CYOA — Ekati Airport

fog forecast & climatology · Ekati city page · full 10-year analysis →
No fog signal in NWS guidance for the next 48 hours. September typically brings about 3 hours of dense fog here.forecast cycle 2026-09-04T13:00:00Z · page rebuilt daily · live layers below update hourly

Fog hours per year
156 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
November and April
Typical fog event
~2 h once it forms (middle half 1–3 h, n=134)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Ekati Airport spends 156 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in November and April. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~10 hJanFebruary: ~7 hFebMarch: ~10 hMarApril: ~16 hAprMay: ~7 hMayJune: ~8 hJunJuly: ~1 hJulAugust: ~4 hAugSeptember: ~3 hSepOctober: ~8 hOctNovember: ~41 hNovDecember: ~8 hDec
Fog season is April, November, peaking in November; fog is mostly a 7 PM–8 PM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 9 PM; 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.