Koksijde Air Base

EBFN · West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

Climate Koksijde Air Base 2021-2025

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Koksijde Air Base (EBFN) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 50.5 46 57 54 37 43
February 58.7 49 38 47 67 67
March 65.4 73 59 52 71 70
April 74.4 75 65 76 80
May 71.5 72 53 68 75 78
June 77.1 88 75 79 86 63
July 80.1 73 79 93 72
August 78.5 72 77 83 78
September 73.1 65 68 78 74
October 71.3 63 76 79 74
November 53.5 39 51 57 48
December 44.1 35 41 52 43
Average 69.1 68.5 61.0 65.2 73.9 68.1

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 78.8 70 86 88 73 74
February 85.2 84 81 77 92 86
March 87.3 90 81 86 89 88
April 89.6 93 86 93 92
May 89.0 96 80 82 92 94
June 91.7 99 92 94 95 85
July 94.3 95 93 97 93
August 93.0 90 91 92 97
September 91.4 89 89 93 92
October 89.8 84 90 93 92
November 79.4 74 82 74 86
December 77.0 73 74 85 69
Average 88.5 89.6 85.8 86.6 90.0 88.8

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.0 6.2 7.0 8.4 7.7 6.0
February 8.8 7.0 11.0 9.0 10.0 7.4
March 11.1 12.3 12.0 10.4 12.5 10.3
April 13.4 13.9 12.0 13.4 9.6
May 16.6 17.3 17.3 14.6 17.5 14.5
June 20.5 22.1 18.3 22.3 20.5 20.1
July 21.8 21.0 21.6 23.3 20.6
August 22.2 22.8 20.8 24.5 19.8
September 19.7 18.8 22.8 19.3 20.8
October 16.0 15.6 17.5 17.6 15.3
November 10.7 10.4 10.9 11.8 10.3
December 8.4 8.8 9.8 4.5 8.6
Average 14.5 13.1 14.7 15.0 15.6 13.7

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 2.4 1.3 1.9 3.7 2.7 1.8
February 3.0 1.3 6.4 2.7 4.4 1.5
March 4.1 2.3 6.0 4.5 3.3 3.5
April 5.4 7.2 4.7 5.7 2.7
May 8.6 9.8 10.0 7.5 9.1 7.0
June 12.3 12.6 11.5 13.8 11.5 12.8
July 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.5 13.8
August 14.0 14.6 13.4 15.1 13.6
September 11.7 12.5 13.5 12.0 12.0
October 9.3 9.0 9.9 10.3 8.3
November 5.6 5.9 6.5 6.0 5.7
December 3.8 4.4 5.0 -1.6 4.7
Average 7.6 5.5 8.6 8.3 8.1 7.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 13.3 15 14 17 9 21
February 14.0 15 22 6 13 15
March 11.3 1 18 24 7 6
April 7.7 11 15 10 4
May 5.8 4 13 7 5 9
June 5.6 3 8 2 11 9
July 7.0 13 11 1 6
August 6.3 8 7 3 6
September 9.3 12 9 14 2
October 12.0 11 13 8 17
November 15.1 10 25 20 17
December 15.7 17 23 10 14
Average 9.1 6.6 12.8 12.1 8.6 9.4

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.6 8 10 9 8 10
February 11.0 8 11 8 14 11
March 10.4 8 9 11 8 11
April 9.7 12 9 10 11
May 9.2 10 8 10 8 10
June 8.6 9 9 9 8 7
July 8.3 8 9 8 7
August 8.0 7 8 8 9
September 8.5 9 7 8 7
October 9.3 7 8 8 9
November 9.2 8 11 9 8
December 10.4 10 12 6 10
Average 9.2 8.8 8.8 9.3 8.6 8.9

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 207° 243° 237° 259° 276°
February 135° 217° 259° 241° 153°
March 041° 201° 242° 071° 291°
April 262° 358° 018° 008°
May 348° 294° 011° 293° 262°
June 248° 303° 016° 316° 351°
July 265° 245° 316° 304°
August 244° 271° 002° 305°
September 267° 192° 308° 229°
October 168° 210° 207° 220°
November 246° 222° 187° 275°
December 245° 228° 162° 234°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.