Apparatus and method for determining a position of an approaching a runway the aircraft

It is a device (10) for determining a position (P) of a proposed on a runway (1) approaching aircraft (2). The device (10) disposed one on or to the runway (1) camera (11) for receiving an image (B) of the approaching aircraft (2) that using an alignment information (AI) to a glide (G) of the runway (1) is aligned, and a determination unit (12) for determining the position (P) of the aircraft (2) as a function of the captured image (B) of the aircraft (2) and the alignment information (AI).