cockpit display
Pilot's information screen
A cockpit display is any screen or instrument panel in an aircraft that presents information to the pilot—altitude, airspeed, navigation, engine status, and warnings.
Modern cockpits use digital glass displays that consolidate what older aircraft spread across dozens of analog gauges: The cockpit display showed we were approaching the descent point.
- attitude indicatorInstrument showing aircraft orientation
- altimeterInstrument measuring elevation
- avionicsAircraft electronic equipment
- autopilotAutomated vehicle guidance system
- flight instrumentsCockpit gauges and displays
screen · navigation system · voice commands · flight planning · air traffic control · annunciator · warning lights · waypoints · HUD · panel · dial · touchscreen interface · control panel · switches · map · gauge · digital readout · night vision