James Arthur Heckman
Pilot examiner in Whitefish, MT: 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, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters.
Contact James Arthur Heckman to book a checkride
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Office as the FAA lists it
- Address
- P.O. Box 402
Whitefish, MT 59937 - Telephone
- (360) 701-1696
- [email protected]
- Nearest airport
- Whitefish Airport 58S
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
- Justin Bench · Kalispell, MT (6 nm)
May test for: instructor renewals, military competency - Perry Lee Brown · Kalispell, MT (6 nm)
May test for: private pilot, commercial and instrument, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes
Every FAA examiner near Whitefish Airport: 3 pilot examiners, 4 medical examiners.
Flight schools and clubs nearby within about 15 miles, with their aircraft and safety record
- Glacier Flight Training LLC · flight school, 2 aircraft, Whitefish
- Jackalope Flyers LLC · flight school, 1 aircraft, Whitefish
- Right Rudder Flyers LLC · flight school, 1 aircraft, Columbia Falls, 6 miles away
- Sierra Sky Aviation LLC · flight school, 9 aircraft, Kalispell, 7 miles away
- Flywyo LLC · flight school, 4 aircraft, Kalispell, 7 miles away
- Acme Aircraft Flying Club LLC · flying club, 3 aircraft, Kalispell, 7 miles away
- Big Sky Flying Club LLC · flying club, 1 aircraft, Kalispell, 7 miles away
- Caddis Flyers LLC · flight school, 1 aircraft, Kalispell, 7 miles away
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