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239 - ATPL - A "landing compass' is:

Question 239 - General Navigation - ATPL - Airline Transport Pilot license

The compass used as reference during landing.
Painted on the ground at airfields to indicate the direction of the cardinal magnetic headings to observers on the ground or in the air.
A compass on which the runway direction for landing may be set as a "bug".
Used to establish aircraft magnetic heading during a compass swing.

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