Skynet Asia Airways, previously included in ATC2, makes a return appearance to Tokyo International Airport.

The players mission is to direct planes onto the correct ILS, land them on the runway, taxi them to the correct gate, and to direct takeoffs.

The game is now in 3D, more airport gates, and increased to five channels of communication: Approach, Tower, Ground, Delivery, and Departure.

New features included ground movements (e.g.

Standard Instrument Departure, use of radar vectors, and changing channel frequency.

The choice of Standard Terminal Arrival Route distance eliminates the speed instruction in previous version.

These include head-on, near miss, pilots pressure bar reaching 100, or failed to accumulate enough points to pass that particular stage.

The points are awarded according to how fast to reply a response.

Other things that increase pressure bar include instructing the plane to take off in tailwind or tower failing to give the plane permission to land or go-around.

Additional points are awarded at the end of the stage, but before deciding whether theres enough points to pass, for minimal in pressure bar.

Changes include the merger between Japan Airlines and Japan Air System, as well as other features.

Stage 2-2, It has been replaced by a QA, player must answer questions correctly to complete the stage.

At stage 43, Concorde makes a special appearance at the end.

SR-71 makes an appearance as the last plane to approach, land, and park in Kadena Air Base at the last stage.

In stage 21, all runways are closed in the beginning due to low visibility by the fog.

The runway lights malfunctioned in stage 23, resulting in closure of the runway.

Taxiway will be closed in stage 1-3 due to breakdown of nose gear.

Arrivals and departures are now combined into a single box with strips outlining details of each flight.

Planes taxiing can now choose any taxiway, instead of limited by up to 4 routes in previous version.

It also features first non-Japan airport, Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong.

Additionally, a fictional airline called TechnoBrain Airlines (based on the companys name, abbreviated TBA) features here as it did in ATC2, presenting problems that the player has to solve or work around.

Later, it featured the second non-Japan airport, Honolulu International Airport.

Stage 6, aircraft landing at either runway 34L and 34R will trigger microburst and windshear, causing closure of runway 34L and 34R for some time.

During Stage 5, a NASA Aircraft will land at Kaneda Air Base.

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