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

Steven Earl Nixon

Pilot examiner in Brandy Station, VA; Culpeper, VA: 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, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters.

Culpeper Regional Airport as the FAA lists it

Address
12517 Beverly Ford Rd
Brandy Station, VA 22714
Telephone
(540) 729-9859
Email
[email protected]
Nearest airport
Culpeper Regional CJR

Office 2 as the FAA lists it

Address
1025 RIDGEMERE LN
Culpeper, VA 22701
Telephone
(540) 729-9859
Email
[email protected]
Nearest airport
Culpeper Regional CJR

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

  • Spencer Reed Watson · Midland, VA (11 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes
  • Alan Lowdermilk · Manassas, VA (24 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes
  • Michael Arthur Pearson · Fredericksburg, VA (26 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes, seaplanes
  • Piet Edward Barber · front royal, VA (29 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders
  • Bradley Palmer · Charlottesville, VA (35 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes
  • Jeffrey Richard Riemer · Arlington, VA (42 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes

Every FAA examiner near Culpeper Regional: 7 pilot examiners, 30 medical examiners.

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

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