Narrative:

We were scheduled to operate to maf. The forecast was for winds 20g35 knots in maf. Nothing greater. Enroute to maf; ftw center let us know the winds had increased to gusts of 42. We sat the flight attendants early; and beginning around 15;000 feet MSL we encountered light with occasional moderate chop. We were informed that a city 60 [miles] northwest of maf was experiencing gusts up to 65 knots with low visibility in dust. Out the right window; we could see the storm in question. The original plan was straight in to runway 28. While around 40 miles out; the wind shifted straight down 34L. The decision was made to change runways and fly the VOR 34L approach.ATC vectored us south to enter on a right-base and issued a descent to 2500 feet MSL. We had encountered nothing more than large transport with occ mdt chop. We could see the dust storm north of the airport; but it looked far enough away that we would arrive before it hit the airport. My first officer (first officer) was not comfortable flying on a low approach so we transferred controls and I began the approach. We were given alternate map instructions of straight ahead to 5000 feet.prior to the FAF; my first officer inquired about winds and visibility. The response was 1SM in dust with winds 010 at 52g67 knots. Clearly the storm beat us to the airport. I elected to call off the approach and called for the missed approach. As soon as the gear came up; all hell broke loose. Climbing in mdt or greater turbulence; and trying to keep control of the aircraft; we ended up climbing through 5600 feet before the turbulence calmed down enough to see the instruments.my first officer did a great job during the go-around! He got everything setup and cleaned up. ATC kept trying to call us and all we could get out was 'standby.' I didn't hear the 'C' chime in chaos. We checked on the flight attendants to make sure all was ok in the back. No injuries. Sometime during this time; dispatch sent an ACARS about diversion and gave us ZZZ as a diversion city. We calculated 9.3 was bingo fuel; and given the weather and the fact we were only .8 from bingo fuel; we elected to divert to our alternate.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported a go around on final to MAF Runway 34L after the Tower reported winds and visibility at 52G67 at 1 mile in blowing dust. Moderate to greater turbulence was experienced during the go around and aircraft diverted to the alternate.

Narrative: We were scheduled to operate to MAF. The forecast was for winds 20G35 knots in MAF. Nothing greater. Enroute to MAF; FTW Center let us know the winds had increased to gusts of 42. We sat the Flight Attendants early; and beginning around 15;000 feet MSL we encountered light with occasional moderate chop. We were informed that a city 60 [miles] NW of MAF was experiencing gusts up to 65 knots with low visibility in dust. Out the right window; we could see the storm in question. The original plan was straight in to Runway 28. While around 40 miles out; the wind shifted straight down 34L. The decision was made to change runways and fly the VOR 34L Approach.ATC vectored us south to enter on a right-base and issued a descent to 2500 feet MSL. We had encountered nothing more than LGT with OCC MDT chop. We could see the dust storm north of the airport; but it looked far enough away that we would arrive before it hit the airport. My First Officer (FO) was not comfortable flying on a low approach so we transferred controls and I began the approach. We were given alternate MAP instructions of straight ahead to 5000 feet.Prior to the FAF; my FO inquired about winds and visibility. The response was 1SM in dust with winds 010 at 52G67 knots. Clearly the storm beat us to the airport. I elected to call off the approach and called for the missed approach. As soon as the gear came up; all hell broke loose. Climbing in MDT or greater turbulence; and trying to keep control of the aircraft; we ended up climbing through 5600 feet before the turbulence calmed down enough to see the instruments.My FO did a great job during the go-around! He got everything setup and cleaned up. ATC kept trying to call us and all we could get out was 'standby.' I didn't hear the 'C' chime in chaos. We checked on the Flight Attendants to make sure all was OK in the back. No injuries. Sometime during this time; Dispatch sent an ACARS about diversion and gave us ZZZ as a diversion city. We calculated 9.3 was bingo fuel; and given the weather and the fact we were only .8 from bingo fuel; we elected to divert to our alternate.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.