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Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport

35.58370°N
-79.10080°W
ARR / DAY
48
29.1%
DEP / DAY
52
25.5%

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 48 arrivals and 52 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

8h ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
3 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KTTA 131415Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM CLR 29/21 A2999 RMK AO2 T02920211

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

21
56% of ops
1,806 land · 1,726 TO
03
44% of ops
1,423 land · 1,568 TO
Runway 21 carries 56% of operations (1,806 landings, 1,726 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 03 at 44%.

Approach quality

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

21 1,806 landings
UA 7%
03 1,423 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 21 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (130 UA events from 1,806 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
61.6
flights/day · 1,847 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 6pm
Day vs night
72%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 61.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (50.6 vs 68.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 1,476 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 22:59 UTC