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KAVX — Catalina
Avalon, CA · field elevation 1,602 ft · NON-ATCT
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KAVX current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KAVX 252351Z AUTO 24006KT 8SM CLR 22/16 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP116 T02220156 10267 20217 56012 $
- Wind
- from 240° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 22 °C / dewpoint 16 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Density altitude
- 2,822 ft · pressure altitude 1,592 ft
- Observed
- 8 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 240° at 6 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 6 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 04 | 6 kt tail | 1 kt from the left |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
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Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
4 within 20 nm, closest 6 nm. Last image 11 min ago.
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Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 1,200–1,200 ft.
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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
- 1344Z / 0146Z
- 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 →
Nearby airports
- KTOA Zamperini Fld24 nm
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- 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.