Nut Tree Airport is a county-owned public-use
airport
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located two nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of the
central business district of
Vacaville
Vacaville is a city located in Solano County in Northern California. Sitting approximately from Sacramento and from San Francisco, it is within the Sacramento Valley. As of the 2020 census, Vacaville had a population of 102,386, making it ...
, in
Solano County
Solano County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 453,491. The county seat is Fairfield.
Solano County comprises the Vallejo–Fairfield, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which i ...
,
California
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,
United States
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.
The airport is near the junction of Interstates
80 and
505. It is adjacent to the
Nut Tree retail/commercial development, which replaced a historic
US 40
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highway stop from which both derive their name.
Facilities and aircraft
Nut Tree Airport covers an area of at an
elevation
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of 117 feet (36 m) above
mean sea level
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. It has one
runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concre ...
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 3, 1995, the airport had 101,500 aircraft operations, an average of 278 per day: 98.5%
general aviation
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and 1.5%
air taxi
An air taxi is a small commercial aircraft that makes short flights on demand.
In 2001 air taxi operations were promoted in the United States by a NASA and aerospace industry study on the potential Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) ...
. At that time there were 180 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-
engine
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Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power ...
, 8% multi-engine and 2%
jet.
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.
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
*
Nut Tree AirportOfficial Site
Nut Tree Airportat Solano County's web site
at Solano Pilots Association
Nut Tree Airport Forumat Solano Pilots Association
Aerial image as of 16 June 1993from
USGS
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''
The National Map
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Source for O45 former code.
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