Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Begins Retiring Decades Old Floppy Disks from Air Traffic Control as Part of Ongoing Modernization Effort Deployment of Brand New Air Traffic Control Continues at Record Pacefaa.gov· 9d
A Department of Transportation press release announces that on 5 November 2026 Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said the Federal Aviation Administration is replacing decades-old floppy disks with the Enterprise – Information Display System (E-IDS), a single secure digital display giving controllers faster access to weather, alerts, and advisories. E-IDS replaces four 1980s systems at more than 400 FAA facilities, starting with five sites, and the FAA plans to install it in 435 sites by the end of 2028. The release also credits the modernization effort with 69% of copper wires replaced, 143 towers with Surface Awareness Initiative systems, 26 towers on electronic flight strips, and 226 IP Voice Switches installed.
