Iowa Lakes Community College
University or college with a flight programme in Estherville, Iowa, where the main public airport is Estherville Municipal (EST). The FAA register lists 19 aircraft under this name, mostly Cessna 172M.
Website: iowalakes.edu (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
About Iowa Lakes Community College from its own website, read October 10, 2026
Iowa Lakes Community College is a community college with campuses in Estherville and Spencer, Iowa. It operates a flight programme that offers an Aviation & Airport Management AAS degree and holds Aviation Visit Days for prospective students.
Written by the site from the pages of iowalakes.edu 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 Out of date or wrong?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
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 2 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 4 aviation medical examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Dwayne Alan Hoss private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Estherville, IA (0 nm) · (507) 399-6100 · nwiaexaminer@gmail.com
- John Brent Mclaughlin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Estherville Municipal Airport · Estherville, IA (0 nm) · (515) 724-4164 · copterjohn@gmail.com
All 7 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.
- 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.
Connections how this company links to the rest of the register
- Estherville, IA · where it registers its aircraft
- Estherville Municipal · EST
- Iowa 4,493 aircraft registered
- Iowa Lakes Community College 19 aircraft in the fleet
- 19 aircraft on the register · Cessna 172M
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.