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Lake Area Technical Institute

University or college with a flight programme in Watertown, South Dakota, where the main public airport is Watertown Regional (ATY). The FAA register lists 4 aircraft under this name, mostly Aeromot AMT-200S.

Website: lakeareatech.edu (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)

About Lake Area Technical Institute from its own website, read October 10, 2026

Lake Area Technical College is a technical college in Watertown, South Dakota that operates an FAA Part 147-certified Aviation Maintenance Technology program. The program prepares students for careers as aircraft maintenance technicians with Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) certification, training on a fleet that includes Cessna 172s, Beechcraft King Air, Learjet 24, and other aircraft.

What it is
University flight programme
Bases
Watertown, SD
Aircraft it names
Cessna 172, Beechcraft 300 King Air, Learjet 24, Beechcraft Baron, Piper PA-34-200T Seneca, 7ECA Citabria
Services
flight training, aircraft maintenance training
Certificates and audits it mentions
Part 147
Telephone
1-605-882-5284
Elsewhere
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Written by the site from the pages of lakeareatech.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 Out of date or wrong?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

1 mechanic examiner gives this school as a place to work from, on the FAA's list:

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 type ratings; 2 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner.

  • Anthony Hentges private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Canby Airport · Canby, MN (39 nm) · (507) 829-0351 · tonyhentges@hotmail.com
  • Sheldon Andrew Rasmussen private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Brookings, SD (39 nm) · (605) 695-5216 · rasmussen4@swiftel.net

All 6 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).

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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