New airports and other features
May 19, 2013
- San Diego Lindbergh Field (SAN / KSAN)
August 26, 2012
- Zurich Intl. (ZRH / LSZH) updated
Updated traffic.
August 25, 2012
- Newark Liberty Intl. (EWR / KEWR) updated
Updated traffic.
June 10, 2012
- Chicago O'Hare (ORD / KORD) updated
- Seattle-Tacoma (SEA / KSEA) updated
Updated traffic.
November 10, 2011
October 9, 2011
- Teterboro Airport (TEB / KTEB)
September 22, 2011
- Washington Dulles Intl. (IAD / KIAD)
Airspace has been updated with the new method.
September 18, 2011
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD / YSSY)
- Kobe Airport (UKB / RJBE)
Airspace has been updated with the new method.
September 14, 2011
- Beijing {Peking} Capital (PEK / ZBAA)
Airspace has been updated with the new method.
June 5, 2011
April 16, 2011
- New York John F. Kennedy (JFK / KJFK)
Updated airspace and traffic.
April 13, 2011
All high scores prior to 2011 have been archived, and a new scoring system has been introduced.
The new magic formula is:
(traffic_level + landings + handoffs - (improper_exits * 100) - (missed_approaches * 10) - (violations * 10))
January 22, 2011
- Taipei Chiang Kai Shek (TPE / RCTP)
Updated airspace and traffic.
January 20, 2011
- London Stansted (STN / EGSS)
Updated airspace and traffic.
November 8, 2010
- Bucharest Henri Coanda (OTP / LROP)
October 2, 2010
- Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG / LFPG)
September 26, 2010
- Charlotte Douglas (CLT / KCLT) re-updated
- Chicago O'Hare (ORD / KORD) updated
- Lambert St. Louis (STL / KSTL) updated
- Honolulu (HNL / PHNL) updated
- Seattle-Tacoma (SEA / KSEA) updated
- Las Vegas McCarran (LAS / KLAS) updated
Airspace has been updated with the new method.
September 22, 2010
- Detroit Metropolitan/Wayne County (DTW / KDTW) updated
Updated airspace with a new method. If the appropriate departure
fix is off-screen, it will be moved in, positioned at the edge of the screen.
September 19, 2010
- Detroit Metropolitan/Wayne County (DTW / KDTW) updated
Updated traffic.
September 18, 2010
- Los Angeles (LAX / KLAX) updated
Revised waypoints and arrival paths, and updated traffic.
September 13, 2010
- Orlando FL Intl./McCoy (MCO / KMCO)
September 12, 2010
- London Heathrow (LHR / EGLL) updated
- Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX / KPHX) updated
- Boston Logan (BOS / KBOS) updated
Revised waypoints and arrival paths, and updated traffic.
September 11, 2010
- San Francisco (SFO / KSFO) updated
Revised waypoints and arrival paths, and updated traffic.
September 8, 2010
- Charlotte (CLT / KCLT) updated
New runway, revised waypoints and arrival paths, and updated traffic.
August 8, 2010
- Right-side control panel redesigned
The right-side control area has been reworked with smoother graphics. This also fixes the problem that some Firefox users
reported regarding a disappearing compass.
March 18, 2010
- Grand Rapids Gerald R. Ford (GRR / KGRR)
March 14, 2010
- Raleigh/Durham Intl. (RDU / KRDU)
March 7, 2010
- Nashville TN Metropolitan (BNA / KBNA)
March 1, 2010
- Louisville Standiford Field (SDF / KSDF)
January 31, 2010
Login page re-styled and an automated password reminder page added.
November 24, 2009
Updated traffic for Brussels National/Zaventem (BRU / EBBR) and Madrid Barajas (MAD / LEMD). More to come!
June 28, 2009
- Beijing {Peking} Capital (PEK / ZBAA)
- Memphis (MEM) updated
Revised arrival paths, and updated traffic.
June 21, 2009
- Charlotte Douglas (CLT) updated
Runway 18R-36L renamed to 18C-36C, and updated traffic.
February 1, 2009
- Washington Dulles Intl. (IAD / KIAD)
New runway, waypoints, and updated traffic.
December 22, 2008
- Seattle-Tacoma Sea-Tac Intl. (SEA / KSEA)
New runway, waypoints, and updated traffic.
December 9, 2008
- Chicago O'Hare (ORD / KORD)
New runway, waypoints, and updated traffic.
September 28, 2008
- Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier (YOW / CYOW)
September 10, 2008
- Historic First Server Crash!
On Sunday morning, September 7, the web host had a catastrophic
hardware failure that resulted in nearly two full days of downtime.
Then, the replacement server also had trouble, so we are now on
our third server in under a week. Hopefully this will be our
final destination.
Please accept my apologies for any trouble and for lost high
scores during this period; I was also unable to check email for
the majority of the downtime.
June 8, 2008
- Dallas Love Field (DAL / KDAL)
June 1, 2008
- Newark Liberty Intl. (EWR / KEWR)
May 20, 2008
- Site-wide traffic updates begin
Due to the high number of recent airline bankruptcies, airport data
will be updated over the next few weeks to accurately reflect current
traffic. The first revision was Honolulu (PHNL); note that Aloha Airlines
Cargo is still in operation.
February 5, 2008
- Brussels National/Zaventem (BRU / EBBR)
February 3, 2008
- San Juan LM Marín Intl. (SJU / TJSJ)
November 9, 2007
- Singapore Changi Intl. (SIN / WSSS) updated
- Sydney Kingsford Smith (SYD / YSSY) updated
Traffic updated, including A380-800.
October 23, 2007
- Kobe Airport (UKB / RJBE)
- Osaka Kansai (KIX / RJBB) updated
Runway 6L-24R added.
October 20, 2007
- London Stansted (STN / EGSS)
- Chicago O'Hare (ORD) updated
Runway 9L-27R renamed to 9R-27L.
October 1, 2007
- Vancouver Intl. (YVR)
- Montréal-Trudeau Intl. (YUL)
- John Wayne/Orange County (SNA)
September 8, 2007
August 28, 2007
- New feature: Top 100 Controllers for each airport
- Ontario CA (USA) Intl. (ONT)
August 11, 2007
- Chicago O'Hare (ORD) updated
Runway 9R-27L renamed to 10-28.
July 1, 2007
- Dusseldorf {Duesseldorf} Intl./Rhein-Rhur (DUS / EDDL)
- Nottingham/East Midlands (EMA / EGNX)
- Cleveland Hopkins Intl. (CLE)
June 28, 2007
June 18, 2007
Due to popular request, the map scale is now available as both 5 nm circles
as well as the previous 1 nm edge markers.
June 12, 2007
- Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Intl. (TLV / LLBG)
May 14, 2007
- Vienna {Wien} Schwechat (VIE / LOWW)
April 28, 2007
- Sao Paulo Congonhas (CGH / SBSP)
April 25, 2007
April 14, 2007
- Taipei Chiang Kai Shek (TPE / RCTP)
April 10, 2007
- Birmingham Elmdon (BHX / EGBB)
April 6, 2007
- Hold command and takeoff delay
- Specifying Left and Right Turns
Previously, departing aircraft would be ready for flight immediately upon receiving the "T"
command. Now, however, they will need some time to turn from the taxiway to the runway,
turn on their transponder, etc., so please allow for a few seconds of delay.
Further, a new "H" (hold) command has been implemented to instruct departing planes to hold
at the end of the runway and await further commands. Accordingly, you can now issue a "T"
command to one aircraft, and once it begins rolling you can have a second aircraft hold behind
it, thus eliminating any delay for the second aircraft.
Note that it's not necessary to issue the "H" command before a "T" command; "H" exists only for
your convenience in busy situations.
Additionally, you can now force a plane to turn left or right. Whereas before, aircraft would
turn in the most efficient manner to reach their destination, you can now say:
AAL1047 C OBK L
AAL1047 C 040 R
etc.
and the aircraft will turn right/left (clockwise/counter-clockwise), regardless of the location
of the beacon/fix or the compass direction.
Of course, the L/R suffix can always be omitted and the aircraft will turn as they did before.
April 3, 2007
- Milwaukee Gen. Mitchell (MKE)
April 1, 2007
- Baltimore/Washington Intl. (BWI)
- New York La Guardia (LGA)
March 18, 2007
- Anchorage Ted Stevens (ANC)
March 10, 2007
- Madrid Barajas (MAD / LEMD)
March 7, 2007
- Houston George Bush/Intercontinental (IAH)
- Salt Lake City Intl. (SLC)
February 19, 2007
- Munich {Muenchen} Franz Josef Strauss Intl. (MUC / EDDM)
February 13, 2007
February 12, 2007
- Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Intl. (CVG)
February 5, 2007
- Lisbon {Lisboa} Portela (LIS / LPPT)
February 4, 2007
- Detroit MI Metropolitan/Wayne County (DTW)
February 3, 2007
By popular request, altitude clearances may now be expedited. This will cause the aircraft
in question to climb or descend at twice its usual rate. (This does not apply to clearances
given to aircraft that are still on the ground.) For example, UAL793 C 14 EX will be understood to
mean "climb/descend to 14,000 feet, expedite". Either "X" or "EX" may be used.
January 27, 2007
January 23, 2007
- Seoul Incheon Intl. (ICN / RKSI)
January 21, 2007
- Richmond VA Byrd Intl. (RIC)
January 20, 2007
January 19, 2007
- Nuremberg {Nuernberg} (NUE / EDDN)
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