"Maule Driver" wrote in message . rr.com...
"lance smith"
Even though I'm just VFR I've been there many times and 100 OVC is
dangerously low. AVX is on the top of two mountains (they chopped of
both tops and filled in the gap between) and cloud conditions can
change minute by minute.

It's low but "cloud conditions can change minute by minute" could be a
reason to give a try. But one would *expect* the miss.

That's a good point. The runway is at 1600 (and surrounding area 0
MSL) I'm sure the temtation is there to scud run it at 1000 and then
pop up for a straight in. I've seen people do this run, 30 miles over
open water.


No runway lighting, a cliff on each end, and
mountains to the south.

It's worse than that. The instrument approach is aimed directly at the
mountains to the south. It is not aligned with the runway.

Wow, didn't know that. It's hard enough to find VFR. I fly the VOR in
and several miles out I look two peaks over to find the airport.
Usually I still can't find it but point the airplane that direction. A
couple of miles out it's often eaiser to see the airplanes in the
pattern than the runway.

It's one of two SoCal airports that local FBO's require a checkout
before allowing you to go there with their planes. Interestingly
enough there are no higher mountains nearby to the north....


airnav has a nice picture of 22 on final AVX:
http://www.airnav.com/airport/KAVX

Thanks for the pic. I was wondering what it looked like. I see why so many
like to go there.

Get the buffalo burger when there. The taste pretty much like dead cow
but it's a local tradition. (secret- the burgers aren't made with the
local buffalo. There aren't enough around and if they were made into
burgers they would be wiped out in a few months. They are also
miniature buffalo.)

-lance smith