The very basics

This section provides the very essential information you need to play ATC-NG.

Objective

In ATC-NG you play the role of an air traffic controller. Your job is to safely guide aeroplanes to their destinations. In order to achieve your goal, you issue commands to individual plane pilots.

Three things to keep in mind

1. You must maintain separation between aircrafts. That means that they each plane must be separated by the nearest one by either a ground distance of 5000 metres or a vertical distance of 500 metres.
2. Aeroplanes have a limited amount of fuel on board. Make sure to make them reach their destination before they run out of it and fall out the sky.
3. The three strikes out rule applies: after you let three aeroplanes to crash or to leave the aerospace not from a gate the game will terminate.

How the game unfolds

• The game starts with an empty aerospace.
• After a few seconds (just giving you the time to get acquainted with the scenario) the first aeroplane will appear on screen. All aeroplanes appear at either an airport (if they are on the ground) or at one of the gates on the edges of your radar screen (if they are airborne).
• At the same time, on your left hand side, you will see a flight strip appearing. You can find here where the plane is headed and how much fuel it has left onboard.
• You will then instruct the plane with the appropriate commands using the console on the bottom of your screen (pilots always confirm reception of the command and will inform you if for any reason they can’t perform the required action)
• The ATC-NG game engine will gradually increase the rate at which new planes will enter your aerospace.