ATC: Ground Control
Taxi, board, clear for takeoff
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Twenty airports and one controller. Land the arrivals, fill the seats and find a safe gap on the runway before traffic piles up.
You're on the ground control desk. Arrivals touch down one after another, passengers are waiting at the stands, and every departure needs a clear runway. Keep the airport moving — one clearance at a time.
EVERY COMMAND IS ON THE BOARD
Tap a blue arrow to send an aircraft down a taxiway or across a runway. Tap a red arrow to clear it for takeoff. Taxi queues give way to each other automatically, so your attention goes where it matters: who boards where, and when it is safe to cross or launch.
BOARD, TAXI, TAKE OFF
Each aircraft lands, taxis to a boarding pad you choose, fills its seats and departs. Arrivals never stop coming, so keep the exits clear: block a runway, cross at the wrong moment or launch into a landing, and the shift ends on the runway. Keep aircraft moving without waiting for your commands to earn up to three stars.
20 AIRPORTS
Start with four short training lessons on a quiet field, then take your career to nineteen airports inspired by Vienna, Prague, London, Paris and more. Each new airport adds one idea at a time, like a second apron, a runway crossing, wake turbulence behind heavier jets or de-icing in the snow, so the game grows with you. Arrivals follow each shift's own schedule whatever you do, so every attempt is a fair puzzle.
BUILD YOUR FLEET
Every passenger you fly earns credits when you clear a shift. Spend them in the hangar on twelve fictional airframes across three families — light props, business jets and regional airliners — plus bigger cabins and faster boarding equipment.
ENHANCED PLAY (OPTIONAL)
Turn on Enhanced play for fictional airlines with painted liveries and priority flights: a state flight, a medical flight, a tight charter or a tight connection, each with a story and a bonus if you clear it within the hold target. Their crews call in on a one-line radio strip tagged with the airport's ground frequency. Same rules and stars either way; switch it off any time in Settings.
DESIGNED FOR PHONES
• Portrait play on iPhone and iPad
• Plays offline; your career is saved on the device
• Five gameplay music tracks, with music, sound and motion settings
• No account to create
Airport layouts are game schematics, not real-world charts.
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- Enhanced play (optional): fictional airlines with painted liveries, priority flights with a story and a bonus for clearing them on time, whose crews call in on the airport's ground frequency. Switch it on or off in Settings; the Training Field stays classic.
- Smoother taxiing: aircraft wait at the edge of a junction and let the first one through, instead of stopping and starting.
- Holding short at a runway crossing blocked by traffic no longer counts against your hold time, and star targets are recalibrated for every shift.
- A calmer night-sky look, a new app icon and a cleaner results screen.
The developer, Jiri Havlicek, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Jiri Havlicek
- Size
- 21.7 MB
- Category
- Simulation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 BlueSideApp
