Obx Airplanes LLC
Flight school in Manteo, North Carolina, where the main public airport is Dare County Regional (MQI). The FAA register lists 5 aircraft under this name, mostly Bellanca 7GCAA.
Website: obxairplanes.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
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How many aircraft does Obx Airplanes LLC have?
5 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 21, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does Obx Airplanes LLC fly?
Mostly the Bellanca 7GCAA, along with the Bellanca 7GCBC and the Bellanca 7KCAB.
How old are Obx Airplanes LLC's aircraft?
Built between 1968 and 1975; half were built in 1974 or earlier, so the typical one is about 52 years old.
Has Obx Airplanes 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 Obx Airplanes LLC?
In Manteo, North Carolina; the main public airport there is Dare County Regional (MQI).
Are there FAA examiners near Obx Airplanes LLC?
1 pilot examiner and 5 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name
About Obx Airplanes LLC from its own website, read October 21, 2026
OBX Airplanes operates scenic air tours and biplane rides over the Outer Banks from Dare County Regional Airport in Manteo, North Carolina. The company also offers flight training including private pilot licenses, instrument ratings, tailwheel endorsements, and commercial licenses, as well as aerial advertising services.
- Calls itself
- OBX Airplanes
- What it is
- Flight school
- Bases
- Manteo, NC ILM
- Aircraft it names
- Cessna 172, Waco YMF-5C, Citabria
- Services
- scenic tours, biplane rides, flight training, aerial advertising, gift certificates
- Address
- 407 Airport Road, Manteo, NC, 27954
- Telephone
- 252.473.2442
Written by the site from the pages of obxairplanes.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 Out of date or wrong?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 (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 5 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners.
- Steven Arthur Martin private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hampton Roads Exec. Airport · Chesapeake, VA (49 nm) · (757) 717-7274 · [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.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- 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.
Its aircraft and their safety record from the FAA register and the NTSB
5 aircraft are registered to Obx Airplanes LLC today, mostly Bellanca 7GCAA. Built between 1968 and 1975; half of them in 1974 or earlier, so the typical one is about 52 years old.
All 5 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 Obx Airplanes 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 North Carolina.
Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles
- Kitty Hawk Flight School LLC 6 aircraft · flight school, Kill Devil Hills, 7 miles away
- Kitty Hawk Flight Training and Tours LLC 2 aircraft · flight school, Kill Devil Hills, 7 miles away
Compare every school in North Carolina: 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
- Manteo, NC · where it registers its aircraft
- Dare County Regional · MQI
- North Carolina 7,132 aircraft registered
- Obx Airplanes LLC 5 aircraft in the fleet
- 5 aircraft on the register · Bellanca 7GCAA
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.