Nevertheless everyone is referring to aircraft on long finals ? I would be interested to know what is classified as Final? Short Final and Long final. to me final is 4 miles Max as for going around that is normally a procedure from final either VFR or IFR and means you are aborting a landing. IFR you follow a go around procedure VFR you miss the landing and proceed back into the circuit?Where would you go around from downwind or base ?
It's a matter of semantics but a "Go Around" (or "abandoned approach" if you prefer) from Downwind or Base Leg would be flown by following the circuit in plan (azimuth) but maintaining and/or climbing back to circuit height and then resequencing back into the circuit again. Hope this helps to clarify.