Runway Rush: Air Control

You are the tower. One thumb, one airport, everything moving at once. ■ Swipe, don't draw Hold an arrival and carry your finger to the runway you want it on. That is the clearance. The aircraft then flies itself onto that runway's approach procedure. No instruction gets second-guessed. Whether it is safe is your call - if a near miss or a runway conflict actually happens, that is one strike. Two strikes and the shift is over. ■ Takeoffs are a timing game Swipe a departure from its gate to a runway to start taxiing. It will not launch on its own. At the hold line, swipe it onto the runway again and it goes - so pick your gap between arrivals. Depart from the runway that matches its exit heading for a DIRECT! bonus. Alternate a landing and a takeoff on the same runway for a RUNWAY FLOW bonus. ■ Never unwinnable, never easy - Speed control (SLOW / NORM / FAST) lets you build your own…