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Real shifts give you several at once. Keep three miles between them and nobody shouts at you.
Pick an airport — you will see the real aeroplanes over it right now, from community ADS-B receivers. Busiest picks: Heathrow, Atlanta, Istanbul.
The first four airports and the daily contract are free for ever. Pro opens all sixteen — Zurich to Innsbruck.
Tap an aeroplane. Cyan boxes are arrivals asking where to go; amber ones are departures waiting at the runway.
Tap where it should go. It flies to that point. Aim for the pink corridor — the dashed line off the runway.
Step it down. Use the altitude buttons. 30 is approach height; stacking heights is how you keep aeroplanes apart.
Cleared to land. When it is inside the corridor, low and roughly lined up, the button turns green. After that it flies itself in.
Never let two touch. Three miles apart or a thousand feet of height. Amber is a warning, red is a violation. Arrivals burn fuel — nobody can hold for ever.
Pinch or scroll to zoom, drag to pan while zoomed. The clock buttons (1–5×) speed the whole shift up.