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
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
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Raleigh Exec: The Raleigh Executive Jetport (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. It is owned by the Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport Authority and was previously known as Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport. This general aviation airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a reliever airport for Raleigh-Durham International Airport. It also is home to the state's first electric aircraft charging station.

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 hosts community-oriented special events, including Family Day @ the Jetport, the Triangle region's free annual aviation festival. Other community events include free quarterly airport tours, free flights for children as part of the EAA Young Eagles initiative, and visits from historical aircraft like the Memphis Belle and World War II warbirds.

Raleigh Exec 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 but has no designation from the IATA, which has assigned TTA to Plage Blanche Airport in Tan-Tan, Morocco. The airport's ICAO identifier is KTTA.