KTUL — Tulsa International Airport

fog forecast & climatology · Tulsa city page · full 10-year analysis →
No fog signal in NWS guidance for the next 48 hours. September typically brings about 1 hour of dense fog here.forecast cycle 2026-09-04T13:00:00Z · page rebuilt daily · live layers below update hourly

Fog hours per year
25 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
December and January
Typical fog event
~2 h once it forms (middle half 1–4 h, n=95)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Tulsa International Airport spends 25 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in December and January. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~6 hJanFebruary: ~3 hFebMarch: ~1 hMarApril: ~1 hAprMay: ~2 hMayJune: ~1 hJunJuly: ~0 hJulAugust: ~0 hAugSeptember: ~1 hSepOctober: ~2 hOctNovember: ~1 hNovDecember: ~7 hDec
Fog season is January, February, May, October, December, peaking in December; fog is mostly a 11 PM–8 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 11 AM; a typical event lasts about 2 hours once it forms local time · 10-yr average

Runway infrastructure

endapproach lightsbest approachlengthRVR
08—LPV7,376 ft—
26MALSRLPV7,376 ft—
18LMALSRCAT I10,000 ftRVR
36RALSF-2CAT II10,000 ftRVR
18R—CAT I6,101 ft—
36L—LPV6,101 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.