Short Final Aviation LLC
Flight school in Branson, Missouri, where the main public airport is Branson Airport (BBG). The FAA register lists 4 aircraft under this name, mostly Piper PA-28-180.
Website: shortfinal.org (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)
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How many aircraft does Short Final Aviation LLC have?
4 aircraft are registered to it with the FAA as of October 22, 2026; aircraft it leases from their owners are not counted.
What does Short Final Aviation LLC fly?
Mostly the Piper PA-28-180, along with the Beechcraft C23 and the Piper PA-28-140.
How old are Short Final Aviation LLC's aircraft?
Built between 1963 and 1976; half were built in 1968 or earlier, so the typical one is about 58 years old.
Has Short Final 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 Short Final Aviation LLC?
In Branson, Missouri; the main public airport there is Branson Airport (BBG).
Are there FAA examiners near Short Final Aviation LLC?
4 pilot examiners and 11 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles of its airport. See them by name
About Short Final Aviation LLC from its own website, read October 21, 2026
Short Final Aviation is a flight school based in Branson, Missouri and Harrison, Arkansas that provides pilot training from discovery flights through commercial certification, aircraft rental, and flight instruction. The school operates a fleet of training aircraft and offers courses in private pilot, instrument rating, commercial pilot, sport pilot, and specialized training such as tailwheel and high-performance endorsements.
- Calls itself
- Short Final Aviation
- What it is
- Flight school
- Bases
- Branson, MO; Harrison, AR
- Aircraft it names
- Cessna 172C, Cessna 172H, Piper Cherokee 140/160, Piper Warrior II, Redbird AATD
- Services
- flight training, aircraft rental, discovery flights, flight reviews, tailwheel training, rusty pilot seminars, CFI training, simulator training
- Address
- Branson, MO
- [email protected]
Written by the site from the pages of shortfinal.org 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 Out of date or wrong?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
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 11 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 3 training center examiners.
- Nathan Keith Leming private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Branson West Jet Center · Branson West, MO (14 nm) · (417) 204-9132 · [email protected]
- Robert Brian Morgan private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Gimlin Airport · Ozark, MO (27 nm) · (417) 689-1034 · [email protected]
- Herman Azell Morris private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Springfield, MO (44 nm) · (417) 830-7407 · [email protected]
- Joshua Paul Jones private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Rogers, AR (45 nm) · (303) 913-4218 · [email protected]
All 25 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.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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
4 aircraft are registered to Short Final Aviation LLC today, mostly Piper PA-28-180. Built between 1963 and 1976; half of them in 1968 or earlier, so the typical one is about 58 years old.
Photo: Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
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All 4 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 Short Final 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 Missouri.
Other flight schools nearby within about 15 miles
- Airport Bums Aero Club 1 aircraft · flying club, Branson
Compare every school in Missouri: 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
- Branson, MO · where it registers its aircraft
- Branson Airport · BBG
- M Graham Clark Downtown Airport · PLK
- Missouri 5,818 aircraft registered
- 4 aircraft on the register · Piper PA-28-180
This entry comes from the FAA aircraft register (October 22, 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.