CYFB — Iqaluit Airport

fog forecast & climatology · Iqaluit city page · full 10-year analysis →
Forecast feed initializing for this station. September typically brings about 3 hours of dense fog here (10-year average).

Fog hours per year
66 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
March and July
Typical fog event
~2 h once it forms (middle half 1–3 h, n=236)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Iqaluit Airport spends 66 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in March and July. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~6 hJanFebruary: ~5 hFebMarch: ~14 hMarApril: ~6 hAprMay: ~3 hMayJune: ~2 hJunJuly: ~7 hJulAugust: ~7 hAugSeptember: ~3 hSepOctober: ~3 hOctNovember: ~4 hNovDecember: ~4 hDec
Fog season is January, February, March, April, July, August, November, December, peaking in March; fog here can hit at any hour of the day; a typical event lasts about 2 hours once it forms local time · 10-yr average

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.