CLRED TO LAND; WITH MORE THAN 1 RWY IN USE; AN ACR CREW IS QUESTIONED ABOUT WHY THEY LANDED ON THE ONE LISTED ON THE CURRENT ATIS.

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CHKING IN WITH TYS APCH; THE FO ASKED IF THE ILS TO RWY 5L WAS UP AT MCGEE TYSON SINCE THE ATIS WAS RPTING CALM WINDS. THE FLT HAD BEEN DELAYED OUT OF DFW AND IT WAS LATE IN THE DAY. CTLR REPLIED THAT THEY WERE USING RWY 23. THE ATIS WAS RPTING LNDG RWY 23R; DEPARTING RWY 23L/R. HE GAVE US DIRECT TO VXV AND CONTINUED TO GIVE US DSCNT ALTS AS WE GOT CLOSER TO TYS. WE BRIEFED AND SET UP FOR THE ILS RWY 23R. THE LOWEST ALT GIVEN WAS 2400 FT; WHICH IS THE MINIMUM INTERCEPT ALT FOR THE ILS TO RWY 23R. THE CTLR CONTINUALLY ASKED US IF WE HAD THE ARPT IN SIGHT AND GAVE US A VECTOR FOR A 90 DEG INTERCEPT TO SLIGHTLY INSIDE THE FAF (BUZBY). THE RWY LIGHTS FOR RWY 23R AND ALSF-II WERE UP BRIGHT; AND APPROX 3 MI FROM FINAL WE CALLED THE RWY IN SIGHT. CTLR CLRED US TO LAND WITH NO CHANGE OF FREQ SINCE HE WAS APCH; TWR AND GND CTLR (NO OTHER ACFT LNDG OR TAKING OFF). WE CONTINUED AND INTERCEPTED THE LOC AND GS FOR THE ILS RWY 23R AND MADE A STABLE APCH AND LNDG. ONCE ON THE GND; THE CTLR ASKED US TO CALL HIM ONCE OFF THE ACFT. HE CLRED US TO CROSS RWY 23L AND TAXI TO THE GATE WITH HIM. THE RWY EDGE LIGHTS TO RWY 23L WERE VERY DIM AND I HAD TO CONFIRM WITH THE FO WHEN WE WERE XING RWY 23L. THE FO COPIED THE NUMBER AND I CALLED. THE CTLR SAID THAT HE HIMSELF WASN'T SURE AND HAD TO LISTEN TO THE TAPE TO CONFIRM THAT HE HAD CLRED US TO LAND ON RWY 23L; NOT RWY 23R; AND THAT THE READBACK FROM THE FO HAD BEEN RWY 23L. (THE FO AND I CONFIRMED WE BOTH HAD UNDERSTOOD RWY 23R.) CTLR SAID THAT DUE TO THE RECENT EVENTS AND ALL THAT WE WERE GOING THROUGH AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS VERY LATE HE WASN'T GOING TO RPT IT -- BUT TO MAKE SURE TO LISTEN UP NEXT TIME.