At Academy Tower, Ground Control must pass requests to close VFR flight plans to ___ for relay to the FSS.

• A. Flight Data
• B. Clearance Delivery
• C. Local Control
• D. Approach Control

Answer: (A)

Closing a VFR flight plan is handled by the Flight Data function. When Ground Control at a tower needs to close a VFR flight plan, the proper procedure is to pass the request to Flight Data, which then relays it to the Flight Service Station. This keeps the FSS records accurate and ensures search-and-rescue procedures aren’t activated unnecessarily. Clearance Delivery, Local Control, and Approach Control don’t manage this relay—Clearance Delivery issues clearances, Local Control handles ground and local airspace movements, and Approach Control handles arrivals and departures. So the correct recipient is Flight Data.