Dakota Aviation LLC
Flight school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where the main public airport is Joe Foss Field (FSD). The FAA register lists 4 aircraft under this name, mostly Piper PA-28-151.
Website: dakotaaviation.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
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How many aircraft does Dakota Aviation LLC have?
5 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 21, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does Dakota Aviation LLC fly?
Mostly the Piper PA-28-151, along with the Beechcraft A36 and the Piper PA-34.
How old are Dakota Aviation LLC's aircraft?
Built between 1974 and 2016; half were built in 1977 or earlier, so the typical one is about 49 years old.
Has Dakota Aviation LLC had any accidents?
The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving the aircraft registered to it today in the last 10 years.
Where is Dakota Aviation LLC?
In Sioux Falls, South Dakota; the main public airport there is Joe Foss Field (FSD).
Are there FAA examiners near Dakota Aviation LLC?
6 pilot examiners and 8 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name
About Dakota Aviation LLC from its own website, read October 21, 2026
Dakota Aviation offers flight training at Canton Airport (7G9) near Sioux Falls, South Dakota, under Part 61. It provides courses ranging from Private Pilot through Certified Flight Instructor and Multiengine Instructor ratings, and also offers hangar rental and ferry flight services.
- Calls itself
- Dakota Aviation
- What it is
- Flight school
- Bases
- Canton, SD 7G9
- Aircraft it names
- Cessna 172, Piper Warrior, Piper Dakota 235, Piper Arrow, Piper Seneca, Piper Seminole, Diamond DA40, Beechcraft Bonanza A36, Beechcraft Debonair, Vans RV10, Vans RV12
- Services
- flight training, hangar rental, ferry flights
- Certificates and audits it mentions
- Part 61
- Address
- 1000 North Riverview Road, Canton, SD, 57013
- Telephone
- (605) 376-9708
Written by the site from the pages of www.dakotaaviation.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 Out of date or wrong?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
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 5 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 8 aviation medical examiners.
- Kay Ann West private pilot, commercial pilot; balloons · Sioux Falls, SD (0 nm) · (605) 360-4432 · [email protected]
- Tucker Ulmer private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Sioux Falls, SD (0 nm) · (605) 840-1605 · [email protected]
- Rick Vanderweide private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Renner, SD (5 nm) · (605) 929-8466 · [email protected]
- Morris Alan Riggin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Riggin Flight Service · Madison, SD (30 nm) · (605) 256-9774 · [email protected]
- Daniel Dean Vander Weide private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Orange City, IA (44 nm) · (712) 540-4142 · [email protected]
- Sheldon Andrew Rasmussen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Brookings, SD (44 nm) · (605) 695-5216 · [email protected]
All 14 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.
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
5 aircraft are registered to Dakota Aviation LLC today, mostly Piper PA-28-151. Built between 1974 and 2016; half of them in 1977 or earlier, so the typical one is about 49 years old. 2 are twin-engine aeroplanes.
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All 5 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 Dakota Aviation LLC 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 South Dakota.
Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles
- Mockingbird Flying Club 3 aircraft · flying club, Sioux Falls
- Yellow Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school, Sioux Falls
- Legacy Aviation LLC 10 aircraft · flight school, Tea, 9 miles away
Compare every school in South Dakota: 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
- Sioux Falls, SD · where it registers its aircraft
- Joe Foss Field · FSD
- South Dakota 2,276 aircraft registered
- 4 aircraft on the register · Piper PA-28-151
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. Add the "Listed on eFlight" badge to your website.