ORBD — Balad Southeast Airport / Joint Base Balad

fog forecast & climatology · Al Bakr city page · full 10-year analysis →
No fog forecast feed exists for this station. September typically brings about 2 hours of dense fog here (10-year average).

Fog hours per year
94 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
December and October
Typical fog event
~2 h once it forms (middle half 1–4 h, n=76)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Balad Southeast Airport / Joint Base Balad spends 94 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in December and October. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~7 hJanFebruary: ~7 hFebMarch: ~4 hMarApril: ~0 hAprMay: ~4 hMayJune: ~4 hJunJuly: ~4 hJulAugust: ~0 hAugSeptember: ~2 hSepOctober: ~11 hOctNovember: ~2 hNovDecember: ~44 hDec
Fog season is October, December, peaking in December; fog is mostly a 3 AM–10 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 1 PM; 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.