This was not in any way a near miss. Spacing didn’t work for the arrival sequence so a plane was sent around. No separation minimums were violated. No safety issues. Just a go around. Normal operations.
0.39% of arrivals at core 30 airports result in a GA. So 1-3x/day average. Not all due to spacing though, go arounds also occur due to an unstable approach, wind shear, animal on the runway, etc. If pilot or ATC is not 100% sure of a safe landing, then they GA.
It happens everyday, that seems like a reasonable use of “normal” to me. Of course it’s a small overall percentage of flights, it would be inefficient to have a go around every other landing and something would be changed. But it happens, it’s not newsworthy, and it’s not a cause for concern.
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So how many times a day does it happen - on average - in a large airport?
https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/by_the_numbers/media/Air_Traffic_by_the_Numbers_2024.pdf page 19