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KAVX — Catalina
Avalon, CA · field elevation 1,602 ft · NON-ATCT
1 AIRMET & SIGMET Read in the EFB →
KAVX current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KAVX 111151Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM FEW120 19/16 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP135 T01890161 10228 20172 55002 $
- Wind
- from 180° at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- few, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 19 °C / dewpoint 16 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Density altitude
- 2,343 ft · pressure altitude 1,522 ft
- Observed
- 23 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 180° at 3 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 2 kt head | 2 kt from the left |
| 04 | 2 kt tail | 2 kt from the right |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
4 within 20 nm, closest 6 nm. Last image 8 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KAVX — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KAVX — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 33.40500, -118.41577
- Elevation
- 1,602 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1313Z / 0244Z
- Magnetic variation
- 14° (1980)
- Sectional
- Los Angeles
- County
- Los Angeles, CA
Everything else KAVX publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,000 | 75 | CONC | MED |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.7
- UNICOM
- 122.7
- Approach
- 127.4
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — VOR, VOR/DME
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KTOA Zamperini Fld24 nm
- KNUC San Clemente Island Nalf25 nm
- KLGB Long Beach (Daugherty Fld)28 nm
- KSLI Los Alamitos AAF29 nm
- KHHR Jack Northrop Fld/Hawthorne Muni31 nm
- KSNA John Wayne/Orange County32 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KAVX airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other California airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.