Originally Posted by
A Squared
Not a cruise clearance, exactly, but a former employer had a nightly mail run from Anchorage to Fairbanks. IIRC, we'd typically arrive in Fairbanks about 10 pm or so. More than once We'd check in with Fairbanks approach and get: "Cleared Visual Approach Rwy 1L, Cleared to Land, Cleared to taxi to parking". Saved a lot of wear and tear on the radios.
Used to do the Palma de Mallorca to Ibiza shuttle on the DHC8, 20 minute legs. After T/O from rwy 24R in PMI, contact departure, "ANS8252, radar contact, climb FL80, turn left 10 degrees, intercept the localizer, cleared ILS approach rwy 24 IBZ". Next call was to contact the tower over the marker.