Colonial Air INC
Flight school in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where the main public airport is New Bedford Regional (EWB). The FAA register lists 7 aircraft under this name, mostly Cessna 152.
Website: colonial-air.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
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How many aircraft does Colonial Air INC have?
7 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 23, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does Colonial Air INC fly?
Mostly the Cessna 152, along with the Cessna 150G and the Cessna 150H.
How old are Colonial Air INC's aircraft?
Built between 1966 and 2001; half were built in 1978 or earlier, so the typical one is about 48 years old.
Has Colonial 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 Colonial Air INC?
In New Bedford, Massachusetts; the main public airport there is New Bedford Regional (EWB).
Are there FAA examiners near Colonial Air INC?
7 pilot examiners and 19 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name
About Colonial Air INC from its own website, read October 21, 2026
Colonial Air is a fixed-base operator at New Bedford Airport in Massachusetts since 1973. It provides aircraft rentals, fuel, hangar space, tie-downs, A&P maintenance, pilot training, and line services.
- Calls itself
- Colonial Air
- What it is
- Flight school
- Bases
- New Bedford, MA EWB
- Aircraft it names
- Cessna 152, Cessna 172N, Cessna 172S
- Services
- aircraft rentals, fuel, hangar, tie-downs, maintenance, flight training, line services, crash recovery
- Hours
- Mon-Fri 7AM-7PM, Sat 7AM-7PM, Sun 7AM-7PM
- Certificates and audits it mentions
- Part 121, Part 135
- Founded
- 1973
- Address
- 1605 Airport Rd., New Bedford, MA, 02746
- Telephone
- 508-997-0620
Written by the site from the pages of colonial-air.com 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 Out of date or wrong?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
1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance) give this school as a place they work from, on the FAA's list:
- Chris Gordon Cunningham · Colonial Air Inc. · New Bedford, MA · (508) 997-0620 · [email protected] mechanic examiner
- Chris Gordon Cunningham · Colonial Air · New Bedford, MA · (508) 997-0620 · [email protected] airworthiness representative (maintenance)
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 7 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 19 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 engineering representatives, 3 aircrew program designees, 4 training center examiners.
- Stephen Oakman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Middleborough, MA (13 nm) · (617) 755-4863 · [email protected]
- Alexander Crosett private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Plymouth, MA (17 nm) · (978) 807-7553 · [email protected]
- Derek Gerard Sunnerberg private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Plymouth, MA (17 nm) · (508) 209-4715 · [email protected]
- Sean Anthony Brodeur private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals; airplanes · Mike Goulian Aviation · Plymouth, MA (17 nm) · (413) 330-0058 · [email protected]
- Michael George Goulian private pilot; airplanes · Plymouth,, MA (19 nm) · (617) 510-9328 · [email protected]
- Yoshitaka Murata private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Centerville, MA (27 nm) · (407) 885-0658 · [email protected]
- Ryan Gauthier private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Westerly, RI (43 nm) · (860) 912-3283 · [email protected]
All 40 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).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- 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.
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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Its aircraft and their safety record from the FAA register and the NTSB
7 aircraft are registered to Colonial Air INC today, mostly Cessna 152. Built between 1966 and 2001; half of them in 1978 or earlier, so the typical one is about 48 years old.
All 7 aircraft, each with its own page
The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving these aircraft in the last 10 years.
Only the aircraft registered to Colonial 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 Massachusetts.
Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles
- Brockton Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club, Taunton, 14 miles away
Compare every school in Massachusetts: 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.
Connections how this company links to the rest of the register
- New Bedford, MA · where it registers its aircraft
- New Bedford Regional · EWB
- Massachusetts 2,649 aircraft registered
- Colonial Air INC 7 aircraft in the fleet
- 7 aircraft on the register · Cessna 152
This entry comes from the FAA aircraft register (October 23, 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. Add the "Listed on eFlight" badge to your website.