Tower simulator (download version)

Experience the thrill of Air Traffic Control !
Tower Simulator puts you in the controller's chair high atop a major or complex airport to choreograph the movements of incoming and outgoing air traffic. Tower Simulator takes you into a world of authority and responsibility in which the lives of thousands of passengers depend on your ability to make split-second decisions.
As a tower controller, you handle realistic aircraft take-offs and landings, as well as aircraft ground movements through breathtaking out-the-window and radar views.
Runways, taxiways, aprons, flight paths, obstructions and airport structures are all under your control !
Highlights :
• Ground and Tower simulation
• Photorealistic renditions of several worldwide airports
• Multiple views, including out-the-window tower view, Air and Ground Radars
• Realistic aircraft take-off, landing and moving along airport grounds
• For beginners and experts, from free simulation to Career mode
• Digitized pilots communications
• Actively overlooked and supervised by licensed professionals
• Based on actual FAA and European regulations
• Advanced modern graphics and simulation technology
• User configurable traffic rate, time of day, weather, etc.
Tower Simulator meets the two most important training criteria for a high-fidelity ATC tower training environment : Highly realistic scenario generation ; Adjustable time of day, weather and seasonal conditions.
Features :
Handle living airports !
• 60+ airplanes models from general aviation up to the most recent airliner (including Airbus A380, cargo movement aircraft,...)
• 300+ airlines flying according to their actual timetables
• Advanced aircraft behaviors based on manufacturers' flying characteristics and official aeronautical procedures
• Ground traffic to reflect daily activity level with service vehicles moving according to the traffic: pushback, fuel truck, luggage trucks,… before, during and after the aircraft arrival
• Multiple events to evaluate your ability to make split-second appropriate decision
• Gate assignments for airlines in order to match living world used gates
• Life road traffic in the airports vicinity
• Aircraft lights based on real circumstances.
Tower Simulator is definitely YOUR simulation !
• Simulation suited to beginners and experts : Adjustable complexity level; Assigned path can be made visible on the ground
• Floating and resizable windows: air radar, ground radar, arrival & departure printable strips
• Reward calculated according to airport difficulty, number of aircraft handled, user's level
• Score and salary depending on statistics, rewards, earnings, career, mistakes,…
• Implemented regulations based on FAA and European guidelines
• User-friendly interface
• Complete in-depth manual with detailed official procedures description and airport charts
• Multilingual installation : English, French, German, Spanish.
• Customize Tower Simulator with controller's name and picture, time schedule, callsign, airlines, gate assignments, repaintable airplanes,...
Challenge yourself in a living environment !
• Airports ranked by handling difficulty level, from the island airport to the world's busiest airport
• User ruled airport lighting for runways, taxiways, parking areas
• Multiple views: tower, radar and 'binocular' to easily locate and control further aircraft, vehicles,...
• Male/female digitized pilots voices with various accents
• Dynamic sound experience featuring Doppler effects
• Realistic environment with beautiful sunset, sunrise, moonlight,...
• Challenging and adjustable conditions: rain, snow, thunderstorms, fog, and time of the day
• Realistic clouds movements
True-to-life photorealistic airports:
• Orange County, CA USA KSNA
• Chicago O'hare, IL USA KORD
• Princess Juliana St-Maarten TNCM
• Paris Charles de Gaulle France LFPG
• Munich Airport Germany EDDM
Tower Simulator is compatible with : Matrox TripleHead2Go; Track IR; Voice recognition software
Tower Simulator is a keyboard and mouse driven simulation. It allows generic hardware compatibility (keyboard shortcuts list supplied).

Microsoft Windows XP(32 Bits) / Vista(32 Bits) - 7(32bits and 64bits) - 1.4Ghz Processor -700 Mb hard disk space - 256 Mb video card memory - DirectX 9 or later. Tower Simulator is a stand alone program which does not require any other simulator to work.