CYBD — Bella Coola Airport

fog forecast & climatology · Bella Coola city page · full 10-year analysis →
Fog possible — NWS guidance shows a fog signal in the next 48 hours. September typically brings about 1 hour of dense fog here.forecast cycle 2026-09-04T13:00:00Z · page rebuilt daily · live layers below update hourly

Fog hours per year
8 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
October and September
Typical fog event
~1 h once it forms (middle half 1–2 h, n=29)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Bella Coola Airport spends 8 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in October and September. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~0 hJanFebruary: ~0 hFebMarch: ~0 hMarApril: ~0 hAprMay: ~0 hMayJune: ~0 hJunJuly: ~0 hJulAugust: ~0 hAugSeptember: ~1 hSepOctober: ~1 hOctNovember: ~1 hNovDecember: ~0 hDec
Bella Coola Airport has no real fog season — dense fog is rare in every month (under 2 hours even in the peak month).

For flight operations

EFVS crews: the CHASE board ranks airports by live fog status, approach lighting, go-around height and flight time from your base. Forecast probabilities publish here per-airport once the calibrated model beats climatology on live verification — receipts on the scorecard. Methodology.

Sources: NOAA/NWS National Blend of Models guidance · METAR observations 2016–2026 (Iowa Environmental Mesonet) · FAA NASR. Machine access: data.json · llms.txt. Not for operational use.