Catalina Airport (IATA: AVX, ICAO: KAVX, FAA LID: AVX) is a privately owned airport located 6.4 miles (10.2 km) northwest of the central business district of Avalon, California, United States,[2][3] in the middle of Catalina Island.

In 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.

A California aviation veteran, Richard Probert (1907–2008), worked to have Buffalo Springs Airport opened to the public.

[12] In the late 1960s, Catalina-Vegas Airlines was operating nonstop service to San Diego Lindbergh Field.

[13] Golden West Airlines provided flights 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).

[14] Golden West also acquired Catalina Air Lines, which served the island with seaplane flights operated from Avalon and Two Harbors.

[15] In 1987, Resort Commuter Airlines operating as a Trans World Express air carrier on behalf of Trans World Airlines (TWA) was flying nonstop service to Los Angeles (LAX) and the Orange County Airport (SNA).

After some seventy years of use, the asphalt runway was in poor condition, requiring hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in maintenance.

The Aeronautics Division of Caltrans directed the Catalina Island Conservancy to create a long-term repair plan.

The Conservancy worked with the Marines at Camp Pendleton, whose forces performed the repairs as a training exercise in January 2019.