Hawkins Flight Academy LLC
Flight school in Shelbyville, Tennessee, where the main public airport is Bomar Fld/Shelbyville Municipal (SYI). The FAA register lists 11 aircraft under this name, mostly Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12IS.
Website: hawkinsflight.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
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How many aircraft does Hawkins Flight Academy LLC have?
11 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 22, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does Hawkins Flight Academy LLC fly?
Mostly the Van's Aircraft RV-12IS, along with the Piper PA-23-250 and the Piper PA-28-140.
How old are Hawkins Flight Academy LLC's aircraft?
Built between 1968 and 2025; half were built in 2024 or earlier, so the typical one is about 2 years old.
Has Hawkins Flight Academy 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 Hawkins Flight Academy LLC?
In Shelbyville, Tennessee; the main public airport there is Bomar Fld/Shelbyville Municipal (SYI).
Are there FAA examiners near Hawkins Flight Academy LLC?
15 pilot examiners and 12 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name
About Hawkins Flight Academy LLC from its own website, read October 13, 2026
Hawkins Flight Academy is a flight school operating from two locations in Shelbyville, Tennessee and Tupelo, Mississippi. It offers pilot training programs from Private Pilot to Certified Flight Instructor using modern RV-12 and Cessna aircraft equipped with Garmin glass cockpits, with both full-time accelerated and part-time flexible scheduling options.
- Calls itself
- Hawkins Flight Academy
- What it is
- Flight school
- Bases
- Shelbyville, TN KSYI; Tupelo, MS KTUP
- Aircraft it names
- RV-12, Cessna 172, Piper Cherokee 140, Vector Harmony, Tecnam P2006T
- Services
- flight training, discovery flights, aircraft maintenance
- Hours
- 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM; all other times by appointment
- Founded
- 2023
- Address
- 2828 US-231, Shelbyville, TN, 37160
- Telephone
- (931) 488-5798
- [email protected]
- Elsewhere
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Written by the site from the pages of hawkinsflight.com on October 13, 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 Out of date or wrong?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
15 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 15 for private pilot, 15 for commercial and instrument, 11 for airline transport pilot, 10 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 15 for airplanes, 12 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 12 aviation medical examiners, 7 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 engineering representative, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 2 training center examiners.
- Catherine Elizabeth Cavagnaro private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Tullahoma, TN (14 nm) · (931) 636-8678 · [email protected]
- Charles A Lilly private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Murfreesboro, TN (19 nm) · (615) 495-7350 · [email protected]
- Christopher David Hardee private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Murfreesboro Municipal Airport · Murfreesboro, TN (19 nm) · (615) 482-1592 · [email protected]
- James Harry Lightfoot private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Middle Tennessee state university · Murfreesboro, TN (19 nm) · (817) 721-0091 · [email protected]
- John W Scruggs private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Murfreesboro, TN (19 nm) · (404) 408-1129 · [email protected]
- Natalie Bingham Hoover private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Murfreesboro, TN (19 nm) · (901) 438-3918 · [email protected]
- David William Nicholls private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Smyrna/Rutherford Airport · Smyrna, TN (27 nm) · (901) 335-4916 · [email protected]
- Rembert Harmon private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Brentwood, TN (31 nm) · (615) 310-0385 · [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.
- 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.
- 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.
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
11 aircraft are registered to Hawkins Flight Academy LLC today, mostly Van's Aircraft RV-12IS. Built between 1968 and 2025; half of them in 2024 or earlier, so the typical one is about 2 years old. 1 is a twin-engine aeroplane.
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All 11 aircraft, each with its own page
| Tail number | Aircraft | Built | NTSB records, last 10 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| N62AD | Piper PA-23-250 | 1973 | |
| N693HA | Piper PA-28-140 | 1968 | |
| N580RV | Van's Aircraft RV-12IS | 2020 | |
| N691HA | Van's Aircraft RV-12IS | 2024 | |
| N692HA | Van's Aircraft RV-12IS | 2024 | |
| N694HA | Van's Aircraft RV-12IS | 2025 | |
| N695HA | Van's Aircraft RV-12IS | 2025 | |
| N696HA | Van's Aircraft RV-12IS | 2025 | |
| N697HA | Van's Aircraft RV-12IS | 2025 | |
| N698HA | Van's Aircraft RV-12IS | ||
| N699HA | Van's Aircraft RV-12IS |
The NTSB recorded no accident or incident involving these aircraft in the last 10 years.
Only the aircraft registered to Hawkins Flight Academy 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 Tennessee.
Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles
- Eagleville Soaring Club 1 aircraft · flying club, Eagleville, 13 miles away
Compare every school in Tennessee: 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
- Shelbyville, TN · where it registers its aircraft
- Bomar Fld/Shelbyville Municipal · SYI
- Tennessee 6,518 aircraft registered
- Hawkins Flight Academy LLC 11 aircraft in the fleet
- 11 aircraft on the register · Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12IS
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