"Nils Rostedt" wrote in message
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Slightly OT: Is there a difference between the meaning of "clear to land"
between US and Europe?

The reason I ask is because while watching the traffic flow at FLL, I got
the impression landing clearance for airplane X was given even though
there were still other planes ahead, as soon as ATC is sure the separation
is big enough for safety. In contrast, up here ATC gives the landing
clearance only when the previous plane has actually vacated the runway.


I don't know about Europe, in the US landing clearance to succeeding
aircraft in a landing sequence need not be withheld if the controller
observes the positions of the aircraft and determines that prescribed runway
separation will exist when the aircraft cross the landing threshold.