Raleigh Executive Jetport

Raleigh Exec
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerSanford-Lee County Regional Airport Authority
ServesResearch Triangle Region
LocationSanford, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL246 ft / 75 m
Coordinates35°34′57″N 079°06′05″W / 35.58250°N 79.10139°W / 35.58250; -79.10139
WebsiteRaleighExec.com
Map
TTA is located in North Carolina
TTA
TTA
Location of airport in North Carolina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 6,501 1,982 Asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations63,000
Based aircraft160
The O.A. "Buddy" Keller III Terminal at Raleigh Exec, a two-story, 14,500-square-foot facility, opened in October 2019 with corporate meeting rooms, fully equipped pilot's lounge and an observation deck overlooking the field

Raleigh Exec: The Raleigh Executive Jetport[2] or Raleigh Exec Jetport at Sanford-Lee County[3] (ICAO: KTTA, FAA LID: TTA) is a public use airport located seven nautical miles (8 mi, 13 km) northeast of the central business district of Sanford, a city in Lee County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It is owned by the Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport Authority[1] and was previously known as Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport.[4] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a reliever airport[5] for Raleigh-Durham International Airport.

The jetport specializes in corporate and recreational flights into the Research Triangle Region — an area that includes Raleigh, Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham and the Research Triangle Park. It also hosts community-oriented special events; some recent examples include free flights for children as part of the EAA Young Eagles[6] initiative, visits from the Memphis Belle[7] and air shows by World War II warbirds.[8] Raleigh Exec conducts tours of its facilities for guests and offers full services, including Jet A and 100LL aircraft fuel, complete aircraft maintenance, avionics repair, pilot weather services, flight schools, secure hangars with limited-access gates, car service, courtesy and rental automobiles, and catering.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned TTA by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA,[9] which has assigned TTA to Plage Blanche Airport in Tan-Tan, Morocco.[10] The airport's ICAO identifier is KTTA.[11]

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for TTA PDF. Federal Aviation Administration.
  2. ^ "Raleigh Exec". Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport Authority. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  3. ^ "Raleigh Exec Jetport at Sanford-Lee County - TTA" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  4. ^ "KTTA – Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport – Sanford, North Carolina". FAA information effective June 3, 2010. AirNav. Archived from the original on June 6, 2010.
  5. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  6. ^ "Free Young Eagles Flights | EAA". www.eaa.org. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  7. ^ Mennel, Phoebe Judge, Eric. "Memphis Belle Visits North Carolina". Retrieved 2018-07-09.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ WRAL. "WWII warbirds to take to Sanford skies this weekend :: WRAL.com". WRAL.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  9. ^ "Raleigh Exec Jetport at Sanford-Lee County (ICAO: KTTA, FAA: TTA, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  10. ^ "Tan Tan Airport, Morocco (IATA: TTA, ICAO: GMAT)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  11. ^ "Raleigh Exec Jetport at Sanford-Lee County – TTA (KTTA)". National Flight Data Center. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 10, 2012.