INTEGRATION OF BRAKING ACTION INFORMATION WITH FLIGHT DECK RUNWAY FUNCTIONS

Flight deck systems (20) are provided for integrating braking action information with flight deck runway functions. In one embodiment, the flight deck system includes a cockpit display device (28) on which an airport display (42, 50, 60), such as a two dimensional or three dimensional Airport Moving Map, is generated. A controller (22) is coupled to the cockpit display device and configured to produce a braking action graphic (44, 58, 68, 70, 72, 74) on the airport display indicative of the current braking action of a first runway (52, 54, 62, 64) approached for usage by the aircraft. The controller may determine the current braking action of the runway from braking action information received over a datalink (24). Further, in certain embodiments, the controller can assign the current braking action to a predetermined braking action category and produce the braking action graphic to visually identify the assigned braking action category.