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KAVX Catalina Airport
Avalon, California, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 21 MARCH 2024

Location

FAA Identifier: AVX
Lat/Long: 33-24-17.9900N 118-24-56.7700W
33-24.299833N 118-24.946167W
33.4049972,-118.4157694
(estimated)
Elevation: 1602 ft. / 488 m (estimated)
Variation: 14E (1980)
From city: 6 miles NW of AVALON, CA
Time zone: UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 90704

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 06/1941
Control tower: no
ARTCC: LOS ANGELES CENTER
FSS: HAWTHORNE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: AVX (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0800-1700
CLSD THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS TO ALL TNST TFC.
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: ACTVT REIL RWY 22 - CTAF. PSIL RWY 22 OPR DRG ARPT OPERG HRS.
Landing fee: yes

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.7
WX ASOS: 120.675 (310-510-9641)
SOCAL APPROACH: 127.4
SOCAL DEPARTURE: 127.4

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
SXCr352/1.8SANTA CATALINA VORTAC114.1515E
SLIr203/29.0SEAL BEACH VORTAC115.7015E
LAXr164/31.7LOS ANGELES VORTAC113.6015E
SMOr162/36.4SANTA MONICA VOR/DME110.8015E
ELBr231/37.9EL TORO VOR/DME117.2014E

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 4/22

Dimensions: 3000 x 75 ft. / 914 x 23 m
Surface: concrete, in excellent condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
OTS INDEFLY.
RUNWAY 4  RUNWAY 22
Latitude: 33-24.157333N33-24.442333N
Longitude: 118-25.187167W118-24.705167W
Elevation: 1601.0 ft.1547.8 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 041 magnetic, 055 true221 magnetic, 235 true
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: pulsating/steady burning VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: noyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: SANTA CATALINA IS CONSERVANCY
BOX 2739
AVALON, CA 90704
Phone 310-510-0143
CATALINA ISLAND CONSERVANCY, ARPT MGR CARL TRUE 714-732-2607; ASST MGR EFRAIH CALDERA 562-889-0481.
Manager: CARL TRUE
P.O. BOX 1927
AVALON, CA 90704
Phone 310-510-0143

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 6
Single engine airplanes: 6
    
Aircraft operations: avg 37/day *
75% transient general aviation
17% air taxi
8% local general aviation
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 13 July 2022

Additional Remarks

FULL STOP LDG ONLY; INTXN TKOFS PROHIBITED.
LANDING FEE.
RWY 4-22 NON-STD RWY SAFETY AREAS.
FOR CD CTC SOCAL APCH AT 800-448-3724.
NO JET ACFT OPS AUTH.
OPS PROHIBITED AT NIGHT OR WHEN ARPT IS UNATNDD.
PILOTS CANNOT SEE ACFT ON OPPOSITE ENDS OF RWY DUE TO GRADIENT, MUST ANNC TAKING ACTIVE RWY ON UNICOM PRIOR TO DEP.
RWY 04/22 LTD BY ARPT OPR TO 12500 LBS MTOW.
RWY 04 FINAL 2300 FT STEEP 2.1% DOWNSLOPE; RWY 22 UPSLOPE PREFERRED LDG.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use from 21 March 2024 at 0901Z to 18 April 2024 at 0900z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
VOR/DME OR GPS-B **CHANGED**   download (141KB)
VOR OR GPS-A   download (148KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (353KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KTOA - Zamperini Field Airport (24 nm N)
KNUC - San Clemente Island NALF (25 nm S)
KLGB - Long Beach Airport (Daugherty Field) (28 nm NE)
KSLI - Los Alamitos Army Airfield (29 nm NE)
KHHR - Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal Airport (31 nm N)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 29-Mar-2024
 Local
(UTC-7)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:2013:20
Sunrise06:4513:45
Sunset19:1102:11
Evening civil twilight19:3602:36

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  29-Mar-2024 09:48:01
Local (UTC-7)  29-Mar-2024 02:48:01
 
METAR
KAVX 290851Z AUTO 27012KT 10SM SCT007 09/07 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP147 T00890067 56010 $
TAF
KNUC 
24nm S 
2823/2923 32011KT 9999 SCT012 SCT200 QNH3000INS TEMPO 2823/2903 33010G18KT BKN012 BKN250 FM290300 30015KT 9999 FEW015 FEW220 QNH2996INS BECMG 2908/2910 28010KT 9999 SCT030 BKN070 QNH2992INS FM291800 30009KT 9999 FEW030 SCT250 QNH2995INS FM292100 VRB06KT 9999 SCT010 BKN030 QNH2989INS LAST NO AMD AFT 2823 NEXT 2914 TX19/2823Z TN10/2913Z FS30214
KLGB 
28nm NE 
290551Z 2906/3006 VRB03KT P6SM SCT250 FM291200 12006KT P6SM OVC025 FM291800 19009KT P6SM SCT025 BKN050 FM300300 13010KT P6SM -SHRA OVC025
KSLI 
29nm NE 
290500Z 2905/3011 VRB06KT 9999 FEW120 QNH2995INS BECMG 2911/2912 VRB06KT 9999 SCT015 BKN025 QNH2993INS BECMG 2917/2918 VRB06KT 9999 SCT025 SCT035 QNH2992INS BECMG 2923/2924 19012KT 9999 BKN035 OVC050 QNH2985INS BECMG 3005/3006 17015G20KT 9999 BKN025 OVC035 510023 QNH2981INS BECMG 3008/3009 17010G15KT 9000 -RA FEW009 OVC015 510023 QNH2979INS TX16/2923Z TN11/2914Z
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