LPFL — Flores Airport
fog forecast & climatology · Santa Cruz das Flores city page · full 10-year analysis →
No fog forecast feed exists for this station. dense fog (visibility under a mile) is rare here in September (10-year average).
- Fog hours per year
- 6 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
- Fog season
- May and March
- Data through
- 2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json
When this airport fogs in
In a typical year Flores Airport spends 6 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in May and March. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.
Fog season
Fog season is May, peaking in May; fog is mostly a 7 PM–7 PM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 8 PM 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.