AI radio training for UK student pilots
Sound confident on the radio before your FRTOL.
A controller that answers what you actually said, at your own airfield, on today’s weather, and marks every transmission against CAP 413.
12 graded radio calls against the AI controller, about 15–20 minutes. Free, and no account needed.
Free to start · Built for UK student pilots · CAP 413 Edition 24
You
Stapleford Tower, Golf Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta, Cessna 152 at the flying club, request radio check and taxi.
Stapleford Radio
Golf Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta, Stapleford Radio, readability five. Runway two one right, QNH one zero one five.
You
Runway two one right, QNH one zero one five, Golf Charlie Delta.
- ✕Callsign use. Callsign abbreviated before ATC had abbreviated it.
- ✕Initial call format. Incorrect station name and service request used.
- ✕Message structure / order. Incorrect service request format.
- OKRunway readback. Runway readback was correct.
- OKQNH readback. QNH readback was correct.
Incorrect station name used in initial call.
Use 'Stapleford Radio' instead of 'Stapleford Tower'.
Incorrect service request phraseology.
Use 'request taxi information' instead of 'request radio check and taxi'.
Callsign abbreviated before ATC had abbreviated it: you said "Golf Charlie Delta" while the controller was still using "Golf Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta".
Use your full callsign, "Golf Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta", until ATC shortens it — then match their abbreviation.
Model answerStapleford Radio, Golf Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta, Cessna 152 at the flying club, request taxi information.
A real run of the grader on this exchange, 2026-09-11; the callsign line is the grader's own check, added 2026-10-05, and the controller's line was corrected on 2026-10-16 (an air/ground operator does not say "at your discretion", CAP 413 §4.152). Stapleford is an air/ground aerodrome: the station is Radio, not Tower, and the request is "taxi information". The student got both wrong, and shortened the callsign before the controller had.
Everything you need to master the radio
Learn it, practise it live, and prove it. All in one place.
- Virtual ATC at real UK airfields60 of 62 checked by hand
Live METAR and QNH, the runway in use, the real aircraft near the field from ADS-B where available, and frequencies checked by hand.
- Graded exercises12 exercises
Every transmission scored against CAP 413, with the paragraph behind each correction.
- Mock FRTOL practicalUnlimited retakes
The full practical under exam conditions, marked the way an examiner marks it.
- Live roomsPilot · controller · observer
Talk on a shared frequency with other pilots, and let an instructor sit in and listen.
- Work the controller seatThe one nobody else offers
Take the controller's side of the exchange. Nothing teaches the phraseology like having to issue it.
- Fly your real routeSkyDemon GPX import
Import the route for your next cross-country and TowerTalk builds the calls for every leg and hand-off.
How it works
- 1
Pick your airfield
Any verified UK airfield, with its real frequencies and today's weather.
- 2
Make the call
Push to talk and say it out loud, the way you would in the aircraft.
- 3
The controller answers
To what you actually said, not a script, and the situation moves on.
- 4
Read the feedback
Every transmission scored against CAP 413, with the correction and the paragraph.
What makes TowerTalk different
Your aircraft, your callsign
Set your callsign and type once and every exercise, scenario, journey and the mock exam use them — so you practise the call you will actually make.
Real airfields. Real frequencies.
60+ UK airfields with frequencies updated frequently — or add your own.
Real weather
The live METAR, the QNH in it, and the runway most into wind — the same numbers you would read back on the day.
Real traffic on the frequency
The aircraft actually near the field right now, from ADS-B, with their real callsigns — and when the circuit is empty, simulated traffic so the frequency is never silent.
Graded against CAP 413 Edition 24
Not a script and not a checklist. Every call is marked on phraseology, order, completeness and the mandatory readbacks, with the paragraph quoted.
You speak — it listens
Push to talk and say it out loud. The controller answers what you actually said, including when it was wrong, and the situation moves on from there.
Guides to UK radio phraseology
All guides- The phonetic alphabetEvery letter and number as CAP 413 has you say it, with the ones people get wrong..
- What is CAP 413?The UK radiotelephony manual, what is in it, and which edition you are examined on..
- What is the FRTOL?The licence you need to transmit, how you get it, and what the practical involves..
- Mandatory readbacksThe fourteen items CAP 413 says must be read back in full, and what may be acknowledged..
Once you have read them, say them out loud: FRTOL practice with graded mock exams, or CAP 413 practice with the AI controller.
What it costs
One pass to get you through the FRTOL, or a plan for staying current afterwards. Free to start, no card needed.
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For flight schools and instructors
Give students structured radio practice outside the cockpit, and see what they are actually struggling with before the lesson starts.
Free instructor account
A practice account of your own, at no cost. Students need a plan of their own, or you can give them a seat: £11.99 per student a month, £10.99 each at 10 or more. Many instructors fold it into their rate.
Take the controller seat yourself
In a live room you can be the controller while your student flies, instead of the AI. Join as an observer instead and just listen.
Assignable scenarios
Set the exact exercise or scenario a student should do next.
Student progress
Every graded call, score and weak area, in one place, referenced to CAP 413.
SRG1171 signing
Verified Academy providers can sign the SRG1171 for their own students.
What pilots say
“I had done my PPL 15 years ago and I’ve just got back into flying. I needed a bit of a refresher so signed up … I thought generally it was pretty good (and better than other solutions I looked at)”
Make your first call somewhere it doesn’t matter
Free to start. Hear how a real UK airfield answers, and find out what to fix before an examiner does.
62 UK airfields · CAP 413 Edition 24 · Live METAR and QNH
TowerTalk is a training aid. It does not replace official instruction, examiner assessment, operational flight planning, current charts, NOTAMs, weather briefings or approved aviation procedures, and it is not approved or endorsed by the CAA. Always defer to CAP 413 and the current UK AIP. Frequencies and weather are for training, not operational use.