Catalina's airport, the
"Airport in the Sky" (AVX),
was completed in 1946.
The 3,250-foot
(990-meter) runway sits
on a mountaintop, 1,602
feet (488 meters) above
sea level. Up until the
time of the airport's
construction, the only
air service to the
island was provided by
seaplanes.
Catalina Island
Conservancy
I
In 1975, Philip
Wrigley deeded the
Wrigley shares in the
Santa Catalina Island
Company to the Catalina
Island Conservancy that
he had helped create.
The Conservancy now
stewards 88 percent of
the island. The mission
of the Catalina Island
Conservancy is to be a
responsible steward of
its lands through a
balance of conservation,
education and recreation
Santa Catalina Island,
often called simply
Catalina Island, is a
rocky island off the
coast of the U.S. state
of California.
The 74.98 mi˛/47,986
acre (194.19 km˛) island
is located about 22
miles (35 km)
south-southwest of San
Pedro, Los Angeles,
California. The total
population as of the
2000 census was 3,696
persons, with almost 85
percent living in its
only city of Avalon
(pop. 3,127). The island
has an overall
population density of
19.03/km˛ (49.29/mi˛).
Most of the island is
owned by the Catalina
Island Conservancy.
The Catalina Island
Conservancy is a
nonprofit organization
established to protect
and conserve Santa
Catalina Island,
California.
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