Airport Tower
Be the air traffic controller on a glowing radar screen. Draw flight paths onto colour-coded runways, clear departures, dodge storms and never let two aircraft touch.
Airport Tower puts you in the control seat of a busy airport, shown as a glowing radar map. Planes drift in from the edges of the screen, each painted to match the runway it must use. Drag from a plane to draw its route, and finish the line in the flashing arrows at the approach end of its runway so it touches down heading the right way. The more planes in the sky, the more carefully you have to weave their paths apart, and a red warning ring flashes whenever two aircraft get too close.
The game is split into shifts with landing targets. The morning shift is gentle, then helicopters arrive that need the H pad, departing jets queue at the runway and must be tapped to take off before the next arrival lands on top of them, purple storm cells drift across the map and divert any flight that enters them, and finally heavy jumbo jets need the long yellow runway. Planes that circle too long run out of fuel and divert too. Three diversions or a single collision ends the run.
Finished shifts stay unlocked, so you can start later shifts in future runs. Landing several planes in quick succession builds a chain bonus, and landing with spare fuel earns extra points. Tip: route planes in wide, gentle curves and keep the space in front of each runway clear.
How to play
Drag from an aircraft to draw its flight path. Red and blue planes must end their path in the arrows at the start of the runway with the same colour, yellow jumbos use the yellow runway and green helicopters land on the H pad. Tap a jet waiting on a runway to send it off before another plane lands there. Avoid collisions, storms and running out of fuel: one collision or three diversions ends the game. Land the target number of aircraft to finish each shift. Score comes from landings, departures, fuel and chain bonuses.
Controls
- Mouse drag / touch drag: Draw a plane's flight path
- Click / tap: Clear a waiting jet for take-off
- Tab: Select next plane
- Left / Right: Steer the selected plane
- L: Auto-approach for the selected plane (costs 20 points)
- Space: Launch the next departure
- P / Esc: Pause
- M: Mute
- R: Restart after a run
Category: Simulation games
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