Macatawa Flyers INC
Flight school in Allegan, Michigan, where the main public airport is Padgham Field (35D). The FAA register lists 1 aircraft under this name, mostly Cessna 172M.
Website: michiganflyers.org (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
About Macatawa Flyers INC from its own website, read October 10, 2026
Michigan Flyers is a non-profit flying club based at Ann Arbor Airport in Michigan, formed in 1969. It provides aircraft rental and flight training to members, with a fleet of thirteen maintained aircraft ranging from Cessna 152s to a Cessna 182T and Diamond DA40.
- What it is
- Flying club
- Bases
- Ann Arbor, MI ARB
- Aircraft it names
- Cessna 152, Cessna 172N, Cessna 172M, Cessna 172P, Cessna 172SP, Cessna 182T, Diamond DA40
- Services
- aircraft rental, flight training
- Hours
- 24 hours; towered services 8am to 8pm
- Founded
- 1969
- Telephone
- (734) 996-6208
- Elsewhere
- Facebook Instagram YouTube
Written by the site from the pages of michiganflyers.org 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 Out of date or wrong?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
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 7 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 17 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Jason Blair private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Allegan Airport · Allegan, MI (0 nm) · (269) 275-7959 · jblair@jasonblair.net
- David Henry Johnson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · Grand Rapids, MI (25 nm) · (616) 481-3485 · djohn10310@gmail.com
- Edmond William Verville private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Battle Creek, MI (29 nm) · (269) 207-5864 · edverville@aol.com
- David Crisp private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Lake Odessa, MI (35 nm) · (239) 776-6279 · crisp.david52@gmail.com
- Dennis Joseph Doren private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Sparta, MI (36 nm) · (616) 450-7809 · ddoren60@gmail.com
- Todd Daniel Haifley private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Three Rivers Municipal Airport · Three Rivers, MI (36 nm) · (269) 720-4772 · haifleytodd@gmail.com
- Mark Schmitt private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, seaplanes · Rockford, MI (39 nm) · (616) 308-3967 · smitty172@msn.com
All 34 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.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- 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.
Connections how this company links to the rest of the register
- Allegan, MI · where it registers its aircraft
- Padgham Field · 35D
- Michigan 7,213 aircraft registered
- 1 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.
