CYRB — Resolute Bay Airport
fog forecast & climatology · Resolute Bay city page · full 10-year analysis →
Forecast feed initializing for this station. September typically brings about 20 hours of dense fog here (10-year average).
- Fog hours per year
- 277 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
- Fog season
- August and July
- Typical fog event
- ~2 h once it forms (middle half 1–5 h, n=819)
- Data through
- 2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json
When this airport fogs in
In a typical year Resolute Bay Airport spends 277 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in August and July. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.
Fog season
Fog season is January, March, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, peaking in August; 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
Runway infrastructure
| end | approach lights | best approach | length | RVR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17T | ODALS | — | 6,500 ft | — |
| 35T | SSALR | CAT I | 6,500 ft | RVR |
From FAA NASR / curated AIP Canada research. Approach-light class and minima tier drive how low an approach can be flown — details in the chase board.
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.