# ATC: Approach Control — Air traffic control simulator

> Air traffic control simulator (iPhone/iPad app by Dorian Borovina.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/atc-approach-control/id6827292253 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Dorian Borovina](https://appshunter.io/developer/1772141221)
- Category: Games, Simulation, Strategy
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.5 · 19 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-11-09
- Data updated: 2026-11-13

## What is ATC?

You're the approach controller. Every aircraft on your radar needs you: arrivals to be brought down to the runway, departures to be climbed out of your airspace, and everyone kept 3 miles or 1,000 feet apart.

Tap an aircraft and give it an altitude, a speed and a heading. Drag from it to pull out a new heading, or let go over a beacon to send it there directly. Line arrivals up below the glideslope and clear them for the ILS. Land them all, launch them all, and your skill climbs. Lose separation and it drops; below 4.0 the airspace closes.

REAL AIRPORTS, REAL PROCEDURES
- Eight airports: Düsseldorf, London Heathrow, Amsterdam Schiphol, New York JFK, Chicago O'Hare, Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Sydney
- Real runways, airspace outlines and runway configurations from official aeronautical publications
- Published STARs and SIDs: arrivals descend via their STAR, departures climb via their SID until you take over
- Heathrow's holding stacks, JFK's parallel runways, Hong Kong's coastline

A RADAR BUILT FOR YOUR FINGERS
- Clean, readable scope with data blocks, trails and the selected aircraft's route
- Drag-to-heading, direct-to and holds in one gesture
- Touch and hold the radar to fast-forward
- Spoken readbacks in radio phraseology
- Max traffic setting for a calmer game
- Plays on iPhone, iPhone Duo and iPad, in portrait or landscape

ATC PRO
Düsseldorf is free to play, with ads between games. ATC Pro removes the ads and unlocks:
- Every airport, including ones added later
- Weather: shifting winds that force runway changes, and thunderstorms you must steer around
- Emergencies: fuel dumps, diversions, medical priority and returns, squawking 7700
- Other airports' airspace to stay above, and terrain with minimum vectoring altitudes
- Runway changes, and continuing after the airspace closes without watching an ad

ATC Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly; the yearly plan starts with a one-week free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. It renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage it in your App Store account settings.

GAME CENTER
Leaderboards for your best skill at every airport and achievements to earn.

No account needed.

Terms of Use: https://apps.borovina.com/atc/terms/terms.html
Privacy Policy: https://apps.borovina.com/atc/privacy-policy/privacy-policy.html

Inspired by Endless ATC; an independent game, not affiliated with it. Simplified for play, not for real navigation.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATC Pro Yearly | $17.99 | per year |
| ATC Pro Monthly | $2.99 | per month |


## Is ATC safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess ATC.

## Is ATC legit?

ATC: Approach Control appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for ATC is 70 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-11-12

ATC: Approach Control 1.2 makes the aircraft fly like real ones.

- Every type flies its own way: regional jets, narrowbodies, widebodies and the A380 climb, speed up and land at their own rates. A heavy climbs slower, and high up it can't be slowed below its clean speed.
- Turns as airliners fly them: aircraft bank at most 25°, so the faster they fly, the wider they turn. The curved heading line shows it before you send.
- True airspeed: you assign indicated speed; high up an aircraft covers more ground, and its label shows the real ground speed.
- Racetrack holds: holds are flown as real racetracks with direct, teardrop or parallel entries. At Heathrow, Schiphol, Hong Kong and LAX the stacks are flown as charted. Select a holding aircraft to see its pattern.
- Takeoff and landing rolls: departures roll down the runway before they lift off, and landing aircraft stay on the runway until they turn off.
- Runway occupied: an arrival reaching the runway while it's still occupied goes around. It counts as a go-around but doesn't cost skill.
- Clearer separation rings: rings are half the 3 NM minimum, so two rings touching means 3 NM apart.
- Wake categories: regional jets are Medium, as ICAO classes them.
- Departures on their SID are handed off wherever the SID leaves the airspace.

Thanks for playing ATC: Approach Control! If you have ideas or run into anything, write to atc@apps.borovina.com

### 1.1 — 2026-11-10

ATC: Approach Control 1.1 makes go-arounds, routes and readbacks clearer.

- Why it went around: a missed approach now says why on the radio: too high on the glideslope, tailwind, crosswind, or wake turbulence behind the aircraft ahead.
- Levels along the route: on a SID or STAR, the arc where an aircraft reaches its new altitude sits on the route it actually flies, turns included.
- Headings under an ILS clearance: vector a cleared arrival and the clearance stands. The localizer is joined at 45° or less, as in real life, and the panel warns in amber when a heading will never meet it.
- One readback per clearance: heading, altitude and speed sent together are read back together.
- Calmer holding stacks: aircraft in a hold keep their level, and a new arrival joins on top.
- Emergencies: a medical emergency keeps its ILS approach, and an overdue emergency that leaves the airspace is no longer penalized twice.
- What's new: a page like this one after each update. Every release is listed in About.

Thanks for playing ATC: Approach Control! If you have ideas or run into anything, write to atc@apps.borovina.com

### 1.0 — 2026-11-09

No release notes.

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