DATM — Bordj Badji Mokhtar Airport

fog forecast & climatology · Bordj Badji Mokhtar city page · full 10-year analysis →
No fog forecast feed exists for this station. September typically brings about 7 hours of dense fog here (10-year average).

Fog hours per year
81 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
July and June
Typical fog event
~1 h once it forms (middle half 1–2 h, n=93)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Bordj Badji Mokhtar Airport spends 81 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in July and June. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~1 hJanFebruary: ~1 hFebMarch: ~9 hMarApril: ~0 hAprMay: ~7 hMayJune: ~12 hJunJuly: ~15 hJulAugust: ~10 hAugSeptember: ~7 hSepOctober: ~0 hOctNovember: ~0 hNovDecember: ~0 hDec
Fog season is March, May, June, July, August, September, peaking in July; fog is mostly a 6 PM–midnight phenomenon; typically thinning out by 2 AM; a typical event lasts about 1 hour 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.