AN S80 PIC DELAYS THE TKOF OF HIS FLT TO RECONFIGURE THE TKOF THRUST FOR A SLIGHT TAILWIND. TWR CTLR SENDS A LNDG ACFT AROUND AND HAS THE S80 ABORT THE TKOF AT LGA; NY.

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WE WERE CLRED INTO POS TO HOLD FOR TKOF ON RWY 13 AT LGA. AFTER SETTING BRAKES; I (CAPT) GAVE CTLS TO FO; WHO WAS TO BE PF. AS A B727 WAS APCHING RWY 4 FOR LNDG APPROX 2 MI ON FINAL; WE WERE GIVEN TKOF CLRNC. I ASKED FOR A WIND CHK BECAUSE WIND WAS NOT GIVEN WITH TKOF CLRNC AS IS REQUIRED. WINDS ISSUED WERE 030 DEGS AT 6 KTS; WHICH WAS A SLIGHT TAILWIND. WE RECONFIGURED FOR A MAX PWR TKOF WHICH TOOK ABOUT 15 SECONDS; AS WE HAD TO RESET THE ASSUMED TEMP WINDOW TO ZERO; ARM THE ARTS SYS AND SELECT TKOF ON THE THRUST RATING INDICATOR. AS WE STARTED THE TKOF ROLL; WE WERE TOLD TO ABORT. I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE IMMEDIATELY AS I HAD MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO THINK ABOUT. BECAUSE I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE RIGHT AWAY; THE LNDG B727 WAS GIVEN A GAR. AS WE TAXIED BACK AROUND FOR TKOF; WE ASKED FOR THE REASON FOR THE ABORT AND GAR; AND WERE TOLD THAT WE WERE TOO SLOW IN INITIATING OUR TKOF; AND THE SPACING WITH THE B727 WAS INADEQUATE. I TOLD THE CTLR THAT IF HE HAD ISSUED THE WINDS AS IS REQUIRED; THE PROB MIGHT HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. HOWEVER; AS I THINK BACK OVER THE SCENARIO; IF 15 SECONDS MAKES THE DIFFERENCE BTWN A SAFE INTERSECTING RWY OP AND AN UNSAFE ONE; THEN LGA IS CUTTING IT TOO CLOSE. THE LACK OF WIND INFO HAPPENS ALL TOO OFTEN THROUGHOUT THE ATC SYS. I FREQUENTLY HAVE TO ASK FOR WIND INFO FOR TKOFS AND LNDGS WHICH SHOULD ALWAYS BE GIVEN. THIS RESULTS IN ADDITIONAL RADIO CALLS; FURTHER TAXIING AN OVERBURDENED SYS. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE FAA ISSUE A BULLETIN REMINDING ATC PEOPLE THAT ISSUING THE WIND IS REQUIRED -- SAVES TIME AND ENHANCES SAFETY AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.