> So if there is a departing plane waiting on the runway or someone crossing then the approaching plane is given "cleared approach runway 08" but never "cleared

> So if there is a departing plane waiting on the runway or someone crossing then the approaching plane is given "cleared approach runway 08" but never "cleared to land". In ICAO phraseology, "cleared to land runway 08" is allowed. Further: > If the runway is obstructed when the aircraft reports ‘final’, but it is expected to be available in good time for the aircraft to make a safe landing, the controller will delay landing clearance by issuing an instruction to ‘continue approach’. * https://www.skybrary.aero/sites/default/files/bookshelf/115.pdf https://www.skybrary.aero/sites/default/files/bookshelf/115....