ATC READY
Taxi Draw
Hear a clearance at a real airport, then trace the route.
GND
“Uh, Reid Hillview Tower, this is… uh…”
Sound like a pro
on the radio.
Practice real ATC calls with a controller that talks back.
You talk, the controller answers, and every call is graded on the spot. Get the radio down before your first solo.
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The problem
The radio is the hard part.
Plenty of student pilots are more nervous about the radio than about the flying. Controllers talk fast, and everyone on the frequency hears you. So you freeze, and your instructor makes the call. What fixes it is practice: the same calls, again and again, somewhere nobody is listening, until the words come on their own.
Hear it, say it, watch it happen
GND
Live radio
Talk to ATC at your own airport.
Pick a taxi out, a taxi in or a few laps of the pattern. Your callsign, position and the ATIS sit on a kneeboard. Putting the call together is up to you. Get part of it wrong and the app shows you which part ATC didn't hear, and how the call should sound.
Honest grading
Every call is checked part by part. You see what you got right, and which part ATC didn't hear.
1TAXIWAYS ✓2HOLD SHORT3CALLSIGN ✓
The hold short of Runway 13L was missing from the readback.
Real voices
The controller speaks at real radio pace, in real phraseology. Your first real clearance won't be your first time hearing one.
Then you fly the circuit
This part is a conversation. You key the mic and make the call, the AI controller answers you, and the airplane flies what you said. Every transmission is graded on the spot.
The curriculum
From the alphabet
to IFR clearances.
Eleven units and 142 short lessons. You start by saying “Alfa” and “Niner” out loud. By the last unit you are reading back an IFR clearance and flying a missed approach. Nothing assumes you have flown before.
- 01Radio Foundations14 lessons
- 02Before You Fly15 lessons
- 03Ground & Taxi11 lessons
- 04Takeoff & the Pattern24 lessons
- 05Departure & Airspace12 lessons
- 06Enroute & Arrivals13 lessons
- 07Emergencies & Edge Cases9 lessons
- 08IFR Foundations12 lessons
- 09IFR Enroute10 lessons
- 10Holds13 lessons
- 11IFR Arrival9 lessons
Your airport
Every exercise runs at a real airport. About 11,600 of them.
LOADING
Readbacks
Tower clears you. You say it back, and each part is checked.
TWRN2SP, Runway 13L, cleared for takeoff.
YOURunway 13L, cleared for takeoff, N2SP.
✓RUNWAY✓CLEARANCE✓CALLSIGN
Readback correct. Cleared for takeoff.
Build the call
Taxi request: to whom, who, where, what, the letter. Two don't belong.
Who it's for
For anyone who has to talk to ATC.
Student pilotsGet comfortable on the radio before your
first lesson, and keep practicing between flights.
CFIs and schoolsGive your students radio practice
between lessons, so less time in the airplane goes to phraseology.
Avgeeks & sim pilotsYou already listen to LiveATC. Now
practice answering.
Pricing
Yearly or weekly.
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Billed weekly
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School plans
Train every student on real radio work, with homework you can actually check.
Get in touch and we'll set your school up. Email us about school plans.
FAQ
Questions.
Will this match what my CFI teaches?
Yes. The phraseology follows the FAA's Aeronautical
Information Manual and the Pilot/Controller Glossary, the same standard
your CFI teaches from.
Is it VFR only?
No. It starts with VFR radio work: taxi, tower and pattern
calls, flight following. Then it runs through holding patterns, expect
further clearance times, and IFR arrival clearances.
Can I practice at my own airport?
Most likely, yes. Taxi drawing and live radio run at about
11,600 real airports around the world. At US airports the controllers also
use the real facility names and frequencies. The curriculum lessons use a
fixed set of training airports, so each lesson matches its chart.
Do I need my medical or student certificate to start?
No. There's no prerequisite at all. Plenty of people start
before their first lesson.
I've never flown. Is this over my head?
No. It starts at the phonetic alphabet and assumes nothing.
If your first lesson is still ahead of you, that's the best time to
start.
How does the grading work?
Your transmission is transcribed with an aviation-tuned speech
model, then checked element by element against a fixed rubric for that call.
You see a verdict on each piece, your exact words, and the model call next
to them.
Are these real airports?
Yes. Diagrams and taxi routes come from real airport geometry,
and clearances are generated on it. The airport on this page is the real
Reid Hillview (KRHV).
Does it replace my CFI?
No. It replaces the part where you rehearse in the car on the
way to the airport and hope the right words come out. The flying is still
your CFI's job.
What can I run it on?
iPhone and iPad, on the App Store now. Android is on the
roadmap.
Can my CFI see how I'm doing?
Not yet. Today your progress and graded attempts live in the
app, so you can show them directly. School tools come with the school
plans.
Short final
One more readback and you're down. Yours is next.
On the App Store
Start at your home airport.
ATC Ready is on the App Store for iPhone and iPad. The yearly plan starts with 7 days free, then $89.99 a year.