Definition
A cockpit instrument that shows the pilot the position, altitude, direction, and speed of nearby aircraft on a graphical display. It receives traffic data from sources such as ADS-B, TIS-B, or onboard surveillance equipment and presents that traffic relative to the pilot's own aircraft.
Plain English
A screen in the cockpit that shows where other aircraft are around you, how high they are, and which way they are going.
Context Anchor
Seen on modern cockpit displays that show nearby aircraft while taxiing, taking off, cruising, approaching, or landing.
Why Pilots Care
Improves situational awareness and helps prevent mid-air collisions by making surrounding traffic visible at a glance.
Intuition Check
“Traffic” here means other aircraft, not road traffic. The display gives awareness, not permission or guaranteed separation from other aircraft.
Example Sentence 1
The pilot used the cockpit display of traffic information to spot the converging aircraft well before ATC issued a traffic advisory.
Example Sentence 2
During the arrival, the Cockpit Display Of Traffic Information showed two targets converging on the same altitude.