Ron Garret wrote:



IMO it is not entirely unreasonable to suppose that being cleared for an
approach contains an implicit clearance to the corresponding airport,
especially if you're in the air and haven't committed chapter and verse
of the AIM to memory.

rg

That was my point exactly, and I know it was done that way before they
had data entires into tht TRACON computer. The chap I spoke with agreed
that he had heard it was done that way in the days before ATC computers;
i.e., the period with 64 code transponders and no transponders at all.