| Raleigh Exec | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: KTTA – FAA LID: TTA | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport Authority | ||
| Serves | Raleigh, Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham, Research Triangle Park, Sanford and Pinehurst, North Carolina | ||
| Location | U.S. 1 (Exit 76/Farrell Road) between Cary and Sanford, North Carolina | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 247 ft / 75.3 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 3/21 | 6,500 | 1,981 | Asphalt |
Raleigh Exec: The Raleigh Executive Jetport @ Sanford-Lee County, formerly the Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport (ICAO: KTTA, FAA LID: TTA), is a public, general aviation airport in the USA, located seven miles (11 km) northeast of Sanford and about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Cary, North Carolina.
The jetport is situated on 700 acres,[1] operates one 6,500-foot runway and 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. The facility is designated by the Federal Aviation Administration as a reliever airport for Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU).[2]
Raleigh Exec hosts several community-oriented special events each year. The largest one, Family Day @ the jetport, is an annual aviation festival held on the second Saturday of October, featuring free plane rides for children by the EAA Young Eagles, historic and military aircraft, flyovers and other festival-type food and activities.[3] In 2010, the free event attracted about 5,500 visitors.
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Several companies operate at the jetport. They include B-Bar-D Aviation, a light-sport aircraft sales and training company; Sanford Aircraft Services, the FBO offering maintenance, instruction and inspections; Time Saver Aviation, an on-demand air carrier; and the Wings of Carolina Flying Club, one of the oldest flying clubs in the nation.[4] Founded in 1961, Wings of Carolina has more than 300 members from the Research Triangle, Southern Pines and Fayetteville areas.[5]
As an official FAA Testing Center, Raleigh Exec offers licensure and certification testing for aviation and other federal agencies.[6]
Strategic plans have been developed to increase the existing corporate hangar space by 20 acres and lengthen the runway to 8,500 feet (with the weight capacity increasing from 80,000 to 100,000 pounds). Other changes affecting Raleigh Exec include the ongoing construction of Interstate 540, the Raleigh outer beltline. When one phase of construction is complete in 2012, I-540 will intersect U.S. 1 about 15 miles from the airport exit.[7]
Raleigh Exec has a 6,500-by-100-foot runway with a parallel taxiway and a weight capacity of 80,000 pounds. The airport also has full lighting, signage and safety equipment — including an automatic weather observation system (AWOS), instrument landing system (ILS), nondirectional beacon (NDB), ground communicator outlet (GCO) and automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast system (ADS-B).[8] Because the ADS-B is located on the jetport grounds, pilots can monitor both ground and air traffic.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Raleigh Exec is assigned TTA[9] by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA, which assigned TTA to Plage Blanche Airport in Tan-Tan, Morocco.[10] The airport's ICAO identifier is KTTA.[11]