Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport satellite view
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KTTA ·

Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport

35.58370°N
-79.10080°W
ARR / DAY
41
19.5%
DEP / DAY
41
23.0%

Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport (KTTA) is a small general aviation airport located in Sanford, NC, 23 mi south west of Cary. It features 1 runway measuring 6,501 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 41 arrivals and 41 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23h ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KTTA 241015Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 17/17 A2999 RMK AO2 T01740174

Runways

1 installed

6,501 FT MAX
03/21
6,501 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

03
56% of ops
920 land · 1,010 TO
21
44% of ops
713 land · 648 TO
Runway 03 carries 56% of operations (920 landings, 1,010 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 44%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

03 920 landings
UA 3%
21 713 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 03 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (28 UA events from 920 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
68.0
flights/day · 2,040 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 6pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 68.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (64.4 vs 72.6 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (33% of 1,654 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.075
APCH 125.300
APCH 353.675
UNICOM 123.075
AWOS 120.625
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
8° W
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 2 PM · 1 movement every 360 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 09:32 UTC