Air Traffic Control Simulator

Your mission: Manage arrivals, departures and ground traffic at Luxembourg Airport (ELLX) safely and expeditiously within 25 minutes.

Game display & controls: The upper display shows aircraft approaching on final for Runway 06. Below it is the airport ground layout, with Runway 06 in use, where you manage departures, arrivals after landing and taxiing aircraft. Amber aircraft labels indicate aircraft requiring your attention. Click or tap an amber label to open the instruction menu and select the clearance or action you want to issue.

Arrivals: Clear aircraft to land when Runway 06 is available. After touchdown, instruct them to vacate and taxi to their assigned apron.

Departures: Clear aircraft to taxi to an allowed holding point (B4, G or F), line up and issue take-off clearance when runway and separation permit. Aircraft in the same taxiway queue advance automatically as the positions ahead become clear.

Wake turbulence: Aircraft labels show Heavy (H), Medium (M) or Light (L). Medium behind Heavy, or Light behind Medium or Heavy, requires 2 minutes; 3 minutes if the following aircraft departs farther down the runway than the preceding aircraft. Early take-off clearance costs 50 points. Normal departure spacing additionally requires the preceding aircraft to pass the far runway threshold (RWY 24) plus 5 seconds.

Apron traffic: Several aircraft may wait on the same apron. Allow approximately 10 seconds between departing aircraft and do not clear another aircraft while the shared exit lane is blocked. The exit lane is also the inbound lane: wait until an incoming aircraft has entered its apron and disappeared from the display. Once it disappears, it is parked and the lane is clear for another departure.

Scoring: Touchdown +50; departure airborne +50; first successful taxi clearance for each departure +10; arriving aircraft reaching its assigned apron +10; controller-issued GO AROUND −50; operational warning or rejected clearance −50 (except issuing a second taxi clearance from the same apron too soon −10); STOP IMMEDIATELY on runway −50; STOP on taxiway free; collision or runway conflict ending the game −500. Normal queuing is not penalised.

Game duration & leaderboard: The game ends after 25 minutes, or you can finish earlier with END GAME without penalty. Submit your name and score to the global leaderboard. Rankings use the highest score in a single game, with Aircraft Handled as tiebreaker.