SBPF — Lauro Kurtz Airport

fog forecast & climatology · Passo Fundo city page · full 10-year analysis →
No fog forecast feed exists for this station. September typically brings about 8 hours of dense fog here (10-year average).

Fog hours per year
98 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
July and May
Typical fog event
~1 h once it forms (middle half 1–2 h, n=218)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Lauro Kurtz Airport spends 98 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in July and May. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~9 hJanFebruary: ~7 hFebMarch: ~11 hMarApril: ~6 hAprMay: ~18 hMayJune: ~16 hJunJuly: ~28 hJulAugust: ~13 hAugSeptember: ~8 hSepOctober: ~9 hOctNovember: ~3 hNovDecember: ~8 hDec
Fog season is January, February, March, May, June, July, August, September, October, December, peaking in July; fog is mostly a 5 AM–5 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 9 AM; a typical event lasts about 1 hour 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.