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

Charles Welden

Pilot examiner in Alexander City, AL; Calera, AL: 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, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, multi-engine seaplanes.

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WaterWings Seaplane Hangar Willow Point as the FAA lists it

Address
714 Willow Way North
Alexander City, AL 35010
Telephone
(205) 807-3591
Email
[email protected]
Nearest airport
Thomas C Russell Field ALX

WaterWings Seaplanes Hangar as the FAA lists it

Address
259 Weathervane Road
Calera, AL 35040
Telephone
(205) 807-3591
Email
[email protected]
Nearest airport
Shelby County EET

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

  • Jeffrey Lee Farmer · Alexander City, AL (0 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes
  • Greg Harper Muse · Alpine, AL (30 nm)
    May test for: instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates
  • Ken Spivey · Calera, AL (40 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes
  • Fredric Mark Newman · Pell City, AL (41 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, helicopters
  • Mark Gregory Etheredge · Pell City, AL (41 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes
  • Robert Burnet · Montgomery, AL (43 nm)
    May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes
  • Jeffrey Wolf · Lagrange, GA (45 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

Every FAA examiner near Thomas C Russell Field: 8 pilot examiners, 9 medical examiners.

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