Animations, films, clips, and skytracks
Learn more about air traffic control thanks to the interactive information items below.
Simulation game  | Skytrack, skyguide's civil air traffic control simulation Playing this simulation game will make you understand what an air traffic controller has to do on his/her radar screen. Guide each aircraft safely to the destination specified in its flight plan. | |||
Simulation game  | Skytrack tactical, skyguide's military air traffic control simulation Playing this simulation game will make you understand how demanding the job of a fighter controller is. Three missions await you to test your skills in this job. | |||
Flash animation  | Punctuality: difficult to maintain This flash animation presents the various factors and circumstances contributing to delays, such as coming from airlines, air traffic control, political bodies, passengers, weather and airports. (Approx. 5 min) | |||
Flash animation  | A flight Zurich-Lyon This flash animation shows the various aspects of the work carried out by air traffic control during an international flight. Terms such as flight plan, slot, clearance, runway, airway, AIP and ILS will no longer be a mystery to you. (Approx. 5 min) | |||
Flash animation  | Swiss airspace This flash animation gives you an insight in the complexity of Swiss air navigation services, with detailed information on airspace structure, aeronautical information and air traffic density. (Approx. 3 min) | |||
Animation  | Among the most complex airspace on the continent This short animation, extracted from the film "Air traffic controller" below, explains why Swiss airspace is among the most complex on the continent. (47 sec.) | Among the most complex airspace on the continent) (2.7 MB, mpg) | ||
Film  | Air traffic controller This film offers a glimpse into the fascinating world of skyguide’s air traffic controllers, the work they perform and the advanced tools they have at their disposal in their high-tech environment, all in the service of safety aloft. (Approx. 8 min) | Air Traffic Controller (mpg format, 31 MB; wmv format, 33 MB) (also in Italian: mpg, wmv) | ||
Animation  | One day of traffic in Europe This animation shows in speeded-up recording how dense the air traffic in Europe is. (1 min 22 sec) | One day of traffic in Europe (avi format, 42.6 MB; mp4 format, 40 MB. Copyright EUROCONTROL) | ||
Animation  | One day of traffic in the world This animation shows how air traffic flows worldwide during one day (6 February 2008). (1 min 12 sec) | One day of traffic in the world (link ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, wmv) | ||
Clips  | Flight tracks These 4 clips are made of the speeded-up recordings of radar flight tracks over Switzerland on 7 November 2003: 1. The flight routes on one day (33 sec.) 2. Airspace structure (46 sec.) 3. Skyguide’s sites and delegated airspace (45 sec.) 4. An air battle exercise (41 sec.) | 1. One day (1.2 MB) 2. Structure (1.7 MB) 3. Sites (2 MB) 4. Exercise (1.5 MB) (mpg and wmv format) | ||