LFBX — Périgueux-Bassillac Airport

fog forecast & climatology · Périgueux/Bassillac city page · full 10-year analysis →
No fog forecast feed exists for this station. September typically brings about 30 hours of dense fog here (10-year average).

Fog hours per year
363 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
November and December
Typical fog event
~2 h once it forms (middle half 1–4 h, n=1137)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Périgueux-Bassillac Airport spends 363 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in November and December. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~37 hJanFebruary: ~33 hFebMarch: ~17 hMarApril: ~14 hAprMay: ~15 hMayJune: ~13 hJunJuly: ~6 hJulAugust: ~10 hAugSeptember: ~30 hSepOctober: ~57 hOctNovember: ~67 hNovDecember: ~68 hDec
Fog season runs September through March, peaking in December; fog is mostly a 11 PM–9 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 11 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.