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KAVX — Catalina
Avalon, CA · field elevation 1,602 ft · NON-ATCT
KAVX current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KAVX 100951Z AUTO 31004KT 10SM CLR 22/01 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02220006
- Wind
- from 310° at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 22 °C / dewpoint 1 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Density altitude
- 2,599 ft · pressure altitude 1,412 ft
- Observed
- 56 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 310° at 4 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1 kt head | 4 kt from the right |
| 04 | 1 kt tail | 4 kt from the left |
Calculator: crosswind components
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 17 min ago.
View them, and the last six 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
- 1421Z / 0054Z
- Magnetic variation
- 14°E (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 →
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- 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.