How can pilots see the runway when landing a big jet plane?

The dashboard (for lack of a better word) in the cockpit is so high that is impossible to see the runway. Do pilots use a camera to align the plane in the center?|||both the things are different


talking about great height- planes like AN 225, A380, B747-400 and the series of these aircrafts are very big, the cockpits are situated at around 2 to 3 story i.e roof of 1st or 2nd floor, hence cameras are attached in the cockpits so that viewing the rear and ground from the front would be easy





now talking about landing these aircrafts- these days every commercial aircraftand most of the airports are fitted with ILS i.e instrument landing system which is an automated landing system, it helps in landing the aircraft by aligning it, keeping the right speed and everything needed for landing,


now i think u got the answer|||By the time they flare (tilt the airplane upward just before touchdown) they are already aligned with the runway. They can also look out the side windows to estimate how high they are above the runway. However, large airliners have plenty of instruments on board that tell the pilots exactly how high they are, including a radar altimeter and automated callouts that announce the exact altitude above the runway as they descend ("fifty, forty, thirty, twenty ... ten").|||The dash is not so high that it blocks the view of the runway on approach in visual flight conditions...the pilots can see over it during the approach. The only time they may lose sight of the runway in front of them (and this can only happen in a couple less common types of airplane) is during touchdown when the pitch of the aircraft is nose-high enough to block the view, but this really depends on the height of the pilot, and how his/her seat is adjusted -- and is actually pretty rare to happen even in these specific airplane types. In such a case, the pilot landing uses peripheral vison out of the more side-facing windows in the cockpit to keep the airplane aligned with the centerline until the nose lowers and he/she can see out the front again.





Try watching some videos on youtube and you will see -- try doing a search using words like "approach cockpit landing MD11 DC10 747" etc. Some cockpit-view videos of approach and landing should come up.|||first off.. careful the answers you get on here from guessers and computer game players..





the height of large jet cockpits is such that we see the runway that is about 30-45 feet in front of us as we look straight out the window.





when we are landing, we are traveling at speeds of around 150mph, so if we tried looking at the runway close to us, it would be blurry and confusing.





as we transition to a visual landing, our gaze goes father down the runway. this gives us an idea of how high to raise the nose, and we use peripheral vision to maintain center line .|||It's not too high at all. While the 'dashboard' of an airplane is quite a bit higher than what you'd see in a car, pilots can see out of it and see the runway just fine when landing.|||look|||just for future reference us Airline pilots rarely flair you normally flair to make sure ur prop doesnt hit the ground. the dash does in fact get in the way so we use our instruments and vision out the side windows on VFR landings and of course we do the same thing on IFR landings|||The don't see the runway what they do is view the shadow of the plane and slowly lower the place until the tires touch the surface of the tarmac.