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A method for displaying vehicle arrival management information is provided by display (200). Display (200) includes an arrival slot display area (222) which is bounded by a relative time scale (214) defining a Y axis and an actual time scale (216) defining an X axis. A multiplicity of symbols (226)

A method for displaying vehicle arrival management information is provided by display (200). Display (200) includes an arrival slot display area (222) which is bounded by a relative time scale (214) defining a Y axis and an actual time scale (216) defining an X axis. A multiplicity of symbols (226) representing arrival slots extends from the origin of the display. When used in an aircraft arrival management application, symbols (228) represent aircraft in flight, and symbols (230) represent aircraft still on the ground and whose flight plan is proposed. Those symbols (228, 230) are located on the display at the appropriate estimated arrival time, assigned slot time coordinates corresponding with a respective arrival time slot represented by a respective arrival slot symbol (226). To further aid in controlling the arrival traffic, each of the in-flight aircraft symbols (228) for aircraft associated with the user includes an ETA envelope (244) associated with the in-flight aircraft symbol (228), the symbol (228) being located at coordinates which represent the estimated ETA and slot assignment of the aircraft. Aircraft which have been assigned to an arrival slot, but which have not yet taken off, are indicated by a symbol (230) which is located at coordinates representing the estimated ETA and slot assignment for that flight.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for displaying aircraft arrival management information for a particular airport from data supplied from an air traffic management system, including both airport status information and aircraft flight data, said method comprising the steps of:providing means for p

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for displaying aircraft arrival management information for a particular airport from data supplied from an air traffic management system, including both airport status information and aircraft flight data, said method comprising the steps of:providing means for processing and displaying the data supplied from an air traffic management system;establishing a multiplicity of arrival time slots for the airport responsive to the airport status information;assigning a plurality of flights identified by the aircraft flight data to appropriate ones of said multiplicity of arrival time slots;forming a two dimensional graphic representation of said multiplicity of arrival time slots, said two dimensional graphic representation having an estimated arrival time coordinate and an assigned slot time coordinate and a multiplicity of first symbolspositioned thereon to respectively represent said multiplicity of arrival time slots;extracting an estimated time of arrival envelope from the aircraft flight data for at least one of said plurality of assigned flights; and,displaying said estimated time of arrival envelope on said two dimensional graphic representation for said at least one assigned flight.