ATC Approach & Tower Training

1. 01

   ATC Basics

   Learn what air traffic control is for, how a flight passes from controller to controller, how radio calls work, and how a shift runs in Bayview Approach.

   5 sections
2. 02

   The Language of the Sky

   Learn how controllers measure and speak headings, speeds, and altitudes, and how to read radar targets, data blocks, and trails on the scope.

   7 sections
3. 03

   Radio & Phraseology

   Learn how radio transmissions are built, how callsigns and numbers are spoken, and how the readback and hearback loop prevents errors on frequency.

   6 sections
4. 04

   Understanding Arrivals

   Learn how arrivals enter your sector on a STAR, how altitude restrictions work, what you owe on initial contact, and how to amend a route.

   6 sections
5. 05

   Controlling an Arrival

   Take an arrival from its entry fix to the base leg using headings, descents, and speed reductions while managing route restrictions and compression.

   6 sections
6. 06

   Vectoring to Final

   Turn an arrival onto the localizer at the right angle and altitude, issue the four-part approach clearance, and hand the flight off to the tower.

   6 sections
7. 07

   Sequencing & Sharing the Sky

   Learn radar, vertical, and wake turbulence separation minima, how to build spacing between arrivals, and how to climb departures through arrival traffic.

   6 sections
8. 08

   When It Doesn't Go to Plan

   Handle missed approaches, pilot refusals, fuel advisories, emergencies, runway changes, safety alerts, and lost radios on the approach frequency.

   6 sections
9. 09

   The Training Ladder

   How the guided lessons and shift difficulty levels build your skills step by step from a single arrival on an empty scope to a full Bayview radar sector.

   6 sections

The tower chapters

10. 10

    In the Cab

    Step into the control tower cab at Bayview to learn what the local controller owns, how the runway is selected, and how the strip board works.

    6 sections
11. 11

    Getting Them Airborne

    Move aircraft from the holding point to departure control using line up and wait, standard takeoff clearances, arrival-gap timing, and roll cancellations.

    6 sections
12. 12

    Getting Them Down

    How local control receives arrivals on final, issues landing clearances, anticipates runway separation, and turns aircraft off to ground.

    6 sections
13. 13

    When the Gap Closes

    When a planned runway gap disappears, local control must cancel a takeoff, stop a rolling departure or send an arrival around before an incursion happens.

    6 sections
14. 14

    Working the Ground

    Ground control moves departures from the stand to the runway and arrivals back to the ramp, using named taxi routes and strict hold-short readbacks.

    6 sections
15. 15

    Weather and the Runway Change

    How tower controllers maintain the ATIS broadcast, calculate headwind and crosswind components, and turn the airport around when a front shifts the wind.

    5 sections
16. 16

    The Emergency Return

    Acknowledge an airborne emergency, clear every conflicting runway and taxiway, roll the fire trucks, and recover the aircraft safely to the ground.

    6 sections
17. 18

    Winter at the Field

    How snow degrades runway braking action, when to close a runway for the ploughs, and how de-icing pads and holdover times reshape departure flow.

    5 sections
18. 19

    Incidents on the Frequency

    Handle stuck microphones on guard, broadcast laser warnings on final, and coordinate police and ground vehicles for unruly passengers in the tower.

    6 sections

ATC procedures and phraseology are based on FAA Order JO 7110.65BB. This game is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or a product of the FAA, and is not for real-world training or operational use.