Originally Posted by pattern_is_full
Interesting that southeast Florida has FOUR airports with near-identical runway layouts in close proximity, but so far as I know, has not had any wrong-airport landings.
KMIA, KTMB, KOPF, and KFLL all have east-west parallels with a crossing NW/SE runway.
A few years ago, a student pilot was aiming for KTMB and wound up on final to KFLL instead (while talking to KTMB tower). She got quite close to the ground before realizing that KTMB didn't normally have Boeing and Airbus products on the ramp.
She only missed her airport by 30 or so miles. I suspect she did not receive a passing grade for that lesson.
On a related note, I've been in the situation where I've been issued a landing clearance by a controller at the wrong tower. Luckily, that was quickly rectified. Since then, I've been extra careful to remember to say the name of the facility I'm contacting, instead of just the position. ie "Miami tower, N123..." instead of just "Tower, N123..."