{{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox airport | name = Nut Tree Airport | image = YAK 9U N4425S (8117593833).jpg | caption = [[Yakovlev Yak-9|Yak-9U]] at Nut Tree Airport | IATA = <!--not VCB--> | ICAO = KVCB | FAA = VCB | type = Public | owner-oper = County of Solano | city-served = [[Vacaville, California]] | location = <!--if different than above--> | 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]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=VCB|use=PU|own=PU|site=02389.1*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective September 7, 2023.</ref> }}
'''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, California|Vacaville]], in [[Solano County, California|Solano County]], [[California]], [[United States]].<ref name="FAA" />
The airport is near the junction of Interstates [[Interstate 80 in California|80]] and [[Interstate 505|505]].<ref>{{cite gnis|type=retired|id=1654080|name=Nut Tree Airport|accessdate=2009-05-04}}</ref> It is adjacent to the [[Nut Tree]] retail/commercial development, which replaced a historic [[U.S. Route 40 (California)|US 40]] highway stop from which both derive their name.
== History == The Nut Tree Airport was founded in 1955 by [[Edwin I. Power Jr.|Ed Power Jr.]], an aviation enthusiast and the son of [[Nut Tree]] founders [[Edwin I. Power Sr.|Ed "Bunny" Power Sr.]] and [[Helen Harbison Power]], as a way of attracting aviators to the Nut Tree.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The family sold the airport to [[Solano County]] in the 1970s.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
== 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).<ref name="FAA" />
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-[[aircraft engine|engine]], 19 multi-engine and 6 [[helicopter]]s.<ref name="FAA" />
==Gallery== <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 </gallery>
== References == <references />
== External links == {{Portal|San Francisco Bay Area}} * {{commons category-inline|Nut Tree Airport}} * [https://www.solanocounty.gov/government/general-services/nut-tree-airport 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]] [[Category:Airports established in 1955]] [[Category:1955 establishments in California]]