Airport Madness 3D vs Basic Vectoring
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Airport Madness 3D
Experience the thrill of managing air traffic at busy international airports. Guide planes safely to and from runways, preventing collisions and handling emergencies. Test your skills in this realistic simulation designed by actual air traffic controllers.
- Realistic 3D airport environments
- Manage air and ground traffic
- Multiple camera perspectives
- Real pilot voices
- Nine real-world airports
- Emergency scenarios
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Airport Madness 3D is an air traffic control game, based upon eight different real-world airports, designed by actual air traffic controllers. In Airport Madness 3D you are an air traffic controller, managing airplanes as they travel to and from major international airports. Move airplanes as quickly as possible while keeping the skies and runways safe from midair collisions. You are the last line of defense against disaster! Do you have what it takes to handle the world's most stressful job? Enable "emergencies" to get your stress level even higher! Airport Madness 3D offers nine airports that include: Los Angeles; Boston Logan; LaGuardia; Jamaica; Toronto Island; Rocky Mountain Metropolitan; Vancouver Harbour Float Plane Base; Castlegar Aerial Firefighting Operation; Seattle Tacoma International. Choose from four different view perspectives: tower, runway cam, sky view, as well as cockpit view from any aircraft. Monitor air traffic from two radar screens, one for ground traffic and one for airborne traffic. -Full 3-dimensional game environment -Real-world terrain -Both surface and air radar -Six beautiful airports -Real human pilot voices -3 different view modes, including "pilot cam" This game is brought to you by real-world air traffic controllers. We've captured all of the fun aspects of air traffic control, and present them to you here in Airport Madness 3D.
Basic Vectoring
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Basic Vectoring starts by teaching basic aircraft vectoring concepts and gradually builds in stages to teach more complex skill sets. Players learn the effects of different variables on aircraft and, once they master their compass rose directions, can start learning proper phrasing and ways to give vectoring commands using either the keypad or verbally, with speech-to-text technology. They also experience how wind and speed impact an aircraft’s flight path. Every stage presents new challenges to players, all while showing where they rank within their cohort. Players can get up to 3 stars per level based on achievements, so when they replay the game they can challenge their previous results.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Basic Vectoring at none against Airport Madness 3D's 8. Basic Vectoring also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). Airport Madness 3D's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 5 months). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Airport Madness 3D sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Basic Vectoring asks for nothing beyond the download.
Airport Madness 3D ships an update every 6 days, Basic Vectoring every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Airport Madness 3D | Basic Vectoring |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (434 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 61.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 434 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 573 MB | 119 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Big Fat Simulations Inc. | Rigil |
Bugs and requests
Airport Madness 3D
Reported bugs
6 issues- Crashes on loading
- Partial screen display
- Planes getting stuck on runways
- Reverse runway issue at certain airports
- Timing issues between main and remote screens
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- Planes colliding with each other
Requested features
11 requests- More free airports
- More planes/airlines
- Night mode
- Plane view/cockpit view
- Ability to control plane pushback
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- Ability to control plane speed/landing
- Ability to control plane taxi
- Ability to control plane takeoff
- More airport options
- Restore purchases feature
- Better customer support
Basic Vectoring
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Airport Madness 3D
- Toronto Island Airport$3.99
- Vancouver Harbour$3.99
- Fire at Castlegar Airport$3.99
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- Boston Logan International$3.99
- Seattle Airport$3.99
- Rocky Mountain Airport$3.99
- LaGuardia Airport$3.99
- Los Angeles International$3.99
Basic Vectoring
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Airport Madness 3D free?
Is Basic Vectoring free?
Do Airport Madness 3D or Basic Vectoring have ads?
Which is updated more often, Airport Madness 3D or Basic Vectoring?
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