YBNA — Ballina Byron Gateway Airport

fog forecast & climatology · Ballina city page · full 10-year analysis →
No fog forecast feed exists for this station. September typically brings about 6 hours of dense fog here (10-year average).

Fog hours per year
61 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
July and May
Typical fog event
~1 h once it forms (middle half 1–1 h, n=289)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Ballina Byron Gateway Airport spends 61 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: ~1 hJanFebruary: ~1 hFebMarch: ~3 hMarApril: ~2 hAprMay: ~12 hMayJune: ~9 hJunJuly: ~13 hJulAugust: ~9 hAugSeptember: ~6 hSepOctober: ~3 hOctNovember: ~2 hNovDecember: ~2 hDec
Fog season runs May through September, peaking in July; fog is mostly a 3 AM–6 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 8 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.