John Erich Sawatzky
Pilot examiner in Oakley, CA: an experienced pilot the FAA has designated to give checkrides, the practical tests for pilot certificates and ratings, on its behalf.
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes.
Office as the FAA lists it
- Address
- 4700 Lariat Lane
Oakley, CA 94561 - Telephone
- (925) 354-9419
- [email protected]
- Nearest airport
- Byron Airport C83
Booking a checkride
- Your instructor usually arranges it once you're ready and signed off.
- Examiners set their own fees; ask when you book, and ask how far ahead they're booking.
- Bring what the FAA's testing standards list for your certificate, and your logbook.
Other pilot examiners nearby within fifty nautical miles
- Mark Pollard · Walnut Creek, CA (19 nm)
May test for: private pilot; airplanes - Evan Paraskevopoulos · Hayward, CA (29 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters - Terence Wilson · Alameda, CA (30 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes - Jonathan Baror · Davis, CA (33 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - James Courtney Higgins · Palo Alto, CA (38 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes - Michael Healey · Foster City, CA (38 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes - R Rohlfing · Palo Alto, CA (38 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - Clayton Miles Conrad · San Jose, CA (40 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - Jennifer Rayne Watson · San Jose, CA (40 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - Robert Frankovich · Sacramento, CA (42 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders
Every FAA examiner near Byron Airport: 11 pilot examiners, 32 medical examiners.
Flight schools and clubs nearby within about 15 miles, with their aircraft and safety record
- Hodge Flight Services LLC · flight school, 3 aircraft, Pittsburg, 11 miles away
- Northern California Soaring Association · flying club, 5 aircraft, Byron, 12 miles away
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