Originally Posted by
MarkerInbound
Actually over here that is what the aircraft would say. They are advising the tower they are inbound for landing. I would add "inbound" to clarify I'm not just transiting their airspace. Otherwise how does the tower know they're not "inbound for touch and go" or "inbound for low approach?"
Err at the risk of 'thread creep', because in the UK they're supposed to notify their intentions in advance, what's known in the UK as booking 'PPR'.