Catalina Airport
AVX · KAVX · Avalon, California · Los Angeles County · map
Catalina Airport is a public-use airport, 6 miles northwest of Avalon, California, 1,602 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 3,000 feet of concrete. The receiver network heard 2 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Catalina Airport?
Its FAA code is AVX, and its ICAO code is KAVX.
Where is Catalina Airport?
It is 6 miles northwest of Avalon, California, 1,602 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Catalina Airport?
Its one runway, 04/22, is 3,000 feet long, concrete.
Does Catalina Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Catalina Airport?
22 pilot examiners and 34 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Catalina Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AVX · ICAO KAVX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,602 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1941
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,000 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 22: pulsating on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 127.4 | |
| Avx and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.675 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 310-510-9641.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Long Beach (Daugherty Field) (28 nm northeast), Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal (31 nm north), John Wayne/Orange County (32 nm northeast), Los Angeles International (32 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Zamperini Field (24 nm north), Long Beach (Daugherty Field) (28 nm northeast), Compton/Woodley Airport (30 nm north), Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Municipal (31 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Full stop landing only; intersection takeoffs prohibited.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 22 - the common traffic frequency. Psil runway 22 operates drg airport operg hours.
- Closed thanksgiving and christmas to all tnst traffic.
- Out of service indefinitely.
- Airport operg hours 0800-1700L. operations outside of these hours prohibited. No night operations.
- Pilots cannot see aircraft on opposite ends of runway due to gradient, must annc taking active runway on UNICOM prior to departure.
- Runway 04/22 ltd by airport operates to 12500 pounds mtow.
- Runway 04 final 2300 feet steep 2.1% downslope; runway 22 upslope preferred landing.
- Landing fee.
- Runway 4-22 NON-STD runway safety areas.
- Radio must be on frequency if eng is running.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year
No operations count is published for this airport. The busiest airports and the national picture: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Avalon from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Avalon, California: 5 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
22 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 21 for private pilot, 19 for commercial and instrument, 8 for airline transport pilot, 11 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 17 for airplanes, 9 for multi-engine airplanes, 4 for helicopters. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 34 aviation medical examiners, 8 mechanic examiners, 6 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 5 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 24 engineering representatives, 37 training center evaluators, 2 training center examiners.
- Andrew Joseph Strack private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Pacific Skies Aviation · Torrance, CA (24 nm) · (714) 883-8410 · [email protected]
- Daniel Gene Benton private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Torrance, CA (24 nm) · (310) 237-2630 · [email protected]
- Donovan Stephen Burns private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Redondo Beach, CA (26 nm) · (786) 457-6172 · [email protected]
- Edilberto Benjamin Valdez private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Huntington Beach, CA (26 nm) · (949) 464-7633 · [email protected]
- Ryan Davis private pilot; airplanes · Signal Hill, CA (27 nm) · (949) 412-3241 · [email protected]
- Brian Petschauer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, commercial pilot; helicopters · Anthelion Helicopters (KLGB) · Long Beach, CA (28 nm) · (818) 590-4441 · [email protected]
- Matthew David Harlin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Long Beach, CA (28 nm) · (714) 651-7765 · [email protected]
- Michael Jesch private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pacific Air Flight School · Long Beach, CA (28 nm) · (714) 588-9346 · [email protected]
All 141 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 44 since 1982, 10 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Avalon 5 aircraft · 5 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 44 since 1982 · 10 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,655 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AVX.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 28, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.