ARP4102/9B: Flight Management System (FMS) - Recommended Practice

Features

Issuing Committee: S-7 Flight Deck Handling Qualities Stds for Trans Aircraft

Scope

Content: This document recommends criteria and requirements for a flight management system (FMS) for transport aircraft.

The FMS shall provide the functions of lateral navigation, vertical navigation, and performance management and may include time of arrival control. The FMS design shall take human factors considerations into account to produce a fault tolerant system.

Rationale

Content: This ARP was significantly revised to incorporate changes to flight management system technology, such as new variants in global satellite navigation systems; references to outdated technologies and terminology have been deleted.

Meta Tags

Topics: Global positioning systems (GPS)
Navigation and guidance systems
Flight guidance systems
Flight management systems
Air data computers
Commercial aircraft
Displays
Head-up displays
Aircraft displays

Details

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4271/ARP4102/9B

Pages: 34

Citation: SAE International Recommended Practice, Flight Management System (FMS), SAE Standard ARP4102/9B, Revised January 2021, Reaffirmed July 2007, Issued May 1995, https://doi.org/10.4271/ARP4102/9B.

Additional Details

Publisher: SAE International

Published: Jan 14, 2021

Product Code: ARP4102/9B

Content Type: Recommended Practice

Status: Revised

Language: English

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