Clt air carrier arrival initiated a go around on short final when departing traffic became a factor;...

Narrative:

Clt tower was trying to allow aircraft to takeoff with minimum spacing between landing aircraft. They cleared a dash 8 for take off in front of us. He would have still been on the runway when we touched down. We went around at approximately 100-200 ft AGL. We had an uneventful go around; and came back for another approach. I have done quite a few go around's in clt where the tower controllers misjudge the spacing between aircraft. This happens way too often and it causes a lot of wasted fuel for the airline. It creates a stressful and unsafe operation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CLT Air Carrier arrival initiated a go around on short final when departing traffic became a factor; the reporter claiming CLT Tower controllers frequently misjudge arrival/departure separation requirements.

Narrative: CLT Tower was trying to allow aircraft to takeoff with minimum spacing between landing aircraft. They cleared a Dash 8 for take off in front of us. He would have still been on the runway when we touched down. We went around at approximately 100-200 FT AGL. We had an uneventful go around; and came back for another approach. I have done quite a few go around's in CLT where the Tower controllers misjudge the spacing between aircraft. This happens way too often and it causes a lot of wasted fuel for the airline. It creates a stressful and unsafe operation.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1126053
Time
Date	201310
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	CLT.Tower
State Reference	NC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe

Clt air carrier arrival initiated a go around on short final when departing traffic became a factor; the reporter claiming clt tower controllers frequently misjudge arrival/departure separation requirements.