Narrative:

Aircraft X was handed off to san approach. The crew and I had discussed that landing minimums in san did not meet requirements for RWY27 but we discussed that RWY09 would soon be active and we agreed to continue. It was understood that the previous dispatcher had advised the crew of the NOTAM closure of the runway so I did not want to overload the crew with further ACARS. The approach controller was clearly making an effort to get everyone in and was turning flights on tight finals for RWY09. [The flight I was working] executed a missed approach due to an unstable approach; which may have been the result of a tight and fast final intercept. The flight climbed and re-entered downwind for RWY09. They checked in with tower inside gatto and tower told them they had 45 seconds to get on the ground before the runway closed. [The flight] said that they were about 2.5 miles out and about a minute and a half away. Pilot monitoring asked if that meant they were not able to continue and tower faltered and the pilot flying clicked in and asked again; which the tower confirmed. At 1700 ft I observed [the flight] execute their second missed approach and divert to ZZZ.this was absolutely a ridiculous move by ATC and airport operations management that put a flight in a potentially dangerous situation. At every other airport with hard runway closures; if a flight is checked in and configured inside the final marker; ATC allows the flight to continue and closes the runway behind them. In a standard situation; unless it was an emergency; ATC would never intervene at that point in the approach. The local controller had every right to keep ops trucks holding short of the runway to allow a plane on short final to land; especially after already pressuring the flight into an unstable approach that resulted in a missed approach just prior. If san wants a hard closure at [a certain time]; stop clearing flights on the approach [just before that time]; period. The time for airport ops to flex their muscles is not with a flight that is below 2;000 feet.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier Dispatcher reported a flight the Dispatcher was working was denied landing clearance while on final approach because of curfew closure.

Narrative: Aircraft X was handed off to SAN approach. The crew and I had discussed that landing minimums in SAN did not meet requirements for RWY27 but we discussed that RWY09 would soon be active and we agreed to continue. It was understood that the previous Dispatcher had advised the crew of the NOTAM closure of the runway so I did not want to overload the crew with further ACARS. The Approach Controller was clearly making an effort to get everyone in and was turning flights on tight finals for RWY09. [The flight I was working] executed a missed approach due to an unstable approach; which may have been the result of a tight and fast final intercept. The flight climbed and re-entered downwind for RWY09. They checked in with Tower inside GATTO and Tower told them they had 45 seconds to get on the ground before the runway closed. [The flight] said that they were about 2.5 miles out and about a minute and a half away. Pilot Monitoring asked if that meant they were not able to continue and Tower faltered and the Pilot Flying clicked in and asked again; which the Tower confirmed. At 1700 ft I observed [the flight] execute their second missed approach and divert to ZZZ.This was absolutely a ridiculous move by ATC and airport operations management that put a flight in a potentially dangerous situation. At every other airport with hard runway closures; if a flight is checked in and configured inside the final marker; ATC allows the flight to continue and closes the runway behind them. In a standard situation; unless it was an emergency; ATC would never intervene at that point in the approach. The Local Controller had every right to keep ops trucks holding short of the runway to allow a plane on short final to land; especially after already pressuring the flight into an unstable approach that resulted in a missed approach just prior. If SAN wants a hard closure at [a certain time]; stop clearing flights on the approach [just before that time]; period. The time for airport ops to flex their muscles is not with a flight that is below 2;000 feet.

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.