Pilot examiners

A pilot examiner is an experienced pilot the FAA designates to give the checkride, the practical test at the end of training. The FAA lists 1,044. Each name opens the examiner's page with what they may test for and the contact details the FAA publishes.

By state pilot examiners with an office in each

State	Pilot examiners
Florida	112
Texas	96
California	80
Arizona	57
Ohio	35
Tennessee	35
Oregon	33
Illinois	32
New York	27
Georgia	26
Pennsylvania	26
Washington	26
North Carolina	24
Indiana	22
Missouri	22
Michigan	21
Alaska	20
South Carolina	20
Utah	19
Minnesota	18
Nevada	17
Alabama	16
Colorado	16
Iowa	16
New Jersey	16
Kansas	15
Virginia	15
Maryland	14
Oklahoma	14
Idaho	13
Kentucky	13
Wisconsin	13
Arkansas	12
Montana	12
New Mexico	10
Hawaii	8
Louisiana	8
Massachusetts	8
Mississippi	8
North Dakota	7
Puerto Rico	7
Nebraska	6
South Dakota	6
Maine	5
New Hampshire	5
Wyoming	4
Connecticut	3
Vermont	2
West Virginia	2
Rhode Island	1
U.S. Virgin Islands	1

Booking a checkride

Your instructor usually arranges it once you're ready and signed off.
Examiners set their own fees; ask when you book.
Check what the examiner may test for (on their page): private, instrument, commercial, instructor, and in which kinds of aircraft.
Waits vary by region; ask how far ahead they are booking.

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 FAA examiners and inspectors by state.