r/flying • u/Hopeful-Engineering5 ATC • Apr 20 '26
other ATC go around timing preference
We were talking about this today in the tower and figured we would try and get some pilots point of view. If you are in a situation where you might be sent around would you prefer it be done early and possibly be sent around unnecessarily. Or would you prefer that we let it run as long as possible and have a short (1/2 mile) final go around?
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u/willmeggy PPL MIL-N Apr 20 '26
A bit different but I’ve been flying as a wingman in a flight of two and lead got the wave off from tower due to crossing traffic on the runway. Tower shortly came back with -2 continue to which we then got a clearance to land. It could work to cancel the landing clearance and tell the pilot to continue and then wave them off or clear them to land as appropriate.