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KAVX · AVX

Catalina Airport

33.40490°N

-118.41600°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 24.8%

DEP / DAY

▲ 38.0%

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 19 arrivals and 28 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

49m ago

Temp

72°F

Wind

6 kts

330°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KAVX 121951Z AUTO 33006KT 10SM CLR 22/17 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP131 T02220167 $

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

97% of ops

1,320 land · 1,065 TO

3% of ops

45 land · 364 TO

Runway 22 carries 97% of operations (1,320 landings, 1,065 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 3%.

Approach quality

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

22 1,320 landings

UA 18%

04 45 landings

UA 31%

Approaches to 22 show a 18% unstable-approach rate (235 UA events from 1,320 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

44.4

flights/day · 1,332 total

Busy hour (local)

11pm

also 7pm · 8pm

Day vs night

43%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 8pm–11pm local, averaging 44.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (55.5 vs 42.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 1,037 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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