Air carrier landing lga runway 22 noted traffic departing runway 31 and elected to initiate a go aro...

Narrative:

Lga tower never cleared us to land until very close in. Once cleared to land; they had cleared a md-80 for take-off on runway 31. This course was taking us to a mid-air or ground collision at the intersection of runway 22 and runway 31. We mentioned to tower that this would not work well and started to execute a go-around when tower told us to go-around. I was concerned now that the md-80 would be airborne and climbing into us so; I called for a left displacement over runway 22. Cause; aircraft cleared for take off without much clearance to avoid a mid or ground/collision with landing aircraft on intersecting runways. Suggestions; this is a normal occurrence at lga; too rushed and too much traffic to avoid human errors. I've seen this numerous times during my many years flying to lga. It will continue to happen; until someone gets hurt.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier landing LGA Runway 22 noted traffic departing Runway 31 and elected to initiate a go around that was immediately followed by an ATC go around instruction; the reporter indicating previous similar events.

Narrative: LGA Tower never cleared us to land until very close in. Once cleared to land; they had cleared a MD-80 for take-off on Runway 31. This course was taking us to a Mid-Air or Ground collision at the intersection of Runway 22 and Runway 31. We mentioned to Tower that this would not work well and started to execute a go-around when Tower told us to Go-Around. I was concerned now that the MD-80 would be airborne and climbing into us so; I called for a left displacement over Runway 22. Cause; aircraft cleared for take off without much clearance to avoid a mid or ground/collision with landing aircraft on intersecting runways. Suggestions; this is a normal occurrence at LGA; too rushed and too much traffic to avoid human errors. I've seen this numerous times during my many years flying to LGA. It will continue to happen; until someone gets hurt.

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	979905
Time
Date	201111
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	LGA.Tower
State Reference	NY
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict

Air carrier landing lga runway 22 noted traffic departing runway 31 and elected to initiate a go around that was immediately followed by an ATC go around instruction; the reporter indicating previous similar events.