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North Star Aviation INC

Flight school in Mankato, Minnesota, where the main public airport is Mankato Regional (MKT). The FAA register lists 33 aircraft under this name, mostly Piper PA-28-181.

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

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How many aircraft does North Star Aviation INC have?

33 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 21, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.

What does North Star Aviation INC fly?

Mostly the Piper PA-28-181, along with the Piper PA-44-180 and the Cessna 152.

How old are North Star Aviation INC's aircraft?

Built between 1975 and 2024; half were built in 2021 or earlier, so the typical one is about 5 years old.

Has North Star Aviation INC had any accidents?

In the last 10 years the NTSB recorded 1 accident involving the aircraft registered to it today, none of them fatal. The full record

Where is North Star Aviation INC?

In Mankato, Minnesota; the main public airport there is Mankato Regional (MKT).

Are there FAA examiners near North Star Aviation INC?

8 pilot examiners and 10 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name

About North Star Aviation INC from its own website, read October 21, 2026

North Star Aviation is a flight school based at Mankato Regional Airport in Minnesota that provides pilot training from private pilot through certified flight instructor level. It partners with Minnesota State University, Mankato to offer a four-year aviation degree combined with flight training, and operates a fleet of training aircraft and flight simulators.

Calls itself
North Star Aviation
What it is
Flight school
Bases
Mankato, MN MKT
Aircraft it names
Piper Seminole, Piper Archer, Cessna 152, Extra 300L
Services
flight training, pilot training, aircraft rental, maintenance, avionics repair, fuel, flight simulators
Address
Mankato, MN

Written by the site from the pages of www.flymankato.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 Out of date or wrong?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

1 pilot examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners give this school as a place they work from, on the FAA's list:

8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 8 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for seaplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 10 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 20 aircrew program designees, 3 administrative pilot examiners.

All 50 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.
  • DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
  • APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
  • 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.

Its aircraft and their safety record from the FAA register and the NTSB

33 aircraft are registered to North Star Aviation INC today, mostly Piper PA-28-181. Built between 1975 and 2024; half of them in 2021 or earlier, so the typical one is about 5 years old. 3 are twin-engine aeroplanes.

Piper PA-28-181 21Piper PA-44-180 3Cessna 152 2Piper PA-28-161 2Ayres Corporation S2R-G6 1Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA 300/L 1Piper PA-28-180 1Thrush Aircraft Llc S2R-510 1
All 33 aircraft, each with its own page
Tail numberAircraftBuiltNTSB records, last 10 years
N2239VAyres Corporation S2R-G61
N425MKCessna 1521977
N614BGCessna 1521980
N105MMExtra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA 300/L1998
N840TCPiper PA-28-1612016
N860TCPiper PA-28-1612016
N33679Piper PA-28-1801975
N335MKPiper PA-28-1812018
N336MKPiper PA-28-1812018
N342MKPiper PA-28-1812019
N343MKPiper PA-28-1812019
N345MKPiper PA-28-1812019
N354MKPiper PA-28-1812021
N355MKPiper PA-28-1812021
N356MKPiper PA-28-1812021
N361MKPiper PA-28-1812022
N362MKPiper PA-28-1812022
N363MKPiper PA-28-1812023
N364MKPiper PA-28-1812023
N365MKPiper PA-28-1812023
N366MKPiper PA-28-1812023
N367MKPiper PA-28-1812024
N368MKPiper PA-28-1812024
N370MKPiper PA-28-1812024
N371MKPiper PA-28-1812024
N372MKPiper PA-28-1812024
N410TCPiper PA-28-1812018
N430TCPiper PA-28-1812018
N447MKPiper PA-44-1802019
N450MKPiper PA-44-1802022
N451MKPiper PA-44-1802022
N510NSThrush Aircraft Llc S2R-5102024
N710NSThrush Aircraft Llc S2R-T6602024

In the last 10 years the NTSB recorded 1 accident involving these aircraft.

DateAircraftWhatWhereOutcomeRecord
August 6, 2025N2239V Ayres Corporation S2R-G6AccidentSlayton, MNSerious injuries; substantial damageCEN25LA304

Only the aircraft registered to North Star Aviation INC 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 Minnesota.

Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles

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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.