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KAVX · AVX

Catalina Airport

33.40490°N

-118.41600°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 101.9%

DEP / DAY

▲ 95.2%

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 16 arrivals and 23 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago

Temp

61°F

Wind

3 kts

210°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KAVX 291551Z AUTO 21003KT 10SM OVC034 16/12 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP134 T01610122 $

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

346 land · 270 TO

9% of ops

34 land · 108 TO

Runway 22 carries 91% of operations (346 landings, 270 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

22 346 landings

UA 14%

04 34 landings

UA 12%

Approaches to 22 show a 14% unstable-approach rate (50 UA events from 346 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

28.0

flights/day · 840 total

Busy hour (local)

7pm

also 8pm · 6pm

Day vs night

51%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 28.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (38.8 vs 25.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 651 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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