Airport Industry News
Tiana May
20 Feb 2026
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy has visited Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to observe the airport’s transition from paper to electronic flight strips in its air traffic control tower.
The upgrade is part of a broader air traffic control modernisation programme funded through the 12.5 billion USD allocation in President Donald J. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.
DCA is currently one of 15 airports nationwide to have implemented the electronic flight strip system.
