Griffith Aviation INC
Flight school in Griffith, Indiana, where the main public airport is Griffith-Merrillville Airport (05C). The FAA register lists 10 aircraft under this name, mostly Cessna 152.
Website: griffithaviationinc.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
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How many aircraft does Griffith Aviation INC have?
10 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 22, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does Griffith Aviation INC fly?
Mostly the Cessna 152, along with the Piper PA-28-161 and the Beechcraft 76.
How old are Griffith Aviation INC's aircraft?
Built between 1977 and 1984; half were built in 1980 or earlier, so the typical one is about 46 years old.
Has Griffith Aviation 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 Griffith Aviation INC?
In Griffith, Indiana; the main public airport there is Griffith-Merrillville Airport (05C).
Are there FAA examiners near Griffith Aviation INC?
16 pilot examiners and 28 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name
About Griffith Aviation INC from its own website, read October 21, 2026
Griffith Aviation is a flight school and full-service FBO based at Griffith-Merrillville Airport in Griffith, Indiana, serving Northwest Indiana and the Chicago area. It provides flight instruction for private pilot, instrument, and commercial certificates, as well as aircraft rental, fuel, hangar services, and aircraft management.
- Calls itself
- Griffith Aviation
- What it is
- Flight school
- Bases
- Griffith, IN 05C
- Aircraft it names
- Cessna C-152, Piper Warrior PA28-151, Piper Warrior II PA28-161, Beechcraft Duchess BE-76, XSPEC Simulator
- Services
- flight training, aircraft rental, aircraft management, fuel, hangar, tie-down, aircraft cleaning, ground power, pilot lounge
- Fuel
- Avfuel
- Hours
- Monday-Friday 8:00am-6:00pm, Saturday-Sunday 8:00am-5:00pm
- Certificates and audits it mentions
- Part 141, Part 61
- Founded
- 1984
- Address
- 1705 E. Main Street, Griffith, IN
- Telephone
- 219-924-0207
- [email protected]
Written by the site from the pages of www.griffithaviationinc.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 Out of date or wrong?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 pilot examiner gives this school as a place to work from, on the FAA's list:
- John Peter Boos private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Griffith Aviation · Griffith, IN · (847) 219-1189 · [email protected] pilot examiner
16 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 16 for private pilot, 13 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 10 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 15 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 28 aviation medical examiners, 6 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 1 training center examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- John Peter Boos private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Griffith Aviation · Griffith, IN (0 nm) · (847) 219-1189 · [email protected]
- Mohammad Shawahin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Gary, IN (5 nm) · (773) 359-2773 · [email protected]
- Keegan Starkey private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Valparaiso, IN (18 nm) · (863) 271-4995 · [email protected]
- Alexander Quinn Waterloo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Forest Park, IL (28 nm) · (708) 224-5021 · [email protected]
- Adam Milnes private pilot; airplanes · Greater Chicago FSDO · Des Plaines, IL (35 nm) · (708) 819-5040 · [email protected]
- Alan Wayne Zielinski private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, balloons · Niles, IL (36 nm) · (630) 370-7071 · [email protected]
- Devin John Macdonald private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Chicago, IL (36 nm) · (847) 778-0130 · [email protected]
- Gerry F Ventrella private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, helicopters · Chicago, IL (36 nm) · (773) 294-2726 · [email protected]
All 64 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.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- 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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Its aircraft and their safety record from the FAA register and the NTSB
10 aircraft are registered to Griffith Aviation INC today, mostly Cessna 152. Built between 1977 and 1984; half of them in 1980 or earlier, so the typical one is about 46 years old. 2 are twin-engine aeroplanes.
All 10 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 Griffith Aviation 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 Indiana.
Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles
- R P M Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club, South Holland, 12 miles away
- B&D Flight Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club, Portage, 12 miles away
Compare every school in Indiana: 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
- Griffith, IN · where it registers its aircraft
- Griffith-Merrillville Airport · 05C
- Indiana 5,699 aircraft registered
- Griffith Aviation INC 10 aircraft in the fleet
- 10 aircraft on the register · Cessna 152
This entry comes from the FAA aircraft register (October 22, 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.