Rick Vanderweide
Pilot examiner in Renner, SD: 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; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes.
Office as the FAA lists it
- Address
- 47515 255th st
Renner, SD 57055 - Telephone
- (605) 929-8466
- [email protected]
- Nearest airport
- Joe Foss Field FSD
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
- Kay Ann West · Sioux Falls, SD (5 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial pilot; balloons - Tucker Ulmer · Sioux Falls, SD (5 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - Morris Alan Riggin · Madison, SD (26 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes - Sheldon Andrew Rasmussen · Brookings, SD (38 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes - Daniel Dean Vander Weide · Orange City, IA (48 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes
Every FAA examiner near Joe Foss Field: 6 pilot examiners, 8 medical examiners.
Flight schools and clubs nearby within about 15 miles, with their aircraft and safety record
- Dakota Aviation LLC · flight school, 4 aircraft, Sioux Falls, 6 miles away
- Mockingbird Flying Club · flying club, 3 aircraft, Sioux Falls, 6 miles away
- Yellow Flyers INC · flight school, 1 aircraft, Sioux Falls, 6 miles away
- Legacy Aviation LLC · flight school, 10 aircraft, Tea, 15 miles away
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