"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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Define "usually".


More often than any other.



Only two of the towered airports here in the Puget Sound area follow that
rule. Sea-Tac (serving Seattle), Boeing Field (serving Seattle), Paine
Field (serving Everett) all use the name of the airport. The only places
where the municipality served is used to address the tower, the
municipality name is actually *part* of the airport name (Olympia Airport
and Bellingham Airport).


Cities having more than one towered airport are probably the primary reason
it's "usually" and not "always".



My experience has been that the towers I've talked to (from coast to
coast) generally follow the rule that the airport name is used to address
the tower. Even that gets a little sketchy, if the airport has more than
one name for example (Boeing Field is aka King County International
Airport, while Paine Field is aka Snohomish County Airport). But
generally speaking, the only time I've used the municipality name to
address the tower is when that name is actually part of the airport name.


Your observation will change as you gain experience.



Going by the actual name of the airport has been MUCH more reliable for me
than the rule of thumb you suggest would have been.


I didn't suggest anything.