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KAVX · AVX

Catalina Airport

33.40490°N

-118.41600°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 54.5%

DEP / DAY

▲ 62.1%

Catalina Airport (KAVX/AVX) is a small general aviation airport located in Avalon, CA, 28 mi south west of Long Beach. It features 1 runway measuring 3,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 15 arrivals and 22 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6m ago

Temp

59°F

Wind

6 kts

240°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

SPECI KAVX 280404Z AUTO 24006KT 10SM FEW003 15/14 A2999 RMK AO2 T01500144 $

Runways

1 installed

3,000 FT MAX

04/22

3,000 ft × 60

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

91% of ops

349 land · 275 TO

9% of ops

34 land · 106 TO

Runway 22 carries 91% of operations (349 landings, 275 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 9%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

22 349 landings

UA 15%

04 34 landings

UA 12%

Approaches to 22 show a 15% unstable-approach rate (51 UA events from 349 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

28.1

flights/day · 844 total

Busy hour (local)

7pm

also 8pm · 6pm

Day vs night

50%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 28.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (38.8 vs 25.4 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (29% of 660 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.700	—
APCH	127.400	—
APCH	323.275	—
UNICOM	122.700	—
ASOS	120.675	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZLA
Elevation:: 1,602 ft
Mag var:: 14° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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