Nut Tree Airport
Nut Tree Airport | |||||||||||
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![]() Yak-9U at Nut Tree Airport | |||||||||||
IATA: none – ICAO: KVCB – FAA LID: VCB | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner/Operator | County of Solano | ||||||||||
Serves | Vacaville, California | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 117 ft / 36 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°22′40″N 121°57′42″W / 38.37778°N 121.96167°W | ||||||||||
Website | www.co.solano.ca.us/... | ||||||||||
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Statistics (1995) | |||||||||||
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Nut Tree Airport (ICAO: KVCB, FAA LID: VCB, 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.[1]
The airport is near the junction of Interstates 80 and 505.[2] It is adjacent to the Nut Tree retail/commercial development, which replaced a historic US 40 highway stop from which both derive their name.
Facilities and aircraft
Nut Tree Airport covers an area of 262 acres (106 ha) 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).[1]
For the 12-month period ending March 3, 1995, the airport had 101,500 aircraft operations, an average of 278 per day: 98.5% general aviation and 1.5% air taxi. At that time there were 180 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 8% multi-engine and 2% jet.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for VCB (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
- ↑ "Nut Tree Airport". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
External links
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Media related to Nut Tree Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Nut Tree Airport Official Site
- Nut Tree Airport at Solano County's web site
- Nut Tree Airport at Solano Pilots Association
- Nut Tree Airport Forum at Solano Pilots Association
- Aerial image as of 16 June 1993 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for VCB, effective December 8, 2016
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for VCB
- AirNav airport information for KVCB
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
- Source for O45 former code.