Raleigh Executive Jetport AT Sanford-Lee County
TTA · KTTA · Sanford, North Carolina · Lee County · map
Raleigh Executive Jetport AT Sanford-Lee County is a public-use airport owned by Sanford-Lee County Rgnl Arpt Auth, 7 miles northeast of Sanford, North Carolina, 247 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 6,501 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KTTA · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 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 KTTA 062015Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/07 A3010 RMK AO2 T02210073
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 TTA · ICAO KTTA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Sanford-Lee County Rgnl Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 247 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1999
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 6,501 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 31 ft high 1,673 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.3 | |
| Tta and aWOS-3 | 120.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 919-708-5382.
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 Sanford from the FAA register
83 aircraft are registered to owners in Sanford, North Carolina: 70 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 2 business jets, 2 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 North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 since 1982, 2 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
- Dusk to dawn. Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 03; runway end identifier lights runway 21; high-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 03 and 21 on continuously.
- Cargo service on demand.
- 100LL 24 hour SELF-SVC with credit card.
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degreess left of centerline.
- Use runway 03 for calm wind runway.
- Taxiway a 15-30 feet DROP-OFF in the vicinity of taxiways A3 and A4.
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.