US Patent 8700249 Method and system for fuel route planning

A method for fuel route planning is implemented on a system including: a dispatch computer for interfacing with a fuel route plan user; and a central server computer in communication with the dispatch computer through a network. The central server computer is for: receiving an origin airport and a destination airport for a flight of an aircraft; determining a flight trajectory between the origin airport and the destination airport; retrieving a plurality of refueling airports located adjacent to the flight trajectory; retrieving fuel price information associated with a plurality of FBOs located at the plurality of refueling airports; presenting the flight trajectory and the plurality of refueling airports on an aeronautical/geospatial map; and displaying the fuel price information associated with the plurality of FBOs located at the plurality of refueling airports for use in compiling a fuel route plan.