KEKN — Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport
fog forecast & climatology · Elkins city page · full 10-year analysis →
Fog possible — NWS guidance shows a fog signal in the next 48 hours. September typically brings about 36 hours of dense fog here.forecast cycle 2026-09-04T13:00:00Z · page rebuilt daily · live layers below update hourly
- Fog hours per year
- 172 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
- Fog season
- September and October
- Typical fog event
- ~1 h once it forms (middle half 1–2 h, n=985)
- Data through
- 2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json
When this airport fogs in
In a typical year Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport spends 172 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in September and October. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.
Fog season
Fog season runs May through November, peaking in September; fog is mostly a 3 AM–7 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 8 AM; a typical event lasts about 1 hour once it forms local time · 10-yr average
Runway infrastructure
| end | approach lights | best approach | length | RVR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | — | — | 4,501 ft | — |
| 23 | — | — | 4,501 ft | — |
| 14 | — | — | 4,544 ft | — |
| 32 | — | — | 4,544 ft | — |
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.