Tower practical test Ground + Tower · 7 pilots
A mock IFATC Tower practical, under Infinite Flight rules with no radar: pushback, taxi, crossings, departures, pattern work, inbounds needing entries, a transition and a curveball or two. Any major error fails; up to 3 minor errors pass.
How to play
Tap an aircraft (or its strip) for its commands, laid out as in the Infinite Flight ATC client: a numbered menu, with the pilot's request in green and the likely next call as a tile. The log shows only that aircraft's radio while it's selected.
Drag an airborne target to vector it: let go and pick an altitude from the ladder (its present one is green). Drag onto a fix for direct, onto a final for the approach, onto its runway to clear it to land. On the ground, drag to a runway, taxiway or gate.
Hold a target for the quick menu: altitude, hold, reminder, colour, tag placement.
Arrivals check in asking for an approach. Answer (expect, continue as filed, vectors), get them down and onto the final at 30° or less, outside the gate and below the glideslope, then hand them to Tower.
Departures push, taxi, hold short. Line them up or clear them for takeoff, then climb them out through their exit.
Separation 3 miles or 1,000 feet, more behind heavies and supers. 250 knots below 10,000 feet.
ATIS from the frequency list: runways, approaches, remarks, NOTAMs, then publish.
Commands h270 l090 heading · a50 altitude · s210 speed · i22L ILS · rnav22L · va22L visual · cl land · dct FIX · luaw · to · ga.
Keys Space pause · Tab next aircraft · ←/→ heading · ↑/↓ altitude · / command line · Esc deselect.
The rulebook Real-life rules follow FAA JO 7110.65; Infinite Flight rules follow the IFATC manual. Breaking one costs points and the log names the rule.
Approach is an independent, fan-made practice tool from InFlight. It isn't affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Infinite Flight or IFATC, whose names belong to their owners and are used here only to say what it helps you practise. We don't set out to copy anyone's product: the aim is a familiar experience, so IFATC controllers have somewhere to practise and Infinite Flight pilots can learn how ATC works, with aircraft that fly the way they're told. Procedures and frequencies come from public FAA and OurAirports data. Not for real-world navigation.
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