Control Tower 3D: ATC Sim

Built by a 16-year air traffic controller. No ads. No coins. No accounts. Just the tower.

The developer spent 16 years working air traffic control and held four different FAA Control Tower Operator (CTO) licenses over his career. Control Tower 3D is that job, done honestly: you take the Local Control position, look out the cab window, and work the runway the way a real tower controller does — sequence the arrivals, launch the departures, and above all, keep them separated. Separation rules follow FAA Order JO 7110.65.

WORK THE POSITION

• SCAN THE RUNWAY. Sweep the full length before every clearance — a good scan earns the bonus and keeps you clear of incursions.

• SEQUENCE THE ARRIVALS. Clear them to land in order — number one, number two, number three — with proper spacing on final.

• WORK THE PATTERN. Extend upwind, extend downwind, turn base. Mix VFR pattern traffic with IFR arrivals, just like a real tower.

• RUN THE OPTIONS. Cleared for the option: low approach, touch-and-go, or stop-and-go.

• LAUNCH DEPARTURES. They taxi to the hold-short line on their own — get them airborne before the next arrival crosses the threshold, or it's a separation bust.

• HEAR THE RADIO. Pilots call up, read back clearances, and report the pattern with real text-to-speech voices.

• DON'T LET THEM MEET. Two aircraft in the same place is a very bad day.

NEW IN THIS UPDATE

• Today's Shift — one 8-minute shift a day with the same traffic and weather for every controller in the world. Work it daily and build your streak.

• Guided first shift — your first launch walks you through arrivals, departures, sequencing and the go-around, one clearance at a time. No manual needed.

• Now in Spanish, Portuguese, German, Hindi and Arabic — the game follows your phone's language.

• Real tower photography on the menu and the new icon.

MODES

• Easy, Normal and Rush shifts — timed, graded A+ to F.

• Levels campaign — 8 levels: timed warm-ups, then clear 25 to 150 operations as traffic builds.

• Today's Shift with a daily streak, My Top 100 kept on your device, and a Shared Top 10 you can join with a nickname.

• Save and resume mid-shift. Day, dusk and night settings, dynamic weather with approach lighting.

Whether you search for airport games, plane landing games, flight control, radar games, aviation sims, ATC games or an air traffic control tower simulator — this is the tower, and the position is yours. Fully offline, no account, no ads, free.

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