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Examiners · FAA pilot examiners · North Carolina · FAA locator read October 10, 2026

Craig Varnum

Pilot examiner in Concord, NC: 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, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; helicopters.

Office as the FAA lists it

Address
8606 Aviation Blvd NW
Concord, NC 28027
Telephone
(704) 724-3655
Email
[email protected]
Nearest airport
Concord-Padgett Regional JQF

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

  • Adam Rosenberg · Concord, NC (0 nm)
    May test for: 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
  • Darrin Murphy · Concord, NC (0 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes
  • Guenter Trautmann · Concord, NC (0 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes
  • Charles Rosenstein · Stanley, NC (16 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes
  • John William Dennis · Mooresville, NC (16 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes
  • Melissa Curtis · Iton Station, NC (20 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes
  • Ronald Leo Horton · Monroe, NC (23 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes
  • Brian Lee Mott · Fort Mill, SC (26 nm)
    May test for: commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes
  • Gary Garavaglia · Statesville, NC (26 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders
  • Timothy Standard · Fort Mill, SC (26 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes
  • Garland Michael Boone · Lexington, NC (31 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes
  • Brandon NeSmith · Hickory, NC (39 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes

Every FAA examiner near Concord-Padgett Regional: 13 pilot examiners, 15 medical examiners.

Flight schools and clubs nearby within about 15 miles, with their aircraft and safety record

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