ATC-SIM

[Depth]

Web based ATC simulator, a lot of texting involved but very addictive once you grasp the commands. Really taxes your ability to solve several problems at once, and coincidentally your keyboard skills :D

 

http://atc-sim.com/

 

For the first few go's set the airport to Dubai and realism to easy.

 

 

Command examples for flight UAE155:

 

UAE155 C 2 - Cleared for 2000 feet

UAE155 C 10 - Cleared for 10000 feet (any 1 or 2 digit number = height in 1000 feet)

UAE155 C 190 - Cleared for heading 190 (any 3 digit number = heading)

UAE155 C MAXMO - Cleared to divert to VOR station Maxmo (for diverting flights. Leaves your list and screen, must be at least altitude 4000 to hand over)

UAE155 T - Cleared for takeoff (clearance for altitude must be given prior)

UAE155 L 12R - Cleared to land runway 12R (must be below 3000 feet AGL and be on proper glidescope)

 

 

Less vital but still very useful commands:

 

UAE155 C 190 L - Turn Left to heading 190

UAE155 C 190 R - Turn Right to heading 190 (suffix can be added to any command)

UAE155 C 2 EX - Cleared for 2000 feet, expedite (twice the climb or fall rate)

UAE155 S 400 - Set airspeed 400 knots (Any 3 digit number, I usually instruct outbound planes to 450 which is close to the actual planes cruising speed)

UAE155 H - Taxi and hold at start of runway

UAE155 A - Abort landing

 

SCALE - shows map scale markers, rings of 5 nm

 

 

Planes must be seperated either laterally by 1 nm or vertically by 3000 feet.

Happy controlling :thumbup:

Edited February 7, 2012 by Depth

[effte]

3 nm/1000 ft, if it is the same as in the real world. I think that's the one a mate of mine held the world highscore in forever... but he's a RL ATCO (meaning way too much time to waste on messing with it, rather than having benefit from training... :D).

[Depth]

Haha yep, it's 3nm lateral 1000 feet vertical, I got my numbers reversed.

 

Which for someone somewhere is lethal :joystick: