// Station · 11m ago
KAVX
Catalina Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 250° / 9 kt
VIS 10+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 18.3°C / 11.7°C
ALTIM 30.03 inHg
ELEV 1,602 FT
33.4049°N / 118.4160°W
LOCATION · Avalon, US
WIND
250°9 kt
KAVX · 1,602 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 20Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
250°/9
VIS
10+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
18 / 12
ALTIM
30.03"
// Interpretation
VFR with moderate winds at 250°/9 kt. Visibility better than 10 statute miles and no reported cloud layers. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR KAVX 302051Z AUTO 25009KT 10SM CLR 18/12 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP159 T01830117 58006 $
KAVX · day 30 at 20:51 UTC · wind from 250° at 9 kt · visibility 10+ SM · temp 18°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1015.9 mb
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 250° @ 9 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
WIND
250°9 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS
1 usable
22★
HDG 220°
H8 kt
X4 kt RIGHT
PRIMARY · 3,000'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID
1 ends
04
HDG 040°
T8 kt
X5 kt LEFT
—
Pattern altitude: 2,602 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL).
Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying.
// On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.
// Density altitude · ISA +6°C
2,200FT
+598 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
FIELD ELEV1,602 FT
OAT+18°C
ISA DELTA+6°C
PRESSURE ALT1,490 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at KBNG
(Banning Municipal Airport, Banning, elev 2,219 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+22%
-15%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+15%
-10%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+9%
-7%
Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-8)
12:47ZSUNRISE
19:52ZSOLAR NOON
02:58ZSUNSET
03:26ZCIVIL END
CURRENT21:02Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING5h 55m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS03:26Z (6h 23m)
DAY LENGTH14h 11m
Full Moon
ILLUMINATION100%
MOONRISE00:16Z
MOONSET14:28Z
FULL MOON IN1 day
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
KTOA
VFR
Zamperini Field · Torrance
- WIND
- 300° / 13 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 24 NM N
- AGE
- 1h 13m ago
KLGB
VFR
→
MVFR
10Z
Long Beach International Airport · Long Beach
- WIND
- 200° / 10 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 28 NM NE
- AGE
- 9m ago
KSLI
VFR
Los Alamitos Army Air Field · Los Alamitos
- WIND
- 220° / 11 kt
- VIS
- 9.0 SM
- CEILING
- FEW200
- DIST
- 30 NM NE
- AGE
- 1h 7m ago
KHHR
VFR
Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport · Hawthorne
- WIND
- 260° / 13 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 31 NM N
- AGE
- 9m ago
KSNA
VFR
→
MVFR
10Z
John Wayne Orange County International Airport · Santa Ana
- WIND
- 220° / 7 kt
- VIS
- 10+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW040
- DIST
- 32 NM NE
- AGE
- 9m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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