FAA Will Retire Floppy Disks From Air Traffic Control by End of 2028

Photo: The FAA air traffic control (ATC) tower at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) in Minnesota – August 17, 2020. Attribution: “Air Traffic Control Tower at MSP Airport” by Tony Webster via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0. Article by Alius Noreika. Technology.org – November 8, 2026.

FAA Sets a Floppy Disk Deadline

Air traffic controllers in the United States still rely on a storage format that has not been made in large numbers since 2011. That should end within about two years. The Federal Aviation Administration said it will replace floppy disks used for weather and other critical information at more than 400 air traffic control facilities by the end of 2028. […]

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