Best time to learn to fly in Belgium
How often the weather allows training flights in each month, from weather reports at 6 airfields with flight schools in Belgium.
Across 6 airfields, 65% of daylight hours have weather suitable for training flights. The best months are June, July, and August. December is the most difficult month, at 39%.
Share of daylight hours each month with weather suitable for training flights (cloud base at least 3,000 ft, visibility at least 5 statute miles / 8 km, wind no more than 20 knots, no thunderstorms, freezing conditions or snow).
The flying year in Belgium
At the typical Belgian airfield (6 airfields in our data), the weather allows training flights in 65% of daylight hours. July and August are the best months at 83% and 83%, and December and January are the hardest, at 39% and 39%.
Planning your training
The airfields around Antwerp and on the coast near Ostend do slightly better than inland. As in the Netherlands, the flying season runs from April to September, and the winter suits theory study.
Flying weather by month
| Month | Typical airfield | Most airfields |
|---|---|---|
| January | 39% | 35–45% |
| February | 53% | 51–57% |
| March | 62% | 62–63% |
| April | 78% | 77–78% |
| May | 77% | 75–77% |
| June | 79% | 77–79% |
| July | 83% | 82–83% |
| August | 83% | 82–83% |
| September | 76% | 76–78% |
| October | 66% | 63–68% |
| November | 52% | 49–58% |
| December | 39% | 37–44% |
By region
| Region | Whole year | Best months | Airfields |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antwerp Province | 68% | April, July, and August | 2 |
| West Flanders Province | 66% | April, July, and August | 2 |
Airfields with the most flyable weather in Belgium
| Airfield | Whole year | Best months |
|---|---|---|
| Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) (EBAW) Antwerp Province | 70% | April, July, and August |
| Ostend-Brugge International Airport (EBOS) West Flanders Province | 68% | April, July, and August |
| Brasschaat Airfield (EBBT) Antwerp Province | 65% | June, July, and August |
| Namur Airport (Temploux) (EBNM) Namur Province | 64% | June, July, and August |
| Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport (EBKT) West Flanders Province | 64% | April, July, and August |
| Brussels South Charleroi Airport (EBCI) Hainaut Province | 64% | June, July, and August |
How we worked this out
Based on hourly weather reports (METAR) from 2016 to 2025 in the Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive, at the weather station closest to each airfield and no more than 30 km away. Only daylight hours count. For each month we show the typical (median) airfield, with the middle half of airfields as the range.
Cite this data: BookFlightSchools, “Best time to learn to fly in Belgium: flying weather by month”, 2016–2025. https://bookflightschools.com/flight-schools/belgium/weather