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Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport

35.58370°N
-79.10080°W
ARR / DAY
35
36.5%
DEP / DAY
38
32.3%

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 35 arrivals and 38 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

14m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KTTA 272115Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT085 SCT120 23/22 A2997 RMK AO2 T02270219

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
57% of ops
865 land · 966 TO
21
43% of ops
660 land · 597 TO
Runway 03 carries 57% of operations (865 landings, 966 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 43%.

Approach quality

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

03 865 landings
UA 3%
21 660 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 03 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (22 UA events from 865 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
64.3
flights/day · 1,928 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
72%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 64.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (55.0 vs 70.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (33% of 1,558 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
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