Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
Similarly one could argue that a go around consumes more ATC resources that a landing. Needed go arounds won't be avoided, but an airline might proactively cancel flights that are more likely to experience a go around due to very strong winds, etc.
I would guess this would be less than 1% of the calculation, and really it's more than likely that it does not factor in at all. first of all, they don't get credit for theoretically reducing ATC load, they are only measured on the number of flights reduced. Secondly, if the "very strong winds etc" are at the airport covered by the FAA order, then it covers all of the flights there and so it doesn't really matter which one they pick, and if those are at the other end of the flight at an airport that is not covered by the order, then whether the plane has a go-around or not makes no difference to meeting the conditions of the order.