F.A.A. to Phase Out Floppy Disks in Air Traffic Control Towers NYT - Technology By: Victor Mather 6 November 2026 at 20:45 Decades after the computer industry moved on, federal officials plan to finally ground the once-vaunted tech relic at the nationβs air traffic control centers. Β© Mark Makela for The New York TimesThe floppy disk, once a heralded computer storage technology, will be phased out at the Federal Aviation Administration.