Manage one of the worlds busiest airspaces from the tower. Guide all incoming planes to a safe landing. And ensure maximum departures with minimal delays.The airport is at the center of the radar screen. The waypoints are marked as an orange circle with a white triangle within it.For departing aircrafts, guide them to their exit waypoint. For arriving aircraft, guide them to the landing runway

(10 min trial)

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Instructions

DAL632 TX RWY31 (taxi to runway 31)

DAL632 C FL050 (cleared to 5000 feet)

DAL632 LW (Line up and wait)

DAL632 T (Take off)

DAL632 IS 220 (Increase speed to 220 knots)

DAL632 C DIXIE (Cleared to waypoint DIXIE)

DAL632 RS 180 (Reduce speed to 180 knots)

DAL632 TR 180 (Turn right heading 180)

DAL632 TL 270 (Turn left heading 270)

DAL632 FH 310 (Fly Heading 310)

DAL632 ILS RWY22 (Cleared for ILS approach Runway 22)

DAL632 VIS RWY31 (Cleared for Visual approach Runway 31. No ILS on Runway 31)

SID (Display Standard Instrument Departures)

STAR (Display Standard Terminal Arrival Routes)

CLEAR (Clear SID/STAR)

NIGHT (Night mode)

DAY (Day mode)

PAUSE (pause the simulation)

RESUME (resume the simulation)

QUIT (quit the simulation)

DOWN ARROW (autofill previous call sign)

Winds & Runway Status

The current wind conditions are displayed at the bottom right corner. It also displays the runway status. A green runway means it is available for use. A grey status means it is closed/unavailable for take-off or landing. A red runway means it is currently occupied by an aircraft.

Special conditions: Currently the ILS on Runway 13 is unavailable

Departure & Arrival Strips

On the top right of the screen are the departure & arrival strips. These provide information for the departing as well as arriving planes. Clicking on the departure strip will fill in the command input box with the callsign of the aircraft for faster issuance of commands. Double clicking the strip will highlight the plane on the screen. You can drag and re-order the strips as per your convenience.

Departure Strip

WJA283 - Call sign

A321 - Equipment type

Plane Status

G - At Gate

TX - taxing

H - Holding

LW - Line up and wait

RT - Ready for take off

CT - Cleared for take off

T - Taking off

IA - In Air

Take off Runway (besides plane status) eg: RWY22

FL050 - Flight Level. 5000 feet

160 - Speed in knots

Heading (below speed)

KLGA - Departing airport

SPARTA - Exit way point

Sample Departure

DAL632 TX RWY31

Taxi to runway 31. After the aircraft has reached the runway holding point, the flight status will change to H. The next instruction can be now provided.

DAL632 C FL050

Cleared to Flight Level 050 (5000 feet). The aircraft have to be assigned a flight level before take off instructions can be given.

DAL632 LW

Line up and wait (optional). The aircraft will line up and once ready for take off the flight status will change to RT

DAL632 T

Take Off. The aircraft will now take off and once it clears the runway, the flight status will change to IA.

DAL632 IS 220

Increase Speed to 220 knots

DAL632 C DIXIE

Cleared to waypoint DIXIE

The departure strip tells us DAL632 is a B737 with flight status IA (In Air) and took off from runway 31. It is cleared to Flight level 050 (5000 feet) currently travelling at 220 knots with an heading of 204. The flight is from KLGA and the exit way point is DIXIE and aircraft is now cleared to waypoint DIXIE.

Arrival Strip

NKS31 - Call sign

A747 - Equipment type

Plane Status

IA - In Air

L - Landing

Landing Runway (besides plane status, currently -- i.e not assigned) eg: RWY22

FL019 - Flight Level. 1900 feet (to intercept glide scope)

140 - Speed in knots. Planes must be at 140 knots to accept landing instruction

Heading (below speed) 214

CRALY - Arriving in sector from waypoint CRALY

Destination - KLGA

Currently cleared to waypoint - GREKO

Sample Arrival

SWA236 C GREKO

Plane has been cleared to waypoint GREKO. To be able to land, planes must be at 1900 feet and 140 knots over GREKO for RWY22.

SWA236 C FL019

Cleared to Flight Level 019 (1900 feet).

SWA236 RS 140

Reduce speed to 140 knots

SWA236 ILS RWY22

Cleared for ILS approach for Runway 22

Approach/Landing conditions

Runway 22: ILS Approach at Altitude 1900 feet speed 140 knots

Runway 4: ILS Approach at Altitude 1700 feet speed 140 knots

Runway 13: ILS Approach at Altitude 1900 feet speed 140 knots

Runway 31: Visual Approach at Altitude between 1200 & 2500 feet speed 140 knots. NO ILS Approach

Communications window

To the left of the departure strips, is the communication window.It displays all the commands issued by the controller and the responses from the pilots of the airplanes.

Safety & Separation

Early Warning Alert

All aircraft need a vertical separation of 100 feet and horizontal seperation of 3 miles.

If the conditions are not met, and the planes are just outside the scope, they will be highlighted in orange.This is like an early warning system. If this happens within the scope, planes will be highlighted in red

Command Chaining

Multiple instructions can be provided by separating them with a semicolon ';'

eg: DAL632 IS 220; C FL050; TR 180

Simulation Level

There are 3 levels available with increasing order of difficulty. Higher levels have increased traffic as well.

The levels can be switched at any time by issuing the following commands:

level 1

level 2

level 3

Shortcut keys

Down Arrow to auto populate command box with previous call sign