DETERMINATION OF A PAVEMENT STATE FROM ON-BOARD MEASUREMENTS OF PAVEMENT CONTAMINATION, ASSOCIATED SYSTEM AND AIRCRAFT

摘要

A method and a system for determining a pavement state are proposed. The method determines the pavement state from climatic data, i.e. data on the climate outside an aircraft operating on a pavement for aircraft, and pavement data, i.e. data relating to the pavement. The climatic data and the pavement data are acquired by sensors located on-board the aircraft. Because the pavement data, i.e. measurements of parameters of the pavement itself, are acquired by the aircraft itself, the system makes it possible to tell the difference between a plurality of pavement states in a plurality of pavement locations including zones upstream of the aircraft, whereas known solutions are limited to aircraft taxiing zones, generally braking zones.