EDDR — Saarbrücken Airport

fog forecast & climatology · Saarbrücken city page · full 10-year analysis →
No fog forecast feed exists for this station. September typically brings about 9 hours of dense fog here (10-year average).

Fog hours per year
249 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
December and November
Typical fog event
~3 h once it forms (middle half 1–6 h, n=583)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Saarbrücken Airport spends 249 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in December and November. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~43 hJanFebruary: ~15 hFebMarch: ~7 hMarApril: ~3 hAprMay: ~8 hMayJune: ~5 hJunJuly: ~1 hJulAugust: ~8 hAugSeptember: ~9 hSepOctober: ~27 hOctNovember: ~59 hNovDecember: ~71 hDec
Fog season runs October through January, peaking in December; fog is mostly a 10 PM–10 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 2 PM; a typical event lasts about 3 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.