Voice air traffic control, with Xbox and PC on the same frequency

How it works

The console does not talk to the network directly. The Alfaero Link add-on sends your flight, from Xbox or PC, to your account, and Alfaero EFB (on phone, tablet or Windows) becomes the radio: that is where you talk and listen. Since everyone joins through the same account and the same network, a pilot on Xbox and another on PC tuned to 118.100 hear each other, and the controller hears both.

How to use

1. 1Install and link Alfaero Link in the simulator, on Xbox or PC.
2. 2Start the flight and open the ATC Network in Alfaero EFB.
3. 3Choose Talk and listen and connect a headset with a microphone.
4. 4Hold the talk button to transmit.

Technical details

Pilot platforms

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 and 2024, on Xbox and PC

Where the radio is

Alfaero EFB on phone, tablet or Windows

Modes

Talk and listen, listen only, text only

Transmission

Push to talk, cuts off at 60 seconds

Who you hear

Only those on the same frequency

How it works

By default, your network frequency follows the aircraft's COM1 radio in the simulator. If you edit it by hand, the app warns you and offers to sync again. The transponder is also checked: if the aircraft code does not match the network squawk, a warning appears.

How to use

1. 1Tune COM1 in the simulator as you would on a real flight.
2. 2Check the frequency on the network screen.
3. 3Set the aircraft transponder to the assigned squawk.

Technical details

Range

118.000 to 136.975

Sync

Follows the simulator COM1

Transponder

Warning when the code does not match

How it works

Before calling ATC, you file the flight plan. It appears on the controller's strip with route, level and destination. Changed the route? Send it again: the revision goes up and the controller receives the new version.

How to use

1. 1On the network screen, open the Flight plan tab.
2. 2Fill in rules, aircraft, departure, destination, speed, level and route.
3. 3Tap send and check the revision.

Technical details

Rules

IFR, VFR and mixed

Speed

Knots, km/h or Mach

Level

Flight level, altitude or VFR

Revisions

Each submission bumps the revision

How it works

What the controller decides arrives as a card on your screen: squawk, frequency change, release, level or heading. One tap applies it (for example, tunes the new frequency) and notifies the controller in writing. On voice, you read back as usual.

How to use

1. 1Read the card that appears on the screen.
2. 2Tap the button to apply.
3. 3Comply in the aircraft and read back on the frequency.

Technical details

Types

Squawk, contact, release and clearance

Response

In writing when you tap the button

How it works

Any account can open a control position. The controller sees the aircraft on radar over the map, reads the flight plan, assigns squawk and issues clearances, by voice and by text.

How to use

1. 1In Alfaero EFB, open Control (ATC).
2. 2Choose the aerodrome and the position.
3. 3Watch the radar and call the aircraft.

Technical details

Where

Phone, tablet and Windows

Tools

Radar, flight plan, squawk and clearances

Communication

Voice and text

How it works

The Near me tab shows who is controlling your area, with frequency, distance and the ATIS letter, and the pilots within a 100 nautical mile radius. One tap tunes the controller's frequency.

How to use

1. 1Open Near me.
2. 2Read the controller's ATIS.
3. 3Tap tune and make the initial call.

Technical details

Pilots

Up to 100 nautical miles

Controllers

Position, frequency, distance and ATIS

Private messages

To any callsign