Become an air traffic controller

How the ATC card maker works

Choose a photo of yourself — a selfie works well — and the card maker finds you in it, lifts you off the background and fits a controller’s headset to your face, with the boom microphone at your mouth. You stand in front of a glowing radar scope, with your airport’s real fixes and traffic on it, or in a control tower cab at dusk above the runway lights. Add your name, your position — approach, tower, area, ground controller, supervisor or trainee — and your airport: search any airport in the world by its ICAO code, IATA code or name. The card is ready to share.

Your photo stays on your device

Everything happens in your browser: the photo is not uploaded and nobody else sees it. Download the finished card, or share the picture straight from your phone. Share it on Facebook, X or WhatsApp and the finished card (never the original photo) gets a page of its own, so the post shows your card — no account needed, and you can delete it at any time.

From the card to the radar scope

The card is just for fun — it is not a licence or an ID. Air traffic controllers train for years to do the real job (see how to become an air traffic controller). But you can take the seat today: the free ATC Radar Simulator puts you on a real approach radar at airports such as London Heathrow, Dubai, Toronto Pearson and Sydney — vector arrivals onto the ILS, keep them separated and land them safely. Your best score can go on your card.