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Gateway Air Center INC

FBO or fuel seller in Merced, California, where the main public airport is Merced Yosemite Regional (MCE). The FAA register lists 4 aircraft under this name, mostly Agusta Spa A109E.

Website: gatewayaircenter.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)

About Gateway Air Center INC from its own website, read October 10, 2026

Gateway Air Center is an FBO and aircraft maintenance facility at Merced Regional Airport in California. It specializes in Cirrus aircraft maintenance and structural repairs, and provides general aviation services including fuel, line service, ferry flights, aircraft sales, and flight training.

What it is
Fbo
Bases
Merced, CA MCE
Aircraft it names
Cirrus SR22 GTS, Twin Commander
Services
fuel, line service, maintenance, aircraft repair, ferry flights, aircraft sales, flight training, oxygen service, nitrogen service, catering, deicing
Hours
Monday - Friday 8AM - 5PM; line service 24/7
Telephone
209-722-7300

Written by the site from the pages of www.gatewayaircenter.com on October 10, 2026; the company's own words and pictures stay on its site. Out of date or wrong? Tell us.

Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles

5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor; 5 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 8 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 2 training center examiners, 2 administrative pilot examiners.

  • Scott Richard Siemiller private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Winton, CA (9 nm) · (209) 201-2866 · siemiller@sbcglobal.net
  • Kenneth Sebastian Cobb private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Inclusive Aviation in the main Terminal · Columbia, CA (45 nm) · (209) 480-6207 · crjken@gmail.com
  • James Eric Brannan private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fresno, CA (49 nm) · (559) 970-8147 · jim.brannan48@gmail.com
  • Jimmy Louis Shamp private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fresno, CA (49 nm) · (559) 779-4406 · shampjs@sbcglobal.net
  • Margaret Watt private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Hollister, CA (49 nm) · (209) 321-8108 · dpemwatt@gmail.com

All 20 nearby, by kind, with contact details

What each kind does
  • DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
  • AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
  • DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
  • DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
  • Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.

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. All examiners by state.

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This entry comes from the company's name on the FAA aircraft register (October 9, 2026): no public file lists fuel and service companies, so a company whose name says what it does is listed here, at the main airport in the town it registers from. Is this your company? Claim or correct this listing: the base, the website, what you do, your own pictures.