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Highlands Aero Flight Center LLC

Flight school in Abingdon, Virginia, where the main public airport is Virginia Highlands Airport (VJI). The FAA register lists 2 aircraft under this name, mostly Piper PA-23-160.

Website: highlandsaero.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)

About Highlands Aero Flight Center LLC from its own website, read October 10, 2026

Highlands Aero Flight Center is a flight training and aerial services provider based at Virginia Highlands Airport in Abingdon, Virginia. It offers pilot certification training from sport pilot through commercial and flight instructor levels, aircraft rental, discovery flights, and FAA-compliant drone operations. The company also provides ground school instruction and uses simulation for procedures training.

What it is
Flight school
Bases
Abingdon, VA KVJI
Aircraft it names
Pipistrel Alpha Trainer
Services
flight training, aircraft rental, discovery flights, drone operations, ground school, aircraft management, simulation training
Certificates and audits it mentions
Part 61

Written by the site from the pages of www.highlandsaero.com on October 10, 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 Out of date or wrong?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

4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for type ratings; 4 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 9 aviation medical examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing).

  • Eric R. Spicer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · TRI-Cities Airport · Blountville, TN (19 nm) · (423) 341-0220 · ericrspicer@gmail.com
  • Mark Robey private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Tri-Cities Aviation · Blountville, TN (19 nm) · (931) 431-8119 · wingstri@yahoo.com
  • Daniel Jonathan Moore private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Dan Moore Aero LLC · Elizabethton, TN (20 nm) · (423) 647-4359 · dan@danmoore.aero
  • Donald Johnson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · SkyKnight Hangar · Greeneville, TN (48 nm) · (850) 333-4886 · crosscheckftc@gmail.com

All 19 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.
  • 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.

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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This entry comes from the company's name on the FAA aircraft register (October 9, 2026): the FAA publishes no list of flight schools, so a company whose name says what it does is listed here. Is this your company? Claim or correct this listing: the base, the website, what you do, your own pictures.