OIAW — Qasem Soleimani International Airport

fog forecast & climatology · Ahvaz 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
68 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
December and January
Typical fog event
~2 h once it forms (middle half 1–6 h, n=164)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Qasem Soleimani International Airport spends 68 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: ~18 hJanFebruary: ~3 hFebMarch: ~1 hMarApril: ~2 hAprMay: ~7 hMayJune: ~1 hJunJuly: ~1 hJulAugust: ~0 hAugSeptember: ~0 hSepOctober: ~2 hOctNovember: ~7 hNovDecember: ~26 hDec
Fog season is January, May, November, December, peaking in December; fog is mostly a 3 AM–10 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by noon; 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.