Don Tuite wrote:

Other folk's answers seem to be assuming commercial IFR traffic. In
my experience in general aviation VFR, the assignment is based in part
on where you are when you first call in. Based on that, you'll get
assigned the base or downwind entry that involves the least
maneuvering.

At Palm Springs, CA, VFR traffic tend to be vectored to the parallel runway
that provides them the closest taxi to the FBO, given that there is one FBO
east and one west of the runways, not the runway requiring the least amount
of maneuvering.



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Peter