Air carrier flight crew reported receiving a late approach clearance from ATC forcing them to conduc...

Attributes
ACN	1619424
Time
Date	201902
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LGA.Airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Vectors STAR Korry 4
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Commercial
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

Narrative:

When we were handed to final approach; we were still descending and at 250 knots on the korry 4 arrival. Approach gave us a heading to intercept the localizer well outside of grene at 3000' for ILS 4. The frequency was cluttered. As we approached grene and the glideslope came alive; the pilot flying pointed it out and I attempted to contact approach before glideslope intercept. As the frequency was cluttered I was unable to make the request until the glideslope was almost full deflection at 3000'.once we got the clearance we; attempted to slow down for configuration while trying to catch the glideslope. At approximately 1000' MSL; the pilot flying decided that we were unstable and executed the go around procedure. It is worth noting that the same controller almost did the same thing to us on the second attempt for the approach. It is worth noting that the same controller almost did not clear us in time for our second attempt.being new york airspace; we are kept fast until the last moment; and when a controller loses track of where aircraft is in time and space; it places a disproportionate workload on the flight crew to try and ask for clearances in an environment that is a high workload for pilots as well as controllers.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier flight crew reported receiving a late approach clearance from ATC forcing them to conduct a missed approach.

Narrative: When we were handed to final Approach; we were still descending and at 250 knots on the Korry 4 Arrival. Approach gave us a heading to intercept the localizer well outside of GRENE at 3000' for ILS 4. The frequency was cluttered. As we approached GRENE and the glideslope came alive; the pilot flying pointed it out and I attempted to contact Approach before glideslope intercept. As the frequency was cluttered I was unable to make the request until the glideslope was almost full deflection at 3000'.Once we got the clearance we; attempted to slow down for configuration while trying to catch the glideslope. At approximately 1000' MSL; the pilot flying decided that we were unstable and executed the go around procedure. It is worth noting that the same controller almost did the same thing to us on the second attempt for the approach. It is worth noting that the same controller almost did not clear us in time for our second attempt.Being New York airspace; we are kept fast until the last moment; and when a controller loses track of where aircraft is in time and space; it places a disproportionate workload on the flight crew to try and ask for clearances in an environment that is a high workload for pilots as well as controllers.

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.