A C182 PLT; ASSUMING THE LNDG CLRNC HE HEARD WAS FOR HIM; LANDED AT LAL; QUESTIONS WERE FORTHCOMING FROM THE TWR CTLR.

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I WAS GETTING FLT FOLLOWING FROM TPA APCH CTL. AT ABOUT 8 MI OUT; I LET TPA APCH KNOW I HAD LAKELAND IN SIGHT. THEY (TPA APCH) ENDED MY FLT FOLLOWING AND WAS TOLD TO CONTACT LAKELAND TWR. I CALLED LAKELAND TWR AND GAVE MY POS AND SAID I HAD ATIS INFO AND WOULD BE MAKING A FULL STOP LNDG. AT THAT TIME THE LAKELAND TWR ASKED MY POS AND I STATED; '6 MI TO THE W OF LAKELAND AT 2100 FT.' THE TWR CTLR STATED; 'STRAIGHT INTO RWY NINER; CLRED TO LAND.' AS I LANDED; I PULLED OFF OF RWY 9 AT THE MOST CONVENIENT TXWY. 2 AIRPLANES WERE WAITING FOR TKOF ON 2 TXWYS PRIOR TO THE ONE I EXITED. AFTER EXITING; I CALLED THE TWR AND STATED; 'ACFT IS OFF OF NINER AND WOULD LIKE TO TAXI TO THE BASE OF THE TWR.' THE CTLR CALLED BACK AND SAID 'CHEROKEE; WHO GAVE YOU CLRNC TO LAND?' I STATED; 'YOU DID; 6 MI OUT WITH A STRAIGHT-IN TO RWY NINER.' I BELIEVE THEY WERE USING 2 RWYS -- RWY 9 AND RWY 5. ABOUT 1/2 HR LATER; I CALLED THE TWR AND WAS TOLD THE CTLR HAD JUST GONE HOME. WHEN I DID COME OUT OF THE FBO; THERE WERE 2 CHEROKEE ACFT OUTSIDE PARKED NEXT TO MY PLANE. ONE CHEROKEE DID HAVE A FEW NUMBERS THAT WERE CLOSE TO MINE. I BELIEVE THERE WAS A MISTAKE IN IDENTITIES WITH MY AIRPLANE AND THE CHEROKEE.