ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,288, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Method and systems for facilitating takeoff and landing of an aircraft" was invented by Saravanakumar Gurusamy (Tamil Nadu, India) and Pavan Desai (Tamil Nadu, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods and systems for facilitating takeoff and landing of an aircraft. For instance, the method may include obtaining aircraft information and retrieving vertiport information for a desired landing or takeoff location area. The method may further include determining an aircraft path including a vertical path portion and a cruise path por...