Find FAA-certified flight instructors in New Mexico. AviatorDB tracks 350 active flight instructors across New Mexico, with major hubs in ALBUQUERQUE, ALAMOGORDO, SANTA FE, LAS CRUCES, and RIO RANCHO. Search the FAA's official airman registry below to verify a certified flight instructor's certificate status, ratings, and credentials — refreshed monthly from the FAA's primary source. Whether you're hiring, scheduling training, or verifying a referral, AviatorDB's database covers every active CFI registered in the state.
NameCity
Bruce Mcclung Adams
Santa Fe
Robert Francis Akroyd Jr
Raton
William Hughes Aldred Jr
Gallup
Anthony Alvarez Allen
Albuquerque
Eric Martin Allen
Capitan
Autumn Joy Allender
Roswell
Nanni Jeanine Allington
Albuquerque
Tatton Brant Allsup
Mule Creek
Cody Lee Anderson
Placitas
Nathan Daniel Anderson
Alamogordo
John Kyle Armstrong
Lovington
Mark Douglas Arnholt
Albuquerque
Douglas Allen Atwell
Corrales
Joseph Gregory Aubert
Farmington
Rachel Leanne Avery
Albuquerque
Jonathan Ernest Bachman
Alamogordo
Jason Douglas Bagwell
Albuquerque
Jim Richard Ballard
Carlsbad
James Edward Baptiste
Albuquerque
Frank Michael Barbera
Edgewood
Joshua Jerome Barela
Albuquerque
Ashly Terese Barnes
Albuquerque
Remington Robert Barnes
Albuquerque
Alice Lauren Barnett
Rio Rancho
Jennifer Alyce Bartley
Rociada
Marc Alan Beason
Alamogordo
Dennis Lee Beattie
Peralta
Michael Patrick Beatty
Albuquerque
Jacob Thomas Beineke
Albuquerque
Brandon Alexander Belcher
Albuquerque
Zachry Cole Bellah
Carlsbad
Abel John Benavidez
Santa Fe
Alec Robert Benoit
Rio Rancho
Jonathan Wightman Berry
Albuquerque
Mark Steven Beyer
Clovis
Stephen Scott Biddinger
Holloman Afb
Richard Alan Billings
Albuquerque
Juniper Edith Black
Santa Fe
John Hall Bode
Albuquerque
Paul Basil Bordenave Jr
Alamogordo
Frank Joseph Bowlin Iii
Santa Fe
James Kevin Brady
Rio Rancho
Joaquin Coyote Brandi
Santa Fe
Craig Stewart Brenden
Rio Rancho
Nicolas Edgar Britton
Albuquerque
Jeffrey Jay Brookhouser
Rio Rancho
Michael Anthony Brown
Farmington
William Russell Bubb
Albuquerque
Constance Ann Buenafe
Santa Fe
David Riley Bullock
Jarales
William Hunter Bullock
Los Lunas
Scott Lee Burnett
Belen
Paul Joseph Burns
Sandia Park
Ryan Jay Burt
Corrales
John Peter Butcher
Farmington
Leo Murray Bynum
Albuquerque
Brian Wayne Cammack
Edgewood
Trentan Wayne Cammack
Edgewood
Robert Jay Carlton
Moriarty
Rick Thomas Carrier
Alamogordo
Ford Blake Devries Carty
Rio Rancho
Jeremy Phillip Causey
Albuquerque
Mateo Magnus Centenera
Albuquerque
Ronald Lee Chanslor
Albuquerque
Michael Dean Chase
Albuquerque
Justin Clemente Chavez
Taos
Candy Christmas
Angel Fire
Joseph Anthony Cirri
Deming
Leo Doyle Cissell Iii
Albuquerque
Ryan Patrick Coates
Albuquerque
Christopher William Cockroft
Las Cruces
Brian David Conant
Albuquerque
Terrance Michael Cooney
Albuquerque
Robert Bowden Corn
Roswell
Justin Eugene Cox
Albuquerque
Ronald Scott Crabtree
Alamogordo
David Randall Craft
Alto
Matthew Charles Crowell
Albuquerque
Jon Terrill Daffer
Edgewood
James David Danby
Hi Rls Mtn Pk
Sarah Helen Davies
Placitas
Eric Lee Davis
Albuquerque
Ferdinand Ernest De Souza
El Prado
James Michael Deck
Albuquerque
Sergio Desiati
Belen
Jason Michael Dewitte
Albuquerque
Ryan Jeffrey Dickensheets
Las Cruces
Donald Wayne Donahue
Las Cruces
George Andrew Dougherty
Las Cruces
John Edward Dougherty Jr
Albuquerque
Ivan Michael Duran
Rio Rancho
Ursula Maria Durrer
Albuquerque
Catherine Ann Dwinnell
Las Cruces
Paul Carl Dwyer
Santa Fe
John Dee Early
Las Cruces
Eric Richard Edgerton
Aztec
Walter David Edwards
Albuquerque
Kristofer David Egeland
Albuquerque
Leonard Charles Ekman
Alamogordo
Bruce Wayne Elder
Farmington
Erik Barry Erhardt
Albuquerque
Michael Avery Ervin
Los Lunas
Seth Aron Escalante
Las Cruces
Samuel Louis Estrella-Magnifico
Santa Fe
Gregory Scott Farmer
Sandia Park
Eric Richard Fedorchuk
Clovis
Thomas Ernest Ferenczhalmy
Alamogordo
John Michael Fishburn
Stanley
Will Elliott Fox
Los Alamos
Christopher Jay Frost
Las Cruces
Michael Webster Fusilier
Rio Rancho
Benjamin Paul Galloway
Redrock
Mark Steven Gardiner
Albuquerque
Michael Thomas Garner
Albuquerque
Christopher James Gartner
Albuquerque
Nathan Austin Gay
Gallup
Matt Leonard Gebhart
Reserve
Anand Antony George
Clovis
Russell Glen Gervase
Farmington
Jenifer Donn Getz
Albuquerque
Thomas James Giaimo
Clovis
Robert Bradford Gibson
Los Alamos
Stephen Mark Gibson
Alto
Tristan Charles Gilbert
Las Cruces
Jonathan Grayson Goeres
Clovis
Emilio Gonzalez
Santa Fe
Lance Carl Grace
Alamogordo
Eric Brian Greenblatt
Albuquerque
Michael Wayland Griffith
Santa Fe
John Edward Grosso
Santa Fe
Lorraine Grace Gruys
Santa Fe
Terry Ernest Haley
Roswell
Kenneth Darrell Hand
Albuquerque
Nicole Marie Handy
Albuquerque
Nicholas Scott Hanna
Cloudcroft
James John Harkins Jr
Alamogordo
Travis Wesley Harris
Albuquerque
William Dudley Harris
Albuquerque
James Edward Harvey
Alamogordo
James William Hatch Ii
Clayton
Mark Fredrick Hawkins
Edgewood
Thomas Edgar Heinemeyer
Los Lunas
Benton Gene Hendrix
Alamogordo
Russell Keith Henson
Santa Fe
Benjamin Herder
Rio Rancho
Ira Lee Herman
Albuquerque
Jason Blake Heyman
Santa Fe
Robert Charles Hicks Jr
Alamogordo
Steven Gregg Hightower
Alto
William George Hill Iii
Cedar Crest
John Peter Hobkirk
Albuquerque
Christopher Steven Homolka
Albuquerque
Drew Justin Hovland
Albuquerque
Sean Michael Hoyer
Clovis
Stephen Clyde Hundley
Angel Fire
Jeffrey Donald Huss
Albuquerque
Jeremiah Lee Hymas
Clovis
Matthew Ralph Ingraffia
Holloman Afb
Kaden Lee Jarrel
Hobbs
Stephen Lee Jarrell
Edgewood
Malcolm David Jennings
Santa Fe
Harrison Allen Jerrolds
Alamogordo
Eric Carl Jessen
La Luz
Antonio David Jesurun
Albuquerque
Jason Hilton John
Alamogordo
Aaron Reed Johnson
Farmington
Daniel John Joiner
Albuquerque
Lewis Dale Jollett
Alamogordo
Ellsworth David Jones Ii
Animas
Michael Dillon Kading
Las Cruces
Gary Osvald Karttunen
Alto
Joshua Roy Keeler
Albuquerque
Stephen Michael Keller
Albuquerque
Weston Lee Wohrle Kessler
Santa Fe
Paul Matthew Kinzelman
Peralta
Michael Paul Kleckner
Youngsville
Kaylin Ross Klein
Artesia
Colleen Marie Koenig
Edgewood
Richard Lee Kohler
Moriarty
Angela Marie Krieg
Santa Fe
Justin Paul Krueger
Corrales
Steven Mark Kuenzi
Alamogordo
Jonathan Walter Kuntz
Holloman Afb
James Lawson Laprelle Iii
Placitas
Robert Edmund Larranaga Jr
Rio Rancho
Stephen Dale Layton
Lovington
Eugene H Lefebvre Iii
Rio Rancho
Barry Joseph Leff
Las Cruces
Gary Lee Leverett
Albuquerque
Robin Earl Lilly
Las Cruces
Thomas Wickliffe Litchfield
Albuquerque
James Keith Lockman
Albuquerque
Thomas Dale Long
Rio Rancho
John Clay Lorenz
Edgewood
Jay David Maclean
Albuquerque
Raphael Rassoul Mahaim
Santa Fe
David Martin Mangelsdorf
Raton
Michael Max Marker Jr
Los Lunas
Matthew Holmes Markle
Farmington
William Alexander Mathews
Albuquerque
Gary Wayne Mauldin
Navajo Dam
Stuart Brian Maxon
Los Lunas
Michael Raymond May
Albuquerque
Lonnie Allen Mazuranich
Albuquerque
David Thomas Mcbride
Albuquerque
Robert Wayne Mccoy
Las Cruces
Ronald David Mcelroy
Las Cruces
Robert Mclelland Iii
Albuquerque
Steven Henry Mcneill
Santa Fe
Paul Vincent Mcsherry
Albuquerque
Michael Joseph Mead
Farmington
James Eric Mease
Albuquerque
Matthew Alan Medara
Clovis
Charles Edwin Mensching
Rio Rancho
Michael Bland Meyer
Rio Rancho
Wolfgang Albert Meyn
Hi Rls Mtn Pk
Carol Ann Might
San Antonio
Tyler Nelson Trout Miller
Hobbs
Donald Keith Mitchell
Belen
Michael Anthony Montes
Edgewood
Kristopher Douglas Moore
San Jon
Mark Edward Moyer
Albuquerque
Robert John Mudd
Moriarty
Peter Denis Murphy
Santa Fe
Erwin Milton Myers Jr
Lovington
Peter Michael Nadon
Aztec
Gabriel Nelson
Roswell
Carl Richard Nelson Jr
Santa Fe
Gary Lee Nordyke
Albuquerque
John William Norton
Placitas
Ryan Adam Nowaczck
Alamogordo
John Linde Nystrom Jr
Albuquerque
Robert James O'Haver
Tijeras
Brian Erick O'Neil
Los Alamos
Reece Kum Wei Okada
Albuquerque
Shane Oler
Alamogordo
Freddie Olivas
Las Cruces
Brandon Nils Olson
Albuquerque
Travis Roy Orawiec
Deming
Mark Kenneth Orton
Albuquerque
Dalton Joseph Otero
Albuquerque
Nils Bjorn Ottersland
Las Cruces
Lee Henry Otto
Albuquerque
Rick Albert Panozzo
Los Lunas
David Scott Parker
Albuquerque
Timothy Shain Paul
Rio Rancho
Robert Edward Pavelka
Alamogordo
Gregory Parker Payne
Las Cruces
Ernesto Xavier Perez
Las Cruces
Trever Gale Perkins
La Luz
Richard Lee Perry
Albuquerque
Michael Andrew Pilla
Albuquerque
Jackson Rinn Pope
Bloomfield
William Rip Price
Albuquerque
Christopher Michael Priest
Las Cruces
Kevin Roen Quattlebaum
Hi Rls Mtn Pk
Travis Lee Rabon
Albuquerque
Michael Kyle Radtke
Mesilla
Benedict Robert Rael
Truchas
Joseph Edward Ramier
Santa Fe
Mark David Reyner
Los Lunas
Robert David Reyner
Albuquerque
Charles Matthew Reynolds
Alamogordo
Michael Lee Roberts
Moriarty
Jerome Duke Robinson
Alamogordo
Noah Jonathan Rodriguez
Albuquerque
Stanley Bernard Roeske
Albuquerque
Thomas Lee Rogers
Los Lunas
Jessica Anne Rolfe
Albuquerque
David Francis Roman
Clovis
David Joseph Roybal
Albuquerque
Daniel Jay Rubottom
Clayton
Jonathan Bruce Rudolf
Farmington
James Taylor Runyon
Los Lunas
Andre Tran Russell
Alamogordo
Guy Russo
Sandia Park
Isaac Haddon Rydman
Clovis
Larry Jay Salganek
Albuquerque
Ray Allen Sanchez
Albuquerque
Ryan Thomas Saylor
Albuquerque
Joel Allan Schneider
Cerrillos
Thomas James Schroeder
Alamogordo
James Charles Schuetzler Jr
Tijeras
Edward Joe Seeley
Las Cruces
Vickie L Sensenig-Belisle
Tucumcari
Daniel Gregory Sharpes
Albuquerque
Dustin Scott Sheffield
Alamogordo
Maurice Glen Sheppard
Los Alamos
James Michael Shinas
Los Alamos
Thomas Porter Shoaf
Alamogordo
Kevin Eugene Simpson
Aztec
Donald Cooper Sitta
Farmington
George William Slad
Albuquerque
David Adam Smith
Los Alamos
Isaac James Smith
Albuquerque
Shayla Renay Smith
Capitan
Rose Marie Snyder
Stanley
John Brennan Spillane
Alamogordo
James Irven Staley Ii
Santa Fe
Clayton Hendrik Stansell
Los Lunas
David Lamar Staples
Santa Fe
Bruce Eric Stark
Albuquerque
Richard Lowell Stark
Albuquerque
Monica Faye Steidele
Santa Fe
Diana Lynn Stokes-Trunzo
Alamogordo
Ivan Ray Stoltzfus
Deming
Michael Strumpler
Los Lunas
Mark Ivan Sturm
Albuquerque
Aaron Matthew Charles Sullivan
Rio Rancho
Brandon Mark Sullivan
Cloudcroft
Richard Paul Superfine
Albuquerque
Jack Kenneth Swinehart Ii
Albuquerque
Andrew James Taher
Tijeras
James Douglas Talbert
Alamogordo
Daniel Ross Taylor
Alamogordo
Justin Eric Tesinsky
Albuquerque
David James Tessmann
Albuquerque
Micaela Lana Tieman
Hi Rls Mtn Pk
Charles William Travelstead
Albuquerque
Clifford Dale Tyree
Las Cruces
Santiago Jerome Valdez
Alamogordo
Kevin William Van Stone
Albuquerque
Kyle Dustin Vanscoyoc
Santa Fe
Andre Anthony Vargas
Albuquerque
Geoffrey Oberg Veneklasen
Santa Fe
Nathan Jon Vogel
Alamogordo
Diana Lynn Volker
Albuquerque
Brian James Wade
Albuquerque
Con Luther Ward Iii
Rio Rancho
Ronald Leon Waterman
Albuquerque
Jared Jesse Watson
Albuquerque
Scott Freeman Wharem
Santa Teresa
Horace Mayes Whitt
Edgewood
Christopher Lee Williams
Santa Fe
Robert Stacy Williams
Albuquerque
Brian Thomas Wilson
Lamy
Robert Bruce Wilson
Santa Fe
Vernon Clyde Wilson
Las Cruces
William Christian Wilterdink
Albuquerque
Jeffrey Jon Wolfe
Alamogordo
Stephen Worthy Wolfe
Albuquerque
Michael Lei-Yen Wong
Albuquerque
Donald Ray Wood
Albuquerque
Sam Austin Wyley
Nara Visa
Terrence Burbank Wyman
Albuquerque
Arthur Dmitry Yarotski
Santa Fe
Mark Allen Young
Albuquerque
David Mark Zeiger
Los Lunas
Reginald Zhuckkahosee Ii
Albuquerque
Joshua David Ziegler
Albuquerque
How to find a CFI in New Mexico
- Use the search box above to filter by last name, first name, or city.
- Browse the 350 flight instructors currently registered in New Mexico.
- Click any name to view the full FAA certificate record — ratings, medical class, and issuance date.
- Cross-reference results at airmen.faa.gov for primary-source verification.
New Mexico CFI statistics
There are 350 active flight instructors currently registered in New Mexico, ranking #42 nationally for CFI count.
Top cities by CFI count
- ALBUQUERQUE
- ALAMOGORDO
- SANTA FE
- LAS CRUCES
- RIO RANCHO
Frequently Asked Questions
- How do I find a CFI in New Mexico?
- AviatorDB lists every active FAA-certificated flight instructor (CFI) in New Mexico. Use the search box above to look up by last name, or browse the table to see all 350 CFIs registered in New Mexico. Each result links to a certificate detail page showing ratings (CFI, CFII, MEI), medical class, and last issuance date. Records are refreshed monthly from the FAA's official airmen registry.
- How many CFIs are in New Mexico?
- As of the most recent FAA refresh, New Mexico has 350 active Certified Flight Instructors. The largest concentrations are in ALBUQUERQUE, ALAMOGORDO, SANTA FE, LAS CRUCES, and RIO RANCHO. New Mexico ranks #42 nationally for CFI count.
- Are these New Mexico flight instructor records current?
- Yes. AviatorDB syncs the FAA airmen registry monthly, so New Mexico CFI records reflect the most recent official update. Individual instructors may have made certificate or rating changes since the last sync; for primary-source verification, cross-check at airmen.faa.gov.
- What's the difference between a CFI, CFII, and MEI?
- A CFI (Certified Flight Instructor) can teach private and commercial pilot certificates in airplanes. A CFII (Certified Flight Instructor — Instrument) adds the instrument-rating instruction privilege. An MEI (Multi-Engine Instructor) adds multi-engine instruction. AviatorDB lists all three under the Flight Instructors category; click any instructor's name to see their specific ratings.
- Can I verify a flight instructor's certificate directly with the FAA?
- Yes. The FAA's official airmen inquiry tool at airmen.faa.gov is the primary source. AviatorDB pulls from the same registry monthly to give you faster searchable access; for official certificate verification (employment, insurance, schools), use the FAA tool as your final reference.