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Examiners and inspectors near Whitefish Airport 58S

8 FAA designees are based within 50 nautical miles of Whitefish Airport in Whitefish, Montana: 3 pilot examiners, 4 aviation medical examiners, 1 training center examiner. The pilot examiners may test for private pilot (2), commercial and instrument (2), airline transport pilot (1), flight instructor (1), sport pilot (1) in airplanes (1), multi-engine airplanes (1), seaplanes (1), helicopters (1). Nearest first; "nm" is nautical miles from the airport to the designee's town.

Pilot examiners DPE · 3 · Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings

NameTownnmMay test forWorks fromTelephoneEmailFAA office
James Arthur HeckmanWhitefish, MT 58S0private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters P.O. Box 402(360) 701-1696jheckman83@gmail.comHELENA FSDO NM-05 / HLN FSDO
Justin BenchKalispell, MT GPI6instructor renewals, military competencyGlacier Park International 4170 US-2(619) 251-0113jbench@gmail.comPORTLAND FSDO NM-09 / PDX FSDO
Perry Lee BrownKalispell, MT GPI6private pilot, commercial and instrument, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanesBackcountry Flying Experiences 1835 Airport Road(406) 249-3637plb.cfii@gmail.comHELENA FSDO NM-05 / HLN FSDO

Aviation medical examiners AME · 4 · Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold

NameTownnmWorks fromTelephoneEmailFAA office
Daniel Aaron GragertKalispell, MT GPI6 104 Westview Park Place(406) 478-6440dr.g@bluebirddpc.comNorthwest Mountain Region
Kenneth Hart LindseyKalispell, MT GPI6Glacier Flight Physicals 112 Taxiway 5 North(406) 955-1030khlindseymd@gmail.comNorthwest Mountain Region
Ruben Michael HipolitoKalispell, MT GPI6 33 Three Mile Dr, Suite 106(406) 438-4890rmh100888@aol.comNorthwest Mountain Region
Daniel Patrick RauschPolson, MT 8S143 106 RIDGEWATER DR(406) 883-3200drausch@logan.orgNorthwest Mountain Region

Training center examiners DCTO-E · 1 · Designee at a certificated training organisation

NameTownnmWorks fromTelephoneEmailFAA office
Jason SperryKalispell, MT GPI6 2611 Trumble Creek Road(228) 365-2361jmsperry@serco-na.comOperations Support Branch

Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. A designee's functions are the FAA's own codes (DPE-PE-ASEL is a pilot examiner for the private certificate in single-engine airplanes), spelled out here for pilot examiners. Click a column heading to sort. All designees in Montana · by state.