Endless ATC

Endless ATC is an easy to play simulation game, where you are an air traffic controller at the radar of a busy airport. The goal is to guide airplanes safely to the runways to get a high score. If you make no errors, the number of planes you have to control gets larger and larger. How many flights at a time can you handle?

The game shows you a tracon radar screen with locations of planes and runways. Arrivals and departures will appear randomly. The interface and looks are simple, just like a real life radar, but the planes behave realistically. If you're unfamiliar with aviation, please read the instructions first.

Instructions

Select a plane and let it descend (to about 2000 feet). Then guide the plane to the blue line at a large distance from the runway (there are arrows to help you), and give the plane clearance for approach using the ILS button (Instrument Landing System), which means it will follow the line to the runway, like in real life. Make sure that the plane intercepts the ILS line at a shallow angle:

If you do this correctly you will gain skill points. You can also lose skill points when making mistakes, for example planes flying too close to eachother, or go-arounds.

You can choose to challenge yourself even more by enabling crosswinds and thunderstorms! But if you want to relax instead, just set the traffic rate at a lower value.

The game includes 9 airports: Amsterdam Schiphol, London Heathrow, Frankfurt, Atlanta Hartsfield–Jackson, Paris Charles de Gaulle, New York JFK, Tokyo Haneda, Toronto Pearson and Sydney, each airport featuring a traffic scenario. You can add your own airports, by editing text files.

Updated: 3 Sept 2024 (v5.6.3):

• Added color customization options to the Display menu.
• Added air pressure to the Realism menu.
• Added customizable controls via the F7 menu.
• Improvements to the custom airports feature.
• Bugfixes and adjustments.

For more detailed instructions, changelogs and questions, see: startgrid.blogspot.com

Features

• unlimited amount of planes, multiple runways,
• give radar vectors like a real air traffic controller,
• realistic mechanics and pilot behavior, but easy to play,
• amount of traffic adapts to your skill level,
• automatic savegame; resume where you left off,
• choose from 9 different airports (EHAM, EGLL, EDDF, KATL, LFPG, KJFK, RJTT, CYYZ, YSSY)
• text-to-speech output