| 词条 | Catalina Airport |
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| name = Catalina Airport {{small|Buffalo Springs Airport}} | image = Catalina Airport Aerial.JPG | image-width = 250 | caption = Aerial view of the airport from the East. | image2 = Catalina_Airport_diagram.svg | image2-width = 150 | caption2 = Catalina Airport runway diagram | IATA = AVX[1] | ICAO = KAVX | FAA = AVX | WMO = 72292 | type = Public | owner = Catalina Island Conservancy | operator = | city-served = Avalon, Catalina Island, California | location = Avalon, California | elevation-f = 1,602 | elevation-m = 488 | coordinates = {{Coord|33|24|18|N|118|24|57|W|type:airport_region:US|display=title,inline}} | website = | pushpin_map = California | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Catalina Airport | pushpin_label = KAVX | pushpin_label_position = bottom | r1-number = 4/22 | r1-length-f = 3,000 | r1-length-m = 914 | r1-surface = Asphalt | stat-year = 2006 | stat1-header = Aircraft operations | stat1-data = 23,000 | stat2-header = Based aircraft | stat2-data = 10 | footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration[2] }} Catalina Airport {{airport codes|AVX|KAVX|AVX}} is a privately owned airport located six miles (10 km) northwest of the central business district of Avalon, California[2] in the middle of Catalina Island. The airport is open to the public and allows general aviation aircraft to land there. The only requirement is that inbound pilots state their intention to land and that they pay a $25 landing fee.[3] The airport is primarily used for general aviation. The airport is also used for airfreight from the mainland. Supplies for the island are delivered via Douglas DC-3 aircraft daily.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} The airfield is also known as the Airport in the Sky due to the fact it lies near the island's highest point at an elevation of {{convert|1602|ft|m|abbr=on}}. All roads to the airport from the island's population centers climb steeply upward.[4] The airport currently has no scheduled passenger service. HistoryThe airport originally opened as Buffalo Springs Airport in the spring of 1941. It was built by the Wrigley family of Chicago, who owned most of the island under the Santa Catalina Island Company, by leveling off the top of a hill.[5] Prior to this, only seaplanes landed at Hamilton Cove Seaplane Base, just north of Avalon. World War IIIn the autumn of 1942 the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) took control of the Buffalo Springs Airport for the duration of World War II, to support Army, Navy, Coast Guard, the Maritime Service, and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) activities on the island. It also was a USAAF Fourth Air Force Replacement Training Station. Administratively, the airfield operated as a sub-base of March Field located in Riverside County. Former commercial flightsIn the early 1950s, United Airlines served the airport with scheduled passenger service with nonstop flights to Long Beach Airport and direct, one stop service to Los Angeles International Airport operated with Douglas DC-3 aircraft.[6] During the mid 1950s, Catalina Air Lines was operating de Havilland Dove twin prop aircraft on nonstop flights to Los Angeles International and Burbank Airport (now Bob Hope Airport).[7] By the late 1950s, Pacific Air Lines was providing flights with Douglas DC-3 aircraft to Los Angeles International, Long Beach Airport, and Burbank Airport.[8] In the late 1960s, Catalina-Vegas Airlines was operating nonstop service to San Diego Lindbergh Field.[9] Golden West Airlines provided flights as well during the early 1970s with de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter short takeoff and landing STOL capable twin turboprop aircraft with nonstop service to Los Angeles (LAX) and Orange County Airport (SNA, now John Wayne Airport).[10] Golden West also acquired Catalina Air Lines, which served the island with seaplane flights operated from Avalon and Two Harbors. Film shootsSome exterior shots in the movie The In-Laws were shot at Catalina Airport, it doubling as a rural Latin airport.[11] The tower is readily identifiable. RepairsIn January 2019, American military engineering units deployed to the island to repair the runway. Press reports mentioned "potholes, rocks and loose chunks of concrete." The effort cost about five million dollars, paid by the airfield's owners.[12] The main runway is scheduled to be closed through April 15, 2019, except by prior permission from the airport.[13] Catalina Island ConservancyThe airport is now owned by the Catalina Island Conservancy, which permits air charter aircraft to fly into the airport. In January 1984, a private Learjet overshot Runway 22, killing six people.[14] After that, the Catalina Island Conservancy limited the number of aircraft allowed to use the airport. GalleryReferences{{Portal|United States Air Force|Military of the United States|World War II}}{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx|title=Airline and Airport Code Search| publisher=IATA|accessdate=15 October 2015}} 2. ^1 {{FAA-airport|ID=AVX|use=PU|own=PR|site=01276.*A}}, retrieved 15 March 2007 3. ^http://catalina.com/the-airport-in-the-sky/ 4. ^Catalina Island - Airport Information {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060323202209/http://www.catalina.com/airport.html |date=2006-03-23 }} 5. ^California State Military Museum: History of the Buffalo Springs Airport, Catalina Island 6. ^Jan. 4, 1953 United Air Lines system timetable 7. ^June 20, 1955(?) Catalina Airlines system timetable 8. ^Dec. 1, 1959 Pacific Air Lines system timetable 9. ^1968 Catalina-Vegas system timetable 10. ^http://www.timetableimages.com, June 1972 & Jan. 1, 1973 Golden West Airlines system timetables 11. ^[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079336/locations IMDB Shooting Locations: The In-Laws] 12. ^{{cite news |last1=Sahagun |first1=Louis |title=Marines ‘invade’ Catalina Island to fix crumbling airstrip at Airport in the Sky |accessdate=8 January 2019 |publisher=Los Angeles Times |date=7 January 2019}} 13. ^{{cite web |title=Visit Airport In The Sky|url=https://www.catalinaconservancy.org/index.php?s=visit&p=visit_airport_in_the_sky |accessdate=25 March 2019}} 14. ^[https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19840130-1 ASN Aircraft accident Learjet N44GA] External links
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