KMIB — Minot Air Force Base

fog forecast & climatology · Minot city page · full 10-year analysis →
Fog likely Friday — 61% chance of fog (visibility under 1 mile) around 9 am Friday, with the fog window roughly 9 am to 9 am local time.forecast cycle 2026-09-04T13:00:00Z · page rebuilt daily · live layers below update hourly

Fog hours per year
66 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
December and March
Typical fog event
~1 h once it forms (middle half 1–2 h, n=324)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Minot Air Force Base spends 66 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in December and March. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~8 hJanFebruary: ~4 hFebMarch: ~11 hMarApril: ~5 hAprMay: ~1 hMayJune: ~0 hJunJuly: ~4 hJulAugust: ~7 hAugSeptember: ~4 hSepOctober: ~4 hOctNovember: ~7 hNovDecember: ~11 hDec
Fog season runs July through April, peaking in March; fog is mostly a 3 AM–9 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by noon; a typical event lasts about 1 hour once it forms local time · 10-yr average

Runway infrastructure

endapproach lightsbest approachlengthRVR
12ALSF-1—13,198 ft—
30ALSF-1CAT I13,198 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.