The FAA is phasing out floppy disks

Updated 2026-11-06 · told from many outlets at once

The FAA will replace the floppy disks used for air traffic control. These disks must be removed from more than four hundred locations in the United States by the end of 2028.

• The floppy disks must be gone from more than four hundred locations in the United States by the end of 2028.
• The FAA will replace the floppy disks used for air traffic control.

Outlets: Ars Technica - All content, HVG, NOS Nieuws (Netherlands), NU.nl, ORF News (Austria), The Verge

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