Nut Tree Airport
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Nut Tree Airport
| image = YAK 9U N4425S (8117593833).jpg
| caption = Yak-9U at Nut Tree Airport
| IATA =
| ICAO = KVCB
| FAA = VCB
| type = Public
| owner-oper = County of Solano
| city-served = Vacaville, California
| location =
| elevation-f = 117
| elevation-m = 36
| coordinates = {{coord|38|22|40|N|121|57|42|W|region:US-CA_type:airport_scale:10000}}
| website = http://www.flynuttree.com/nta/Home.html
| r1-number = 2/20
| r1-length-f = 4,700
| r1-length-m = 1,433
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2022
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (year ending 3/21/2022)
| stat1-data = 87,000
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data = 214
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=VCB|use=PU|own=PU|site=02389.1*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective September 7, 2023.
}}
Nut Tree Airport {{airport codes||KVCB|VCB{{nobold|, formerly}} O45}} is a county-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of the central business district of Vacaville, in Solano County, California, United States.
The airport is near the junction of Interstates 80 and 505.{{cite gnis|type=retired|id=1654080|name=Nut Tree Airport|accessdate=2009-05-04}} It is adjacent to the Nut Tree retail/commercial development, which replaced a historic US 40 highway stop from which both derive their name.
History
The Nut Tree Airport was founded in 1955 by Ed Power Jr., an aviation enthusiast and the son of Nut Tree founders Ed "Bunny" Power Sr. and Helen Harbison Power, as a way of attracting aviators to the Nut Tree.{{cite web |title=Ed Power, Nut Tree owner, aviation legend |url=http://www.kenwoodpress.com/pub/a/9384 |website=Kenwood Press |accessdate=24 October 2018 |date=1 April 2017}} The family sold the airport to Solano County in the 1970s.{{cite web |title=Nut Tree Airport: Where Nostalgia Takes Flight |url=http://www.businessviewmagazine.com/nut-tree-airport-nostalgia-takes-flight |website=Business View Magazine |access-date=30 July 2024 |date=4 April 2021}}
Facilities and aircraft
Nut Tree Airport covers an area of {{convert|262|acre|ha|lk=on}} at an elevation of 117 feet (36 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 2/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,700 by 75 feet (1,433 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending March 21, 2022, the airport had 87,000 aircraft operations, an average of 238 per day: 97% general aviation and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 214 aircraft based at this airport: 189 single-engine, 19 multi-engine and 6 helicopters.
Gallery
Nut Tree Airport sign in Vacaville.jpg|Nut Tree Airport sign in Vacaville
Nut Tree Airport.jpg|Nut Tree Airport
Planes at the Nut Tree Airport.jpg|Planes at the Nut Tree Airport
Nut Tree airport building with planes in background.jpg|Nut Tree airport building with planes in background
Wilgas Formation Takeoff (8117939376).jpg|Wilgas Formation taking off at Nut Tree
Waco UPF-7 (5018549657).jpg|Waco UPF-7 at Nut Tree
P-51D N151D (6238838740).jpg|P-51D N151D taking off at Nut Tree
References
External links
{{Portal|San Francisco Bay Area}}
- {{commons category-inline|Nut Tree Airport}}
- [http://www.thenuttreeairport.com Nut Tree Airport] Official Site
- [http://www.co.solano.ca.us/depts/genserv/nta/default.asp Nut Tree Airport] at Solano County's web site
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080531163849/http://www.solanopilots.com/nut%20tree%20airport%20homepage.htm Nut Tree Airport] at Solano Pilots Association
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080916203932/http://nuttreeforum.nuttreeairport.com/ Nut Tree Airport Forum] at Solano Pilots Association
- [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=11&lat=38.3778&lon=-121.9616&w=700&h=900&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of 16 June 1993] from USGS The National Map
- {{FAA-procedures|VCB}}
{{US-airport-ga|VCB|-}}
- [http://airnav.com/airports/id-changes-all.html] Source for O45 former code.
{{Airports in the San Francisco Bay Area}}
Category:Airports in Solano County, California
Category:Buildings and structures in Vacaville, California