Nut Tree Airport
VCB · KVCB · Vacaville, California · Solano County · map
Nut Tree Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of Solano, 2 miles northeast of Vacaville, California, 117 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 4,700 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KVCB · observed 12:53 pm PDT (19:53 UTC), 1 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 94°F (34°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KVCB 061953Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 34/09 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP122 T03440089
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA VCB · ICAO KVCB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Solano
- Elevation
- 117 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 2:00 pm to 0100z++
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 4,700 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 52 ft high 1,450 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.85 | |
| Approach and departure | 128.4 | |
| Vcb and automated weather (ASOS) | 134.75 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 707-240-8032.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Vacaville from the FAA register
134 aircraft are registered to owners in Vacaville, California: 119 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 6 helicopters, 3 balloons. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 15 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Aft 2200 activate medium-intensity runway lights and parallel taxiway lights runway 02/20; PAPI and runway end identifier lights runways 02 and 20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Includes 2 gyroplanes.
- No turns to XW below 800 feet above sea level; rmn west of insta hwy for runway 20, noise sensitive area west of airport.
- Taxiway lights on parl taxiway only.
- Runway 02 calm wind runway.
- When apchg and operating near fuel island, pilots exer ctn, flw yellow taxi lines, drctnl arrows, and posted signage to minimize impact on nearby hngrs.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.