Air carrier on approach executed a go around after receiving a 'wind shear alert'; ATC responding wi...

Narrative:

While on a visual approach for runway 27; we received a wind shear warning at approximately 500 ft. We initiated a go-around and told the tower we were going around for a wind shear warning. The tower gave us a heading of 290 and told us to contact departure. We came back around for a normal landing on runway 27. When we landed; we were asked to call the tower supervisor. The tower supervisor informed me that we had done nothing wrong; however; we were the second company aircraft to go around for wind shear with no weather in the area. I told him it is company policy to go around for a wind shear warning. He stated he was aware of that policy but asked me to pass on to the company that its causes a problem for the tower when they are landing 27 and taking off on 22. He asked me if the company could take a look at the equipment in the airplane or our policy on go-arounds. I told him I would. The ATC coordinator told me that he was aware of the problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier on approach executed a go around after receiving a 'wind shear alert'; ATC responding with follow up questions regarding company policy and aircraft equipment.

Narrative: While on a visual approach for Runway 27; we received a wind shear warning at approximately 500 FT. We initiated a go-around and told the Tower we were going around for a wind shear warning. The Tower gave us a heading of 290 and told us to contact Departure. We came back around for a normal landing on Runway 27. When we landed; we were asked to call the Tower Supervisor. The Tower Supervisor informed me that we had done nothing wrong; however; we were the second Company aircraft to go around for wind shear with no weather in the area. I told him it is Company policy to go around for a wind shear warning. He stated he was aware of that policy but asked me to pass on to the Company that its causes a problem for the Tower when they are landing 27 and taking off on 22. He asked me if the Company could take a look at the equipment in the airplane or our policy on go-arounds. I told him I would. The ATC Coordinator told me that he was aware of the problem.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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	923122
Time
Date	201012
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Person 1
Function	Captain
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 187
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Air carrier on approach executed a go around after receiving a 'wind shear alert'; ATC responding with follow up questions regarding company policy and aircraft equipment.