Narrative:

We were taxiing out of the ZZZ ramp at taxiway X. We had just deiced the airplane as it was lightly snowing at the time and had some accumulation on the aircraft. The airport operations were in the process of changing [runway directions]. Because of this change we anticipated a significant ground delay as we could see the many aircraft waiting for takeoff. With the delay as a factor I elected to single engine taxi. We were given a taxi clearance to runway xyl - cross runway xyr on taxiway X; left on taxiway Y; hold short of taxiway Z; regional jet on a 2.7 mile final. As we were just leaving the space of our ramp after the initial clearance; I observed another regional jet on runway xyl between taxiway a and not yet past taxiway X. I began to increase power as the aircraft was passing taxiway X. As we were single engine I increased the operating engine incrementally trying not to exceed ground operations power. We were leaving a congested ramp with device personnel and equipment behind us. The aircraft was slow to accelerate. I think the 25-30 knot headwind also was a contributing factor in this slower than normal process. As we were just about to clear runway xyr we heard the tower controller instruct the regional jet on approach to runway xyr to go-around (the aircraft on final was about 1/2 mile out). In my estimation at the time; it seemed to me that we would be clear of the runway prior to the regional jet's touchdown. There was no corrective action taken or other actions required for the remainder of the flight. I called the tower controller upon landing. We discussed the operational factors of the single engine taxi and high head winds during the runway crossing. We decided that in the future it would be a good operating practice to inform the controller of taxiing single engine so the approach controller could build a bit more space between the aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757-200 flight crew reported their relatively slow single-engine taxi speed resulted in a conflict with an aircraft on short final that ended in the aircraft going around.

Narrative: We were taxiing out of the ZZZ ramp at Taxiway X. We had just deiced the airplane as it was lightly snowing at the time and had some accumulation on the aircraft. The airport operations were in the process of changing [runway directions]. Because of this change we anticipated a significant ground delay as we could see the many aircraft waiting for takeoff. With the delay as a factor I elected to single engine taxi. We were given a taxi clearance to Runway XYL - cross Runway XYR on Taxiway X; left on Taxiway Y; hold short of Taxiway Z; regional jet on a 2.7 mile final. As we were just leaving the space of our ramp after the initial clearance; I observed another regional jet on runway XYL between Taxiway A and not yet past Taxiway X. I began to increase power as the aircraft was passing Taxiway X. As we were single engine I increased the operating engine incrementally trying not to exceed ground operations power. We were leaving a congested ramp with device personnel and equipment behind us. The aircraft was slow to accelerate. I think the 25-30 knot headwind also was a contributing factor in this slower than normal process. As we were just about to clear Runway XYR we heard the tower controller instruct the regional jet on approach to Runway XYR to go-around (the aircraft on final was about 1/2 mile out). In my estimation at the time; it seemed to me that we would be clear of the runway prior to the regional jet's touchdown. There was no corrective action taken or other actions required for the remainder of the flight. I called the tower controller upon landing. We discussed the operational factors of the single engine taxi and high head winds during the runway crossing. We decided that in the future it would be a good operating practice to inform the controller of taxiing single engine so the approach controller could build a bit more space between the aircraft.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.