The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s drone registration system is about to hit the 400,000 mark, three months after it was launched.

“That’s really quite remarkable, and we are very encouraged by these numbers,” said FAA Administrator Michael Huerta, speaking at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, on Monday.

The FAA developed the registration system with input from the drone industry. It’s less about the FAA tracking drone pilots than about educating them on drone safety.

With thousands of new drones in the sky, the FAA is eager to remind pilots that they are using shared airspace and need to remember certain rules.

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