Aerowood Aviation - KEQY

Aerowood Aviation is a flight school, aircraft rental and maintenance company at Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport (KEQY) in Monroe, North Carolina. It is a Cirrus Authorized Training Center and a Cirrus Authorized Service Center.

About the company

Aerowood is owned by CEO Brandon Atkinson, a private pilot with an instrument rating who bought the flight school after owning several aircraft. General manager Adam McClinton is a flight instructor and Cirrus Standardized Instructor Pilot (CSIP). The company also offers aircraft management and aircraft sales support.

Services

Aerowood Service Center handles inspections, regulatory compliance, airframe and powerplant repairs, and routine and preventive maintenance. Types listed include the Cessna 172 and Citation series, Cirrus SR20, SR22 and SF50 Vision Jet, Beechcraft Nextant 400, Piper Arrow and Lance, and ICON A5.

Flight training

Training runs from private pilot through instrument, commercial, CFI and CFII, plus tailwheel training and ground school. The rental fleet of 28 aircraft includes Cessna 172s, Pipistrel Alpha Trainers, Cirrus SR20 and SR22T, a Citabria and a Piper Seneca.

Other locations

• Concord-Padgett Regional Airport, Concord, NC: Cirrus training and rental
• Mid-Carolina Regional Airport, Salisbury, NC: announced as coming soon

Cirrus services

Cirrus Aircraft Authorized Service Center, Cirrus Training Center.

• Maintenance for Cirrus SR20, SR22 and SR22T aircraft
• Line maintenance for the Cirrus Vision Jet (SF50)
• Garmin avionics service
• Avidyne avionics service
• Ice protection system maintenance
• Composite and paint repair
• Air conditioning service
• Cirrus parts
• Aircraft pickup and delivery

Source: Cirrus Aircraft service center locator (October 2026).