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Catalina Airport
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IATA: AVX - ICAO: KAVX
Summary

<tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Airport type</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">public</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Operator</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Catalina Island Conservancy</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Serves</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Avalon, California</td></tr>

Elevation AMSL 1,602 ft (488 m)
Coordinates 33°24′18″N, 118°24′57″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 3,000 914 Asphalt

Catalina Airport (IATA: AVX, ICAO: KAVX), also known as the Airport in the Sky is an airport located 6 miles northwest of Avalon, California in the middle of Catalina Island.

The name "Airport in the Sky" is due to the fact that at an elevation of 1,602 ft, it it lies near the island's highest point. All roads to the airport from the island's population centers climb steeply upward.

The airport is exclusively used for general aviation.

There is a restaurant at the airport, the Buffalo Springs Station restaurant, and for private pilots in the Los Angeles area, the airport is one local choice for a $100 Hamburger (aviation slang for a private general aviation flight for the sole purpose of dining at a non-local airport).

The restaurant and airport is also a stop on some of the tours of the interior of Catalina island from Avalon.

[edit] Facilities

Catalina Airport has one runway:

  • Runway 4/22: 3,000 x 60 ft (914 x 18 m). Surface: Asphalt

The runway is known for being pitched up in the middle, so that on short approach it appears much shorter.

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