Kern Aviation LLC
Flight school in Shafter, California, where the main public airport is Shafter-Minter Field (MIT). The FAA register lists 3 aircraft under this name, mostly Cessna 150A.
Website: kernaviation.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
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How many aircraft does Kern Aviation LLC have?
3 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 21, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does Kern Aviation LLC fly?
Mostly the Cessna 150A, along with the Cessna 150L and the Piper PA-28R-180.
How old are Kern Aviation LLC's aircraft?
Built between 1960 and 1973; half were built in 1968 or earlier, so the typical one is about 58 years old.
Has Kern 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 Kern Aviation LLC?
In Shafter, California; the main public airport there is Shafter-Minter Field (MIT).
Are there FAA examiners near Kern Aviation LLC?
2 pilot examiners and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name
About Kern Aviation LLC from its own website, read October 21, 2026
Kern Aviation is a flight school at Shafter-Minter Field in California that offers discovery flights with certified flight instructors, aircraft rentals, and pilot training. The company connects students with instructors in the area and also manages aircraft for private and commercial use.
- Calls itself
- Kern Aviation
- What it is
- Flight school
- Bases
- Shafter, CA KMIT
- Aircraft it names
- Cessna 172
- Services
- flight training, discovery flights, aircraft rental, aircraft management
- Address
- 201 Aviation Street, Shafter, CA, 93263
- Telephone
- +1 661-432-2832
- [email protected]
Written by the site from the pages of www.kernaviation.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 Out of date or wrong?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
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; 2 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Donna Marie Webster private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Bakersfield Flying Club · Bakersfield, CA (8 nm) · (661) 599-3050 · [email protected]
- Todd Hunter Schultz private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Epic Jet Center · Bakersfield, CA (8 nm) · (661) 609-4031 · [email protected]
All 9 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.
- 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.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- 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
3 aircraft are registered to Kern Aviation LLC today, mostly Cessna 150A. Built between 1960 and 1973; half of them in 1968 or earlier, so the typical one is about 58 years old.
All 3 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 Kern 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 California.
Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles
- Alibi Flying Club 2 aircraft · flying club, Bakersfield, 9 miles away
- Robbins Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school, Bakersfield, 9 miles away
Compare every school in California: 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
- Shafter, CA · where it registers its aircraft
- Shafter-Minter Field · MIT
- California 27,602 aircraft registered
- 3 aircraft on the register · Cessna 150A
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.