Hossein Hosseiny briefly illuminated the cockpit of the Dublin to Cardiff aircraft which was carrying 52 people on board on the evening of March 8.
The pilot said the actions of the 21-year-old father-to-be from the Countisbury Avenue area of Llanrumney, Cardiff, caused a "momentary loss of concentration" during his approach to the runway due to a "dazzling green light".
The incident was reported immediately by the pilot to air traffic control and Hosseiny, a failed asylum seeker from Afghanistan, was arrested soon after in the nearby Porthkerry Park area of Barry.
Prosecutor David Thomas told Cardiff Crown Court that, during a search, officers found Hosseiny in a car intoxicated with a friend. Cannabis was also found in the vehicle which Hosseiny later admitted supplying to his friend.
In interview, the defendant told the police he had taken to selling cannabis as a means of funding his own habit.
At a previous court hearing, Hosseiny pleaded guilty to endangering the safety of an aircraft and supplying drugs.
Jeremy Jenkins, defending, said Hosseiny entered the UK in December 2002 at the age of 15 and became an asylum seeker.
The following year his application for asylum was refused after which he was granted exceptional leave to remain in the UK.
He has since been served with a deportation notice.
Mr Jenkins said his client initially found work in Swindon before settling in the south Wales area where he now has a heavily pregnant girlfriend.
"His future is uncertain," said Mr Jenkins. "He has had a very difficult upbringing and hasn't seen what remains of his family for seven years.
"He believes his mother is alive but he does not know her whereabouts."
Mr Jenkins said Hosseiny was fully aware a custodial sentence was inevitable.
Referring to the laser, the barrister added: "It didn't follow the aircraft; it was as if it (the plane) passed in and out of the beam."
Judge Eleri Rees said: "On March 8, intoxicated with alcohol and drugs, you pointed a green laser pen in various directions when an aircraft was approaching Cardiff airport.
"The pilot said you shone it into the cockpit, albeit for a few seconds, and it caused a loss of concentration.
"The consequences of such an action could have been catastrophic. Fortunately there was no catastrophe and the aircraft landed safely."
She added: "Those who deliberately aim such pens into the cockpit of an aircraft or helicopter should expect a custodial sentence."
For supplying drugs, Hosseiny was given a six month jail sentence. He was given a consecutive sentence of four months imprisonment for endangering the safety of an aircraft.
Judge Rees said she would not make an order to deport the defendant.
"I will leave it to the authorities to determine whether you are deported or not," she said.
She also ordered that the 79 days Hosseiny has spent on remand since his arrest will be deducted from his sentence.
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