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KVCB Nut Tree Airport
Vacaville, California, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 20 NOVEMBER 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: VCB
Lat/Long: 38-22-40.0000N / 121-57-41.7000W
38-22.666667N / 121-57.695000W
38.3777778 / -121.9615833
(estimated)
Elevation: 117 ft. / 35.7 m (surveyed)
Variation: 15E (2005)
From city: 2 miles NE of VACAVILLE, CA
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -7 during Daylight Savings Time)
Zip code: 95688

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Sectional chart: SAN FRANCISCO
Control tower: no
ARTCC: OAKLAND CENTER
FSS: RANCHO MURIETA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: VCB (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MAY-OCT 0730-1930, NOV-APR 0800-1700
Pattern altitude: 1117 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
AFT 2200 ACTVT MIRL & PARALLEL TWY LGTS RY 02/20; PAPI & REIL RYS 02 & 20 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Taxiway lights: TWY LGTS ON PARALLEL TWY ONLY

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.7
WX ASOS: 134.75 (707-448-1594)
TRAVIS APPROACH: 128.4
TRAVIS DEPARTURE: 128.4
WX AWOS-3 at EDU (12 nm NE): 119.025 (530-754-6839)
WX AWOS-3 at DWA (13 nm N): 125.775 (530-750-2759)
WX ASOS at APC (18 nm SW): PHONE 707-252-7916

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
TZZr269/(7.4)TRAVIS VOR116.4017E
SACr241/19.7SACRAMENTO VORTAC115.2017E
CCRr354/20.4CONCORD VOR/DME117.0017E
SGDr041/22.7SCAGGS ISLAND VORTAC112.1017E
MCCr219/31.4MC CLELLAN VOR/DME109.2017E

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 2/20

Dimensions: 4700 x 75 ft. / 1433 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 30.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 2  RUNWAY 20
Latitude: 38-22.344690N38-22.988623N
Longitude: 121-57.966935W121-57.422242W
Elevation: 115.8 ft.112.8 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 019 magnetic, 034 true199 magnetic, 214 true
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left2-light PAPI on left
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 42 ft. poles, 1250 ft. from runway, 200 ft. left of centerline, 25:1 slope to clearnone

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: SOLANO COUNTY
580 TEXAS ST
FAIRFIELD, CA 94533
Phone 707-421-6100
Manager: JOHN SWIZER
301 COUNTY AIRPORT ROAD
VACAVILLE, CA 95688
Phone 707-446-0322

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 180
Single engine airplanes: 162
Multi engine airplanes: 14
Jet airplanes: 4
  • INCLUDES 4 GYROPLANES.
    
Aircraft operations: avg 278/day *
59% transient general aviation
39% local general aviation
1% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 03 March 1995

Additional Remarks

NO TURNS TO CROSSWIND BLO 800 FT MSL; NOISE SENSITIVE AREA WEST OF AIRPORT.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 20 November 2008 at 0901Z and 18 December 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) Y RWY 20   download (197KB)
RNAV (GPS) Z RWY 20   download (193KB)
VOR-A   download (168KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply   download (13KB)
 
Departure Procedures
SOKOY ONE   download (270KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (40KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KSUU - Travis Air Force Base (7 nm S)
KEDU - University Airport (12 nm NE)
DWA - Yolo County Airport (13 nm N)
O88 - Rio Vista Municipal Airport (16 nm SE)
KAPC - Napa County Airport (18 nm SW)
O41 - Watts-Woodland Airport (18 nm N)
 
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Area around KVCB (Nut Tree Airport)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of KVCB (Nut Tree Airport)
Photo taken 28-Feb-2008
from 5,500 ft MSL

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Sectional chart
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From to KVCB

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 02-Dec-2008
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4014:40
Sunrise07:0915:09
Sunset16:4600:46
Evening civil twilight17:1601:16

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  02-Dec-2008 15:57:43
Local (UTC-8)  02-Dec-2008 07:57:43
 
METAR
KVCB 021553Z AUTO 35003KT 1/4SM FG VV001 08/07 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP223 T00780072
KSUU 
7nm S 
021501Z 03008KT 8SM FEW006 09/09 A3018 RMK AO2A PRESRR SLP223 $
KAPC 
19nm SW 
021504Z 00000KT 1/2SM FG BKN001 06/06 A3019 RMK AO2 VIS M1/4V2
TAF
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Solano County 707-469-4600
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FS 
SS 
100LL 
$4.23 
$3.88 
Jet A 
$4.63 
$4.25 
 Updated 17-Nov-2008
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SS=Self service
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Nut Tree Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Nut Tree Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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AirNav users who flew into KVCB have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
FAIRFIELD INN BY MARRIOTT VACAVILLE 0.6 100-101
QUALITY INN AND SUITES 2.1 49-70
 

Other hotels near Nut Tree Airport

Miles Price ($)
RESIDENCE INN VACAVILLE 0.6 114-230
COMFORT SUITES VACAVILLE 0.6 120-130
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT VACAVILLE 0.7 139-150
AMERICAS BEST VALUE INN 0.9 60-71
BEST WESTERN HERITAGE INN 1.1 81-87
SUPER 8 VACAVILLE CA 1.1 47-70
EXTENDED STAY AMERICA SACRAMENTO - VACAVILLE 1.3 80-97
EXECUTIVE INN AND SUITES VACAVI 1.5 
HAMPTON INN STES VACAVILLE-NAPA 1.9 105-323

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Nut Tree Airport

12 in Vacaville
3 in Dixon
13 in Fairfield
7 in Davis
26 in Napa
 

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Other Pages about Nut Tree Airport

Official airport page from Solano County
www.solanopilots.com/vacaville_Nut%20Tree_airport.htm
 
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