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KAVX · AVX

Catalina Airport

33.40490°N

-118.41600°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 13.5%

DEP / DAY

▲ 5.1%

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 14 arrivals and 21 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23h ago

Temp

63°F

Wind

3 kts

220°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KAVX 140351Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM OVC006 17/16 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP134 T01670156 $

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

96% of ops

1,110 land · 864 TO

4% of ops

41 land · 322 TO

Runway 22 carries 96% of operations (1,110 landings, 864 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 4%.

Approach quality

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

22 1,110 landings

UA 18%

04 41 landings

UA 34%

Approaches to 22 show a 18% unstable-approach rate (202 UA events from 1,110 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

42.1

flights/day · 1,263 total

Busy hour (local)

11pm

also 7pm · 8pm

Day vs night

44%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 8pm–11pm local, averaging 42.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (55.5 vs 39.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 985 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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