A320 Primary Flight Display


The Primary Flight Display (PFD) displays all the primary flight indications necessary for short-term aircraft control, that is:
- Attitude (pitch, roll), lateral acceleration/sideslip indication,
- Attitude protections, side stick orders on the ground,
- Flight path angle and drift angle (on pilot’s request),
- Guidance (flight director or flight path orders),
- Magnetic heading and selected heading or track, plus A/C drift angle,
- Airspeed and associated selections (manual or automatic), plus all speed limits (flight envelope protection limits, high lift devices retraction/extension speeds, etc…),
- Baro altitude and associated selections (manual or automatic) and baro reference setting, plus flight profile deviation,
- Vertical speed,
- Radio altitude and Decision Height,
- Vertical deviation (glide/slope or other vertical deviation indication),
- Lateral deviation (localizer or other lateral deviation indication),
- Marker beacon indications
- AFS status (engagement status, armed/active modes,…)
- Other specific messages from AFS or EFCS.