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Examiners and inspectors near Rapid City Regional RAP

5 FAA designees are based within 50 nautical miles of Rapid City Regional in Rapid City, South Dakota: 1 pilot examiner, 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 training center examiner. The pilot examiners may test for private pilot (1), commercial and instrument (1) in airplanes (1). Nearest first; "nm" is nautical miles from the airport to the designee's town.

Pilot examiners DPE · 1 · Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings

NameTownnmMay test forWorks fromTelephoneEmailFAA office
Michael Duane RathSpearfish, SD SPF41private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanesEagle Aviation 300 Aviation Pl(605) 645-1487rath.michael.d@gmail.comRAPID CITY FSDO GL-27 / RAP FSDO

Aviation medical examiners AME · 3 · Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold

NameTownnmWorks fromTelephoneEmailFAA office
Chad Allen StorchRapid City, SD RAP0 6015 Mount Rushmore Road, Suite 2(605) 755-2273ltstorch2100@gmail.comGreat Lakes Region
Robert Glenn AllenRapid City, SD RAP0 4454 WEST GLEN PLACE(605) 430-1602capt.allen@gmail.comGreat Lakes Region
Mark J PtacekPiedmont, SD 49B16West River Aviation Physicals 14300 Sunshine Valley(402) 340-0906rv10doc@gmail.comGreat Lakes Region

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

NameTownnmWorks fromTelephoneEmailFAA office
Brent JansenRapid City, SD RAP0 4820 FAA Rd.(605) 381-0027janstang@rap.midco.netOperations 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 South Dakota · by state.