KVCB · Nut Tree Airport

VACAVILLE, CALIFORNIA · SMALL AIRPORT

117

Elevation ft

Runway

4,700

Longest ft · 02/20

38.38N

121.96W

Nut Tree Airport serves Vacaville, California at 117 ft elevation with its longest runway, 02/20, at 4,700 by 75 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
02/20	4,700 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 117 ft is about 15°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 15°C)	117 ft	2,461 ft	2,122 ft	3,184 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,317 ft	2,695 ft	2,249 ft	3,373 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,517 ft	2,929 ft	2,376 ft	3,563 ft
35°C afternoon	2,545 ft	2,934 ft	2,378 ft	3,568 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (02/20, 4,700 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,568 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KVCB is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KDWA Yolo County Davis Woodland Winters Airport	13 nm N	6,000 ft
KAPC Napa County Airport	18 nm SW	5,930 ft
KSAC Sacramento Executive Airport	24 nm E	5,503 ft
KCCR Buchanan Field	24 nm S	5,001 ft
KSMF Sacramento International Airport	26 nm NE	8,605 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KVCB

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KVCB, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KVCB or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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