Jetstar has denied a claim that an airline carrying up to 180 passengers had a near-miss with a light plane as it was coming in to land.

The Jetstar Airbus A320-232 was on approach to Sunshine Coast Airport on Friday afternoon when the pilot decided to come around for another pass.

Licenced pilot Graeme Shelley claimed this was because a twin engine Beechcraft Aviation Australia plane was on the runway in its path.

He told the Sunshine Coast Daily the two planes were only about 30 seconds apart and the near-miss would have been a very serious accident.

Jetstar rubbished the claim, saying the incident never occurred and the pilot merely wanted to change his positioning and so did a lap around the airport to go in again.

Mr Shelley claimed the Jetstar plane had its landing gear down and had to pull up and go around for another pass to avoid hitting the small plane.

'This was very close to a major accident. Someone stuffed up major,' he told the Sunshine Coast Daily.

'The Jetstar pilot did the right thing but there would not have been a lot of separation. Something has been missed. This should not have happened.'

Jetstar, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said there was no record of any safety incident at that airport on Friday.