KPHX — Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
fog forecast & climatology · Phoenix city page · full 10-year analysis →
No fog signal in NWS guidance for the next 48 hours. dense fog (visibility under a mile) is rare here in September.forecast cycle 2026-09-04T13:00:00Z · page rebuilt daily · live layers below update hourly
- Fog hours per year
- 1 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
- Fog season
- August and July
- Data through
- 2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json
When this airport fogs in
In a typical year Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport spends 1 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in August and July. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.
Fog season
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport has no real fog season — dense fog is rare in every month (under 2 hours even in the peak month).
Runway infrastructure
| end | approach lights | best approach | length | RVR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07L | MALSR | CAT I | 10,300 ft | RVR |
| 25R | — | LPV | 10,300 ft | RVR |
| 07R | MALSR | CAT I | 7,800 ft | — |
| 25L | MALSR | CAT I | 7,800 ft | — |
| 08 | MALSF | CAT I | 11,489 ft | — |
| 26 | — | CAT I | 11,489 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.