS. Further, the method includes generating the EDP for the aircraft by locating a point in the remaining flight path, and calculating an expected flight time of the aircraft from the EDP to each of the at least two reference points based on a plurality of factors affecting the flight time of the aircraft.

Abstract: A method for dynamically computing an equi-distance point (EDP) for an aircraft includes receiving at least two reference points for landing the aircraft upon an occurrence of an emergency, determining a remaining flight path for the aircraft based on a current location of the aircraft and a flight plan serviced by a flight management system (FMS) of the aircraft, and generating the EDP for the aircraft by locating a point on the remaining flight path which is equidistant from the at least two reference points.

Abstract: A system and method for dynamically computing an equi-distance point (EDP) for aircrafts is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for dynamically computing an EDP for an aircraft includes receiving at least two reference points for landing the aircraft upon an occurrence of an emergency, determining a remaining flight path for the aircraft based on a current location of the aircraft and a flight plan serviced by a flight management system (FMS) of the aircraft, and generating the EDP for the aircraft by locating a point on the remaining flight path which is equidistant from the at least two reference points.

Abstract: A system and method for generating an equi-time point (ETP) for an emergency landing of an aircraft are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of a flight management system (FMS) of an aircraft for generating an ETP for an emergency landing of the aircraft includes receiving at least two reference points for landing the aircraft upon an occurrence of an emergency. The method also includes determining an equi-distance point (EDP) for the aircraft by locating a first point on the remaining flight path of the aircraft which is equidistant from the at least two reference points. The method further includes generating an ETP for the aircraft by locating a second point on the remaining flight path such that time difference between any two of expected flight times of the aircraft from the second point to the at least two reference points is less than a threshold value.

Abstract: A system and method for computing flight time from an equi-distance point (EDP) to a reference point is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a flight management system (FMS) of an aircraft for computing flight time from an EDP to a reference point for an emergency landing of the aircraft includes receiving at least two reference points for landing the aircraft upon an occurrence of an emergency and determining a remaining flight path for the aircraft based on a current location of the aircraft and a flight plan serviced by the FMS. Further, the method includes generating the EDP for the aircraft by locating a point in the remaining flight path, and calculating an expected flight time of the aircraft from the EDP to each of the at least two reference points based on a plurality of factors affecting the flight time of the aircraft.