This study deals with the problem of classifying extreme and nonextreme air pollution events using the logistic regression technique, which is a model specifically developed for binary classification. Aiming at the features engineering of duration, intensity, and severity size of air pollution events, this study presents logistic regression as a parsimonious yet effective model. A case study was performed in Klang, Malaysia. Inductive learning with a basis of data mining framework was employed to train and test the accuracy of logistic regression. The results revealed a high precision and low generalization error for both extreme and nonextreme air pollution events. In conclusion, logistic regression is a suitable and efficient machine learning model for the classification of air pollution events. Further investigation is warranted to incorporate topological characteristics of air pollution events as additional features in training logistic regression models, which can potentially offer valuable insights into the behavior of air pollution events and improve the classification process.