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Alternate Air INC

Flying club in Seattle, Washington, where the main public airport is Seattle-Tacoma International (SEA). The FAA register lists 8 aircraft under this name, mostly Cessna 150G.

Website: alternateair.net (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)

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How many aircraft does Alternate Air INC have?

8 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 21, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.

What does Alternate Air INC fly?

Mostly the Cessna 150G, along with the Cessna 172N and the Bradley W Mcnamara GLASAIR SPER II-RG.

How old are Alternate Air INC's aircraft?

Built between 1966 and 1977; half were built in 1975 or earlier, so the typical one is about 51 years old.

Has Alternate Air INC had any accidents?

The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving the aircraft registered to it today in the last 10 years.

Where is Alternate Air INC?

In Seattle, Washington; the main public airport there is Seattle-Tacoma International (SEA).

Are there FAA examiners near Alternate Air INC?

17 pilot examiners and 36 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name

About Alternate Air INC from its own website, read October 21, 2026

Alternate Air is a membership-based aircraft rental and flight training business based at Seattle's Boeing Field (with some aircraft at Auburn Municipal Airport). It offers aircraft rental to members and flight instruction through independent certified flight instructors working under FAA Part 61.

Calls itself
Alternate Air
What it is
Flying club
Bases
Seattle, WA BFI; Auburn, WA
Aircraft it names
Cessna 150G, Cessna 150M, Cessna 172N, Cessna 172M
Services
aircraft rental, flight training, aircraft checkout
Hours
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Certificates and audits it mentions
Part 61
Founded
1995
Address
Seattle, WA

Written by the site from the pages of www.alternateair.net on October 21, 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 Out of date or wrong?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

17 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 14 for private pilot, 13 for commercial and instrument, 6 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 6 for sport pilot; 12 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 3 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 36 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 6 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 39 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 8 training center evaluators, 52 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.

All 175 nearby, by kind, with contact details

What each kind does
  • DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
  • SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
  • 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).
  • DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
  • DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
  • DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
  • DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
  • DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
  • TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
  • APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
  • 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.

Its aircraft and their safety record from the FAA register and the NTSB

8 aircraft are registered to Alternate Air INC today, mostly Cessna 150G. Built between 1966 and 1977; half of them in 1975 or earlier, so the typical one is about 51 years old.

Cessna 150G 2Cessna 172N 2Bradley W Mcnamara GLASAIR SPER II-RG 1Cessna 150M 1Cessna 172L 1Cessna 172M 1
All 8 aircraft, each with its own page
Tail numberAircraftBuiltNTSB records, last 10 years
N423JBradley W Mcnamara GLASAIR SPER II-RG
N3198JCessna 150G1966
N3312JCessna 150G1966
N7991UCessna 150M1976
N7961GCessna 172L1971
N2113JCessna 172M1975
N737UACessna 172N1977
N737UKCessna 172N1977

The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving these aircraft in the last 10 years.

Only the aircraft registered to Alternate Air INC today are counted, wherever they were flying and whoever was flying them, including any accident before the school owned them; aircraft a school leases from their owners are registered to those owners and are not. A school that flies more hours will show more; nobody publishes those hours, so this is a record, not a score. Compare with the other training organisations in Washington.

Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles, the 10 nearest of 15

Compare every school in Washington: fleets, aircraft ages and safety records side by side. Each school is placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre when it has none.

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This entry comes from the FAA aircraft register (October 21, 2026). The FAA publishes no downloadable list of flight schools (its online finder covers only certificated Part 141 schools), so a company is listed here when its name says what it does; this one's name does not, but it owns a fleet of training aircraft and its own website says it gives flying lessons. Is this your company? Claim or correct this listing: the base, the website, what you do, your own pictures.