EGPL — Benbecula Airport

fog forecast & climatology · Balivanich city page · full 10-year analysis →
No fog forecast feed exists for this station. September typically brings about 26 hours of dense fog here (10-year average).

Fog hours per year
331 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
July and August
Typical fog event
~2 h once it forms (middle half 1–3 h, n=1173)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Benbecula Airport spends 331 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in July and August. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~19 hJanFebruary: ~18 hFebMarch: ~23 hMarApril: ~23 hAprMay: ~34 hMayJune: ~33 hJunJuly: ~48 hJulAugust: ~35 hAugSeptember: ~26 hSepOctober: ~28 hOctNovember: ~24 hNovDecember: ~19 hDec
Fog season is year-round, peaking in July; fog is mostly a 5 PM–6 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 8 AM; 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.