The choice between on and in depends on whether you mean a surface, container, place, or situation.
Use land on for surfaces such as roads, tables, or planets. Use land in for enclosed spaces, countries, cities, or situations.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use on for surfaces or targets touched from above.
Use in for cities, countries, rooms, water, and containers.
Land in can also describe an unexpected result or trouble.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Use in for large places such as cities and countries.
✕ We landed on Paris. ✓ We landed in Paris.Use on for roofs, floors, and runways.
✕ The bird landed in the roof. ✓ The bird landed on the roof.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Yes. People say land on the moon or land on Mars.
Yes. It can describe ending up in trouble or another situation.
Yes. Land at is common for airports and specific locations.
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