Independent practice
Timed drills for air traffic controller aptitude tests
ATC Drills is a browser gym for the skill types used when the FAA invites you to the ATSA, and when a European employer uses a FEAST-style battery: a traffic picture, fast reactions, several tasks at once, and a spoken clearance you type back. The real tests are confidential. Nothing here is a leaked question, and a score is compared only with your own earlier sessions.
Spatial and traffic picture
Where aircraft are, who is higher, who is closing, and who will lose separation if nobody turns.
Reaction
A target changes. You press the right key, or you withhold. Reaction time is logged.
Multitasking
Arithmetic, a gauge, and a code, together, while the gap between tasks shrinks.
Listening and readback
A spoken callsign, heading, and flight level. You type the readback. The check is tolerant of wording, not of wrong numbers.
Practice past the free drill
One free drill in each family stays free. Paid drills are the harder variants.
What you can train, and what you cannot
Selection tests for controllers are not published. The FAA describes the ATSA as a computer-based test of cognitive skills, about three and a half hours, sat in person after you apply on USAJOBS. EUROCONTROL describes FEAST as a battery: cognitive tasks and English first, then a harder multitasking work sample if you are invited on. Practising those skill types is legitimate. A public site cannot memorise the items, and this one will not pretend to.
Each drill is built in your browser from a random seed. No account is required for the free drill in each family. A 90-day pass or a monthly plan unlocks the harder variants: closing headings, separation conflicts, rule changes, no-go trials, a rising task load, and longer listening runs. Payment is a Checkout link and a magic link in the receipt. There is no password.
Who it is for
People waiting on an FAA trainee window, people invited to FEAST by an air navigation service provider, and applicants in Germany preparing for a Fluglotse aptitude test. Military selection and prior-experience bids are different processes. If your vacancy says something else, the vacancy wins.
Read the long guide to becoming a controller, the 4-week ATSA plan, or the German practice page.
Questions people ask
How hard is the ATSA test?
It is hard for most applicants because the tasks are timed and they stack. The items themselves are not trivia. The FAA's qualifications page says fewer than 10% of applicants are accepted into training. That figure is the whole pipeline, not a published ATSA pass rate.
What kind of questions are on the ATSA test?
The live items are confidential. The FAA describes the ATSA as a computer-based test of cognitive skills, about 3.5 hours, taken in person. Public descriptions talk about memory, attention, and working under time pressure. These drills train those skill types. They are not the FAA's questions.
Can you prepare for a FEAST test?
You can get used to the kinds of tasks. EUROCONTROL runs a free official familiarisation platform and says those tasks are not the live test. This site is separate from that platform. Use both if you want. Neither one contains the confidential items.
Is it hard to pass the air traffic controller test?
Yes, for most people who apply. The hard part is speed and load, then a medical, a background check, and academy training. The FAA says fewer than 10% of applicants are accepted into training. That is not the same number as an ATSA pass rate, which the FAA does not publish.
How long does it take to become an air traffic controller?
For an FAA trainee: apply in a window, wait for an ATSA invitation, clear medical and security, then several months at the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City, then about one to three years of on-the-job training before facility certification. Europe is a different calendar, set by the provider.
Are these the real ATSA or FEAST questions?
No. The real tests are confidential. These drills are new every time, built in your browser from a random seed. They train the same kinds of skill. A score is compared only with your own earlier sessions.