Take Control of the Tower – Luchtverkeersleiding Nederland

Last updated on January 26th, 2026 at 09:50 am

Take Control of the Tower – Strategy Game Review

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Take Control of the Tower is a Strategy/Entertainment/Simulation game from Luchtverkeersleiding Nederland, first launched in 18th February 2013.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 145+ ratings on the App Store.

What Makes Take Control of the Tower Stand Out

Prove your skills as an air traffic controller in our new game Take Control of the Tower.

In this game you'll learn what it's like to take off and land airplanes safely and efficiently. Expand your skills on new routes and with different airplanes.

Learn to deal with unexpected situations that real air traffic controllers also have to face. Make your way through the levels and beat your friends in the rankings.

The best performing players are awarded with a badge for their exceptional performance within the game.

Can you stay sharp and keep track? Is there an air traffic controller hidden within you?

Take Control of the Tower!

This Strategy game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.

Player Feedback

As a newer release, Take Control of the Tower is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .

Recent Updates & Development

Latest Update: 22nd December 2025

Recent improvements include:
What is new in this version?

  • We've made it less likely for planes to appear near each other during the gameplay.
  • There are new Spotify and Youtube buttons in the menu
  • You will receive experience and can level up through playing the game. Try to achieve the highest level possible!
  • Localization has been added, you can change the language of the app to English or Dutch.
  • Bugfixes and performance improvements

Download & Availability

Take Control of the Tower is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.

Get Take Control of the Tower on App Store

Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.

Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.

Player Experience Highlights

Community Insight:

Planes taking off on their own when time is up we get that its for difficulty of the game. But that is just wrong, thats pilot deviation.

The game is addictive and fun. Problem is that once you get the hang of it, plane crashes occur in the margin where you cant see them or control them.

Too many variables that are out of your control. Planes crash off screen. We cant do anything about that! Then, if youre skilled and lucky enough to have survived, youre about to complete a level, the wind changes, the landing strip changed and your planes crash. Too frustrating. Not fun. Couldve been though. Two stars for the graphics.

The original game we gave 5 stars. It was challenging, fun and looked well designed for a more mature crowd. This new version is more based for a kid or child. The older version was sleek and added a better feel. Now it just feels like we are playing one of our kids games that they got off a preschool app. Change back to the sleeker more real look.

So having planes randomly show up on the edges with 2 seconds of warning isnt realistic. Neither are runway changes every other landing. Suggest devs make this more like a real TRACON. Have arrival/departure fixes with spaced traffic. Extra credit, make the rates adjustable, and higher scores for handling higher rates. An occasional wind/ RWY change is good, but not every two minutes.

We can see the runways and the clock is ticking, but no planes ever appear. Used to like earlier versions but this one clearly needs some work.

Didnt really find it appealing.

We like the game speed, concept, and flow. It has some frustrating problems like alerts that get in your way that prevent you from controlling the planes, and collisions that happen on the edge of the screen. We would give it a 5 if they corrected that. Would be nice if the runways were not on the edge- more typical runway configuration (Landing and taking off the same direction). When you are in the flow its satisfying.

5 Stars BEFORE version 2.5 Now planes do not follow course and sometimes spin for no reason on route. Only previous objection was "Taking Off" procedure. Developers could set up a "penalty" for a delayed Take Off, but not a game ending for creating an unsafe take off situation. A plane on the ground is a "Safe" plane. A delay is not comparable to a "May-Day" in-flight collision. Give us back version 2.3.3 and you gave a 4.9 Star game!! Fix the Take-Off and you have a 10.

This game is clearly based in EHAM (Amsterdam). They have MULTIPLE runways open at once, yet this one is one at a time? Sure, it makes it much more difficult, but very unrealistic and those who are experienced in aviation will find this to be irritating not because it is hard to finish levels, but because its unrealistic. We mean seriously, EHAM has 6 runways. What is the chance of 5 being closed.

Challenging and mesmerizing but the developers have allowed for two airplanes to come into close proximity at or behind the edge of your screen where there is no control over the inevitable outcome. It does take your mind off off things while you are waiting for surgery. Amendment: This game has gone from challenging & mesmerizing to frustrating & annoying because of the QUIRK built into this app. We are just thankful we didnt spend three dollars to get it. UPDATE 4/1/18: The landing lights on the approach end of the runways are now off set from the actual runway (graphic). The game is still playable but awkward. We tried deleting and re-installing but that did not fix the issue. Lets see how long it take the developers to notice and correct the problem.

This a pretty air traffic control game, but it needs an option to buy more levels.

Loved game until we updated today. Now zoom of screen is terrible. Runways don't even line up with approach lights anymore. Please fix.

Very additive game. After playing it for awhile we realized how difficult the air controllers' work is. This is one of those games that you can play over and over again and we won't mind paying for it. Good job.

Its not working on our iphone 6plus what's wrong.

The game doesn't work on our 6+. Deleted and reinstalled. Still not working.

In our iPhone 6plus the alignment of approach lights and runways are off. To many changes to runway closures (every 30-45 secs). Bird strike concept is new and we like the idea of the tower view. Takeoff's were a bit difficult but they did work. We do like the idea of giving a direction after takeoff. A sound game. How about a view of the runways from the tower.

The level on low on fuel is too hard! There is only one runway and we don't get why there is only one runway in the level. Maybe it's like the real airport or else?! We hope you fix this problem.

This is a fun game but we don't like that you can route a plane to a particular runway then the runway closes. Maybe this is supposed to make the game fun. We think it's just fun to try routing different planes to different runways. But a runway should not close while a plane is trying to land on it.

Game is annoying that the runways change randomly and when there's only 1 runway impossible to land planes and the hardest thing is to touch the planes to land in the runway.

This game is impossible level 2 is extremely hard DONT GET IT it's not worth your time.

Level one is a learning process and basically achievable however going from level 1 to level 2 is similar to going 8 levels up ! It is not very achievable whatsoever.

This is stupid. Might be better on an iPad where you can actually click the stupid plane.

This game is both addicting and an inspiration to those who look forward to having aviation as a career.

This game is designed beautifully and accurately when it comes to the game play. The missions are great, the gameplay is smooth and the response of the planes is accurate. The things that we would recommend to work on is the language to English, and add music and more missions. Well done.

Half the game is in Dutch, but it is easy to catch on. If you can it's really fun.

The game is amazing. But we can't understand a word in the directions because it is not in English.

Half the game is in English the other half Dutch….unless you are bilingual you can't understand what the heck is going on or what you are supposed to do.

Caution!! This game is incredibly addictive. Do not attempt to play it during working hours.

Best atc out there, but we need english version as already stated. Byw, why did you program half the game in english? Doesn't make sense to us. Add more in game challenges like the bird strike.

Can u plz make the game in English we don't understand the game but fun.

Please set the instructions to English (or at least update the game so language can be chosen), not all of us can read Dutch/Afrikaans.

Would be an awesome game if we could read the darn instruction.

We don't know why are You ignoring every one asking You to make the game in full English?? At least comment on there requests.

Game not written in English nor provides language option. No help screens provided. "Bird Warning" level places birds on top of air craft which seems to guarantee the end of the level. This game needs some serious refinement.

Put the game in English or will delete.

This game is fun however like all the rest of the reviews everyone wants it in English…why are you not responding to these requests? Bad business.

Great game but really need in English.

Nice, but need English. We like it cuz it's getting good games than an old games. We already pounder and figure out this games.

Please do an upgrade to option ENGLISH.
User feedback from Apple App Store

App Details

Last updated: 22nd December 2025 | Genre: Strategy, Entertainment | Developer: Luchtverkeersleiding Nederland

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