Originally Posted by
ATC Watcher
As mentioned earlier when ATC clears you to land just means the runway is clear , you do not have to land.
In addition the controller cannot know your own and your airline / aircraft limitations and what you experience on finals.
Last remark : in many airports , the wind readout on the anemometer does not reflect what you will have on finals , or at touchdown point . The actual anemometer(s) are fixed somewhere, and when you have a few of them , it gives the average .
Not in America it doesn’t. You can be cleared to land when number 3 ...or crossing traffic landing or taking off....in actual fact I’m not quite sure what it means there at times !