Bisbee Douglas International Airport (Douglas Bisbee) (KDUG / DUG)

United States · elevation 4154 ft AMSL · 31.4641, -109.6046 · Local time: --:--:-- · UTC time: --:--:--

About Bisbee Douglas International Airport (Douglas Bisbee)

Bisbee Douglas International Airport (Douglas Bisbee) is an airport with the ICAO code KDUG and the IATA code DUG. Country: United States. Nearest settlement listed in the database: Douglas Bisbee. OurAirports classifies it as a medium-sized airport. Its ICAO code starts with the KD prefix, which marks airports in United States. The four-letter code KDUG is used in flight operations and weather reports, while the three-letter IATA code DUG is used for ticketing and baggage handling. The airport reference point sits at 31°27'51"N, 109°36'16"W, at an elevation of 4,154 ft (1,266 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is America/Phoenix.

Satellite view of KDUG

Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.

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Runways of KDUG

ThresholdCourseLengthWidthSurface
0880°1,514 m (4,966 ft)18 m (60 ft)asphalt
26260°
17170°1,960 m (6,430 ft)30 m (100 ft)asphalt
35350°

The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.

Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.

Climate at Bisbee Douglas International Airport (Douglas Bisbee) - statistics from METAR reports

What the METAR reports from KDUG for 2023-2025 show - counted hour by hour.

We computed these statistics from 23,255 METAR reports issued by KDUG in 2023-2025. VFR conditions prevailed 99% of the time, MVFR <1% and IFR or LIFR <1%. Best month for VFR flying: October (100% of hours VFR). Most IFR and LIFR hours: December (<1%).

IFR and LIFR conditions are rare here at any time of day.

Fog (FG) was reported on 1.1 days a year on average, most often in December. Thunderstorms (TS) occurred on 15 days a year on average, and snowfall on 1.3.

The wind most often blows from E (90°) - 8% of reports. Calm (0 kt) made up 14% of reports, and gusts of 25 kt or more appeared in 7%. Warmest month: July (average high 36.2 °C); coldest: January (average low -2.2 °C).

Year

Selected period in numbers: 2023-2025

VFR hours
99%
IFR/LIFR hours
<1%
Avg high
27.0 °C
Avg low
8.6 °C
Fog days
1.1
Thunderstorm days
15
Snow days
1.3
Prevailing wind
E · 8%
Gusts ≥ 25 kt
7%

Day counts are for the selected period (for all years - the yearly average).

Flight categories month by month
Bar chart: share of VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR hours in each month0%25%50%75%100%January: VFR 99%, MVFR 1%, IFR <1%, LIFR <1%JanFebruary: VFR 98%, MVFR 2%, IFR <1%, LIFR 0%FebMarch: VFR 100%, MVFR <1%, IFR <1%, LIFR <1%MarApril: VFR 99%, MVFR <1%, IFR <1%, LIFR 0%AprMay: VFR 100%, MVFR <1%, IFR <1%, LIFR 0%MayJune: VFR 100%, MVFR <1%, IFR <1%, LIFR 0%JunJuly: VFR 99%, MVFR 1%, IFR <1%, LIFR 0%JulAugust: VFR 99%, MVFR <1%, IFR <1%, LIFR 0%AugSeptember: VFR 100%, MVFR 0%, IFR <1%, LIFR <1%SeptOctober: VFR 100%, MVFR <1%, IFR 0%, LIFR 0%OctNovember: VFR 100%, MVFR <1%, IFR 0%, LIFR <1%NovDecember: VFR 99%, MVFR <1%, IFR <1%, LIFR <1%Dec
  • VFR 99%
  • MVFR <1%
  • IFR <1%
  • LIFR <1%
Temperature month by month
Chart: average daily high and low temperature in each month−5°5°15°25°35°January: -2.2 … 16.1 °C16−2JanFebruary: 0.9 … 20.1 °C201FebMarch: 3.8 … 21.7 °C224MarApril: 6.5 … 26.7 °C277AprMay: 11.2 … 30.6 °C3111MayJune: 17.5 … 35.8 °C3617JunJuly: 20.2 … 36.2 °C3620JulAugust: 19.2 … 34.3 °C3419AugSeptember: 16.5 … 33.4 °C3317SeptOctober: 10.3 … 29.9 °C3010OctNovember: 2.6 … 21.8 °C223NovDecember: 0.0 … 20.4 °C200Dec

The top of each bar is the average daily high, the bottom the average daily low (usually around dawn), in °C.

Wind rose: how often the wind blows from each of 16 directions5%10%N: 8%NNE: 3%NE: 2%ENE: 3%E: 8%ESE: 4%SE: 4%SSE: 4%S: 7%SSW: 4%SW: 6%WSW: 6%W: 5%WNW: 3%NW: 5%NNW: 7%NNNENEENEEESESESSESSSWSWWSWWWNWNWNNWE 8%

Wind rose

  • 1-10 kt
  • 11-20 kt
  • over 20 kt
  • calm: 14%

Most often: E - 8% of reports. Each petal shows the direction the wind blows from (as in METAR) - the longer it is, the more often. Colour shows wind speed.

Month by month

MonthAvg high °CAvg low °CVFRIFR/LIFRFog daysThunderstorm daysSnow days
January16.1-2.299%<1%000.7
February20.10.998%<1%00.30.3
March21.73.8100%<1%0.300.3
April26.76.599%<1%000
May30.611.2100%<1%000
June35.817.5100%<1%01.70
July36.220.299%<1%05.60
August34.319.299%<1%06.50
September33.416.5100%<1%000
October29.910.3100%0%000
November21.82.6100%<1%000
December20.40.099%<1%0.70.40

Temperatures are averages of daily highs and lows. Day counts are the average per month over the period.

More in the METAR Academy: VFR, MVFR, IFR, LIFR flight categories, fog in METAR

Source: routine METAR reports from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive (Iowa State University), 2023-2025. Flight categories use the FAA thresholds, widely used as a convention. A day counts when it has at least 12 reports. These are statistics of past conditions - not a forecast or a substitute for a pre-flight briefing.

Runways at KDUG

According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Bisbee Douglas International Airport (Douglas Bisbee) has 2 runways: 08/26 - 1,514 m long (4,966 ft), 18 m wide, asphalt surface; 17/35 - 1,960 m long (6,430 ft), 30 m wide, asphalt surface.

The longest of them is 17/35, at 1,960 m.

Runway headings and wind

The thresholds are oriented as follows: 08/26 on 80° and 260° magnetic, 17/35 on 170° and 350° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.

For the 08/26 axis, wind from the south (around 170°) or from the north (around 350°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 80° or 260° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.

METAR and TAF for KDUG

Weather reports for Bisbee Douglas International Airport (Douglas Bisbee) are published under the ICAO code KDUG. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.

The decoder breaks the KDUG report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.

Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for KDUG, check the nearby airports listed below.

Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The America/Phoenix zone stays at GMT-07:00 year-round, so converting to local time is always the same shift.

The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Douglas Municipal Airport (KDGL, 16 km), Cananea National Airport (MMCA, 64 km), Sierra Vista Municipal Airport / Libby Army Air Field (Fort Huachuca / Sierra Vista) (KFHU, 72 km). When no report is available for KDUG, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.

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