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.
Weather right now KAVX · observed 2:51 pm PDT (21:51 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 8 miles
- Temperature 91°F (33°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.91 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAVX 062151Z AUTO 8SM CLR 33/14 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP087 T03280139
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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.
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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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.