"David Brooks" wrote in message
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Here's where I, and I suspect many others, have the hole in our
understanding. Isn't the flight plan in some FAA computers somewhere?


It may be, or it may have already timed out.



And doesn't some record need to be deleted?


No, it doesn't need to be deleted. If it's still in the computer it will
time out shortly. Remember, you've reached the destination airport. You're
at the end of the line. There's nobody to relay any information to.



Maybe the plan will eventually evaporate if no more action is taken?


'Zackly.



Surely it can't be deleted just because Approach handed off to
Tower - the pilot may need to fly a missed.


Which will require manual coordination whether or not the flight plan is
still in the system.

And don't call me Shirley.