B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 3.5
Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Airspace Violation All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach
Chart Or Publication; Airspace Structure; Procedure; Manuals
I was on CIC at the time of this event. Burbank was on Runway 26/33 (opposite of our normal configuration). [Aircraft X] was on Visual Approach to Runway 33; as there are no instrument approaches that service Runway 33. On about a 4 mile final [AIRCRAFT X] got a TCAS RA from a helicopter (the helicopter was maintaining visual separation and passed behind [AIRCRAFT X]) and informed Local Control that he was going around. Burbank has no procedures for a go-around and no way to miss the airspace of the airports adjacent to (Whiteman Airport is 4 miles north and Van Nuys airport 5 miles west) it when a go-around happens. We have been instructed that on a visual approach; we MUST keep the aircraft in the pattern. With a [Large Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Engine aircraft]; it is impossible to miss the other airports' airspace. [AIRCRAFT X] violated Whiteman Airports' airspace and when we called TRACON to tell them about the go-around they told us to keep him away from Van Nuys because they had someone released off Ru I was on CIC at the time of this event.Burbank was on Runway 26/33 (opposite of our normal configuration). [AIRCRAFT X] was on Visual Approach to Runway 33; as there are no instrument approaches that service Runway 33. On about a 4 mile final [AIRCRAFT X] got a TCAS RA from a helicopter (the helicopter was maintaining visual separation and passed behind [AIRCRAFT X]) and informed Local Control that he was going around. Burbank has no procedures for a go-around and no way to miss the airspace of the airports adjacent to (Whiteman Airport is 4 miles north and Van Nuys airport 5 miles west) it when a go-around happens. We have been instructed that on a visual approach; we MUST keep the aircraft in the pattern. With a [Large Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Engine aircraft]; it is impossible to miss the other airports' airspace. [AIRCRAFT X] violated Whiteman Airports' airspace and when we called TRACON to tell them about the go-around they told us to keep him away from Van Nuys because they had someone released off Runway 34 at VNY. Local Control told [AIRCRAFT X] to keep his turn as close to Burbank as possible. We cannot vector the aircraft; as he is below the Minimum Vectoring Altitude and we do not have a Diverse Vectoring Area--and we have been instructed that we MUST keep the aircraft in the pattern; even though we have no way to control it. [AIRCRAFT X] ended up turning wide and flying right over Van Nuys airport southbound in his downwind for BUR Runway 33. As he was about a mile North of Van Nuys; the IFR departure off Van Nuys become airborne and was climbing right at [AIRCRAFT X]. I have been recommending for over two years that we need to go back to our old ways of giving our IFR go-arounds back to TRACON so that they may be resequenced for arrival. Burbank's missed approach/go around procedure is incredibly unsafe and I've been trying to bring it to the agency's attention ever since it was changed two years ago. I don't even know why I bother filing these reports anymore.
Reporter describes incident of a go-around at Burbank Airport. When aircraft are conducting a Visual Approach and have to go-around Burbank Tower is required to keep the aircraft in their VFR pattern as opposed to a heading and altitude and handoff to TRACON for re-sequencing. The reporter states that it is impossible to keep certain jet aircraft executing a go-around in their VFR pattern within the confines of their airspace. These aircraft routinely enter adjacent Tower's airspace.