The agency now says the U.S. air traffic system is ready for the date rollover.
Time is one minute prior to entering the new millennium in our test systems.
It went right through the sound barrier very nicely. There were similarly successful results across an array of FAA computers, including those that track ground traffic, airport weather and the status of landing lights and remote radio beacons. FAA Administrator Jane Garvey, who stayed up well past 2 a.m. MDT to watch the end of the four-hour test, was pleased. FAA officials had staged a dress rehearsal on March 27 and lesser tests on three prior occasions. Ray Long, head of the FAA's Y2K program, expressed the irony of the evening before the test began.