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KTTA ·

Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport

35.58370°N
-79.10080°W
ARR / DAY
51
▼ 1.4%
DEP / DAY
55
▲ 0.0%

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 6,570 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 51 arrivals and 55 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KTTA 111835Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/06 A2989 RMK AO2 T02240055

Runways

1 installed

6,570 FT MAX
03/21
6,570 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

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

03
74% of ops
1,381 land · 1,475 TO
21
26% of ops
491 land · 435 TO
Runway 03 carries 74% of operations (1,381 landings, 1,475 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

03 1,381 landings
UA 3%
21 491 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 03 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (47 UA events from 1,381 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
78.6
flights/day · 2,357 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 9pm · 8pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 78.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (75.0 vs 83.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 1,822 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
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 9 PM · 1 movement every 300 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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