Nut Tree Airport frequencies

Nut Tree Airport (VCB · KVCB) in Vacaville, CA has no control tower, so nobody is sequencing traffic here — you announce your own position on 122.85. Every frequency below is in the order you tune it. · Open on the map

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Before taxi

ASOS/AWOS 134.75
An automated weather station reading the field conditions aloud — wind, visibility, ceiling, temperature and altimeter. It replaces ATIS at a field with no controller to record one. Get the altimeter setting before you descend below the transition altitude.

Taxi & takeoff

CTAF 122.85
The common frequency pilots use to announce themselves to each other at a field with no operating control tower. Nobody is controlling traffic — you are self announcing. Report your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern, and listen well before you transmit.

Departure & arrival Travis

App/Dep 128.4
One radar controller working both arrivals and departures — normal at a smaller TRACON. The same frequency takes your climb out and your inbound call.

What to say on 122.85

Nobody is sequencing traffic at KVCB, so every call is you telling other aircraft where you are. Open and close with the field name so a pilot tuned to a shared frequency knows which airport you mean — 122.85 is not unique to Nut Tree Airport.

  • Inbound, 10 miles out Nut Tree traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, one zero miles south, inbound landing runway 02, Nut Tree.
  • Entering the pattern Nut Tree traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, entering left downwind runway 02, Nut Tree.
  • Before taking the runway Nut Tree traffic, Skyhawk one two three four five, departing runway 02, Nut Tree.

Pattern direction is not always left here — check the KVCB traffic pattern before you announce a leg. The Chart Supplement is authoritative if KVCB publishes a call name that differs from the airport's. Full guidance →

By procedure & sector (1 more)
281.45APCH/P DEP/P
Every KVCB frequency, as one table
ASOS/AWOS134.75
CTAF122.85
App/Dep128.4

Frequently asked

What is the CTAF at KVCB?

Nut Tree Airport is non towered. The common traffic advisory frequency is 122.85 — announce your position and intentions on entry and on each leg of the pattern.

What is the ASOS/AWOS frequency at KVCB?

ASOS/AWOS at Nut Tree Airport is 134.75. It is an automated broadcast, so there is no letter to report — just take the altimeter setting and wind.

What is the approach frequency for KVCB?

App/Dep for Nut Tree Airport is 128.4, working as "Travis". Call inbound for flight following or to begin an instrument approach.