We were shuttled from Avalon to the airport for a bike tour. Just the drive up was very impressive. It was much more thrilling, fun and beautiful to get out in the open air and ride bicycles back down the same route. I definitely recommend open air transport, open vehicle or bicycle to enjoy this spectacular ride an scenery. The...
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Airport in the Sky, Avalon
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The Airport in the Sky occupies a 1,602-foot-tall mountaintop at the center of the Catalina Island, 10 miles from the city of Avalon. It's a great......
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The Airport in the Sky occupies a 1,602-foot-tall mountaintop at the center of the Catalina Island, 10 miles from the city of Avalon. It's a great destination by tour or shuttle bus, bicycle, on foot whether hiking the Trans Catalina Trail or walking over from Black Jack, or of course, via private or chartered small plane. Its single 3,250-foot-long runway was constructed by blasting and leveling two adjacent peaks, then using the resulting debris to fill in the gaps.The image is of a T-34 Beechcraft that flew in to participate in one of the Airport in the Sky's monthly Aeroclub Fly-In Days.
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The airport in the sky is a pleasant lunch spot when traveling through Catalina Island's interior. The folks who work the counter prepare ones lunch and there are tables inside and outside the building to enjoy it. In addition to the lunch service, there is a small gift shop and museum. If you are on a tour of the interior,...
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Nice view. Interesting cactus garden. Snack bar and clean restrooms.
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San Diego, California, United States
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Great history... used to go to Catalina in a boat.
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Duncan, Canada
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You can get a bus ride up to the Airport, have good meal, and then hike back to Avalon.
The food is good and it then takes about 4 hours to hike back down. Mostly downhill along the road. Lots to see. Great views, but take some water with you as it can get hot.
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Tustin, California
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A good tour guide will tell you that there is some interesting history at this airport.
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Rancho Palos Verdes, California
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On the tour, we stopped by for a 20 minute rest. Super food and the cookies, well the visit was worth the Peanut Butter Choclate Chip Cookies. Great view on the patio with the Buffalo herd and ocean in site. The food and a super gift shop make this a pleasant diversion from a lengthy island tour. The place was...
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Encinitas, California, United States
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Well worth a visit! One of the best gift shps we saw on the island! Wonderful snack bar and cookies!
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Melbourne, Australia
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Well worth going to. Beautiful gardens and the history behind the whole thing is also very unique.
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Anaheim Hills, California, United States
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We stopped here as a midway point on our Cape Canyon tour to have lunch. There is a small outdoor museum and the private planes are coming and going which is very cool to watch. We had lunch, albondigas soup, turkey sandwich, wine and beer. DO NOT FORGET TO PICK UP ONE OF THEIR INFAMOUS COOKIES! I Wish I would...
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