Credits ​

About ​

I built radarcontrol.io because I wanted an ATC sim that actually felt right - real procedures, real data, real airspace. It started as a side project and kept growing.

Made by balintb, with ♥️ from Budapest.

Support radarcontrol.io

radarcontrol.io uses data and services from these sources. Thanks to everyone who maintains them.

Data sources ​

Aircraft performance data ​

Aircraft types, performance characteristics, and specs come from the openscope project:

• Project: openscope, github
• License: MIT License
• 140+ aircraft types with speeds, climb rates, turn rates, and wake categories

Aeronautical data ​

Airspace definitions, waypoints, navaids, and procedures from these databases:

• FAA NASR - National Airspace System Resources
  • US waypoints, navaids (VORs, NDBs), and airways
• FAA CIFP - Coded Instrument Flight Procedures
  • SIDs, STARs, and approach procedures for US airports
• OurAirports - ourairports.com - global airport and navaid database
• ARTCC Boundaries - FAA center geographic definitions
• VATSPY Data Project - github.com/vatsimnetwork/vatspy-data-project
  • Worldwide FIR boundary polygons for international airspace definitions
  • License: CC-BY-SA-4.0, maintained by the VATSIM community

Weather data ​

Real-time weather observations for tower mode:

• AviationWeather.gov - aviationweather.gov
  • METAR observations from NOAA's Aviation Weather Center (public domain)
• D-ATIS - datis.clowd.io
  • Digital ATIS text aggregated from FAA sources

Airport surface data ​

Airport layouts (taxiways, gates, runways) for tower mode come from OpenStreetMap:

• Project: OpenStreetMap
• License: ODbL
• Surface geometry for 300+ airports worldwide

© OpenStreetMap contributors. Data available under the Open Database License.

Vector map data ​

Land masses, coastlines, and geographic features from Natural Earth:

• Project: Natural Earth
• License: Public Domain
• Custom map tiles for the radar display background

Terrain map tiles (optional) ​

Topographic visualization from OpenTopoMap:

• Project: OpenTopoMap
• License: CC-BY-SA
• Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, SRTM
• Rendering: © OpenTopoMap

Aircraft photographs ​

Aircraft photos on type reference pages sourced from Wikimedia Commons contributors under free licenses (CC-BY-SA, CC-BY, CC0, GFDL, Public Domain). Each photo is attributed on its respective aircraft page.

• Source: Wikimedia Commons
• Licenses: CC0, CC-BY-SA, GFDL, Public Domain
• Full list: Aircraft photo credits

Typography ​

• Inter - SIL Open Font License, served via Google Fonts

Thanks ​

• The openscope team for aircraft performance data
• Natural Earth contributors for public domain map data
• OpenStreetMap contributors for global map data and detailed airport surface layouts
• OpenTopoMap for topographic tiles
• NOAA's Aviation Weather Center for free METAR access
• The D-ATIS project for digital ATIS data
• VATSIM community and VATSPY Data Project for worldwide FIR boundaries

Feedback & bug reports ​

Found a bug?

• Report it: Submit bug report
• Feature requests: Use the in-app "Feature request" option in the Help menu
• Community: Discord · r/radarcontrol

Contributing data & corrections ​

If you spot data issues:

• Aircraft data: Report to openscope/openscope
• Map data: Report to Natural Earth
• Airport surfaces: Contribute to OpenStreetMap - fixes flow into future updates
• Terrain: Contact OpenTopoMap

Last updated: April 2026