Endless ATC Might Be Training Future Air Traffic Controllers

Article by Matthew Reiner
Published Mar 19, 2025

Let's face it, an air traffic control simulation is just not what everyone wants to do for hours of fun, but if you have any interest in controlling traffic up there in the sky, Endless ATC is excellent. It's noted as the most accurate air traffic control game in existence.

An inside source revealed that Endless ATC has earned more than $75,000 since release. That's not bad for such a niche video game. There isn't much exciting marketing for the game as you can imagine, so those purchasers of the game are usually people who specifically sought out a game like Endless ATC, or it was somehow in their recommendations based on other games they've already played.



Endless ATC is so good at simulating air traffic control that many future air traffic controllers are playing the game as a way to prepare and dream of their future career. As is, it's not a substitution for professional air traffic control training, but it's a great way to start getting some familiarity and experience.

In the game, you can control directions to planes going in and out of a number of famous airports. Almost everything that exists in real life exists in the simulator, such as altitude directions, aircraft speed directions, operating in different weather conditions, restricted air spaces, controller reassignments, standard instrument departure, and more.

Takeoffs are easier to deal with than landings. You never want two planes on the same altitude and you are trained to keep planes atleast 1000 ft apart from each other. While you're having fun in a safe and simulated way, the game teaches you how to handle many airplanes each taking off, cruising, and landing.



You can add different weather conditions on the screen if you'd like to test yourself in more dangerous situations like low visibility and slower reaction time between the controller and sometimes pilots possibly looking at their tablet instead of paying attention. Think that never happens? Or there could be high turbulence. Sometimes, it can get more difficult to keep a separation of 1000 feet between all aircraft. Commercial aircraft typically fly at a speed between 550 and 600 mph, so that safer gap can be closed rather quickly.

Endless ATC isn't everyone's sorta thing, but for any person remotely interested in air traffic control, it's the best publicly available simulator that currently exists, for a reasonable price at that. If you watch for it, you might just catch it on sale if you're still on the fence about whether or not you want to start controlling air traffic yourself. It's a great simulator and it will be interesting to see how many future controllers get their start playing this popular ATC game. Survey incoming.

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