Honeywell International Inc.
GENERATING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) REQUESTS ON AN ONBOARD OR AN OFFBOARD AVIONICS DEVICE WITH A GRAPHICAL DISPLAY

Abstract:

A method for generating an air traffic control (ATC) request is provided. The method includes receiving input on at least one of an onboard graphical display avionics device or an offboard avionics device to request a change to a current flight parameter based on an active state of the aircraft, generating an air traffic control request, on one of the onboard graphical display avionics device or the offboard avionics device, based on the input using an air traffic control interface application, presenting, on one of the onboard graphical display avionics device or the offboard avionics device, the generated air traffic control request; and when the air traffic control request is approved to be sent, passing the generated air traffic control request to an air traffic control application on a communications management unit (CMU), Communications Management Function (CMF) or a flight management system (FMS).