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Examiners · FAA pilot examiners · California · FAA locator read October 10, 2026

James Courtney Higgins

Pilot examiner in Palo Alto, CA; San Carlos, 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, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes.

Contact James Courtney Higgins to book a checkride

Call (530) 307-9776Email

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Office 1 as the FAA lists it

Address
1901 Embarcadero Rd. STE 100
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Telephone
(530) 307-9776
Email
[email protected]
Nearest airport
Palo Alto Airport PAO

Office 2 as the FAA lists it

Address
795 Skyway Blvd, STE C
San Carlos, CA 94070
Telephone
(530) 307-9776
Email
[email protected]
Nearest airport
San Carlos Airport SQL

Booking a checkride

  1. Your instructor usually arranges it once you're ready and signed off.
  2. Examiners set their own fees; ask when you book, and ask how far ahead they're booking.
  3. Bring what the FAA's testing standards list for your certificate, and your logbook.

Other pilot examiners nearby within fifty nautical miles

  • R Rohlfing · Palo Alto, CA (0 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
  • Michael Healey · Foster City, CA (9 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes
  • Evan Paraskevopoulos · Hayward, CA (12 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters
  • Clayton Miles Conrad · San Jose, CA (16 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 (16 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes
  • Terence Wilson · Alameda, CA (18 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes
  • Mark Pollard · Walnut Creek, CA (28 nm)
    May test for: private pilot; airplanes
  • John Erich Sawatzky · Oakley, CA (38 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes
  • Margaret Watt · Hollister, CA (48 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes

Every FAA examiner near Palo Alto Airport: 10 pilot examiners, 23 medical examiners.

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