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) and about 209 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 2 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 63,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 56 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Raleigh Executive Jetport AT Sanford-Lee County?
Its FAA code is TTA, and its ICAO code is KTTA.
Where is Raleigh Executive Jetport AT Sanford-Lee County?
It is 7 miles northeast of Sanford, North Carolina, 247 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Raleigh Executive Jetport AT Sanford-Lee County?
Its one runway, 03/21, is 6,501 feet long, asphalt.
Does Raleigh Executive Jetport AT Sanford-Lee County have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Raleigh Executive Jetport AT Sanford-Lee County?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Are there flight schools at Raleigh Executive Jetport AT Sanford-Lee County?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Chapel Hill Flying Club INC and Executive Flight Training & Services LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Raleigh Executive Jetport AT Sanford-Lee County?
7 pilot examiners and 12 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Raleigh Executive Jetport AT Sanford-Lee County…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Siler City Municipal (21 nm west), Harnett Regional Jetport (22 nm southeast), Raleigh-Durham International (23 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in North Carolina · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 186 |
| multi-engine | 8 |
| jets | 11 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 63,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 12,000 |
| general aviation, local | 48,000 |
| military | 1,000 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Sanford from the FAA register
85 aircraft are registered to owners in Sanford, North Carolina: 72 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Chapel Hill Flying Club INC 15 aircraft · Sanford
- Executive Flight Training & Services LLC 3 aircraft · Sanford Executive Flight Training & Services LLC offers initial and recurrent type rating training for business aircraft including Citations, King Airs, TBMs, PC-12s, and twin Cessnas.
Repair stations in Sanford:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 6 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 12 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 2 parachute rigger examiners.
- Jay Lindsey Nabors private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · FBO · Sanford, NC (0 nm) · (919) 740-0299 · [email protected]
- Francesco Gozzo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Morrisville, NC (21 nm) · (919) 426-5494 · [email protected]
- Elayne M Humphrey private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Erwin, NC (22 nm) · (910) 224-8312 · [email protected]
- Stephen Lynn Henderson instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Moore County Airport · Carthage, NC (22 nm) · (360) 904-9078 · [email protected]
- Christopher Marshall Whittle private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Burlington, NC (33 nm) · (336) 264-0943 · [email protected]
- Adam Everett Walters private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Smithfield, NC (35 nm) · (803) 493-9125 · [email protected]
- Charles Ray Walters private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Smithfield, NC (35 nm) · (919) 369-2683 · [email protected]
All 29 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Sanford 85 aircraft · 72 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 2 helicopters
- Chapel Hill Flying Club INC DBA 7 aircraft in town
- N Registration Service LLC Trustee 5 aircraft in town
- Chapel Hill Flying Club DBA 5 aircraft in town
- Executive Flight Training & Services LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Chapel Hill Flying Club INC 15 aircraft · flying club
- Executive Flight Training & Services LLC 3 aircraft · flight school
- Aero Avionics INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 13 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,759 since 1982 · 304 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in North Carolina 106 landing places
- North Carolina 7,125 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/TTA.json.
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 26, 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.