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    $\begingroup$ Good advice! One thing that I would point out is that they can only turn you away if you are VFR. IFR arrivals are all treated the same (more or less). $\endgroup$
    – Lnafziger
    Commented Apr 4, 2014 at 20:41
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    $\begingroup$ “Hold short 27 left, traffic in sight (chuckling), Lufthansa 123” love it! $\endgroup$
    – Peter
    Commented Apr 5, 2014 at 6:30
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    $\begingroup$ You wrote, "typically they want you to speak to Clearance Delivery before you talk to Ground". If I'm going VFR, what am I suppose to say to C.D.? $\endgroup$
    – abelenky
    Commented Dec 10, 2014 at 19:15
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    $\begingroup$ @abelenky That would be a good separate question. Summary answer: 1. Establish two-way communication. 2. Say intent. They will often give you a squawk code and then a frequency for contacting Ground Control. $\endgroup$
    – Greg Bacon
    Commented Jan 6, 2015 at 20:58
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    $\begingroup$ By the way, that runway above in the pictures (with the the LH 747 holding for our little Cessna 172) is SFO 28 L (same one that the Asiana flight 214 crash-landed on). $\endgroup$
    – Fab
    Commented May 2, 2017 at 17:19