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It's just shortest path traversal no? Represent each airport as a node in a graph with all relevant data (distance, weather, etc.) ... Traverse the graph and f

• rubicon33 7y ago
  Confused as to why this is being downvoted. If there's a better way to implement it, by all means, lets discuss that! It's an interesting tech challenge... why just downvote?
  • tonyarkles 7y ago
    I agree with you! The word "just" in their post may be prickly. Also, it's not really a graph search as stated, just a "choose the airport with the lowest weight". That, in theory, chooses the airport to land at, but not... the rest of it. Yes, choosing a route would be essentially a graph search, with weather at intermediate nodes adding to edge weights, etc, but even after you've computed a target path, you're going to be continually refining that path (e.g. the thunderstorm moves in a way you didn't predict). And... flying the aircraft itself. Autopilot in straight & level flight isn't too big of a deal. Autopilot tracking a path is doable (including ascent/decent). Auto-throttle is common on larger airliners but not in GA aircraft. Automatically configuring landing gear and flaps, as appropriate for weather conditions, is (afaik) not done automatically even in commercial airliners. And doing all of this, reliably, with the assumption that the pilot is incapacitated... that's friggin' cool!