Flight management system

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In avionics, a Flight Management System (often abbreviated FMS) provides many resources to a pilot of a sophisticated, high-performance aircraft. A typical FMS includes a navigational database, an interface to navigational receivers (including VOR, DME, and some form of inertial navigation system and/or a GPS receiver), an interface to the aircraft automatic pilot, a performance database, an interface to the aircraft's power plant systems through autothrottles and fuel-flow transmitters, and an interface to the aircraft's instruments, often in the form of a Flight Director and map display.

Flight Management Systems fitted to modern airliners assist pilots in navigation, flight planning, and aircraft control functions.

 

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