Sweet Aviation

Sweet Aviation is a flight school, Part 135 charter operator and maintenance company based at Smith Field Airport (KSMD), 902 West Ludwig Road, Fort Wayne, Indiana, about five miles north of downtown. It also has locations at Goshen Municipal Airport (KGSH) and Auburn-DeKalb Executive Airport (KGWB). The company is owned by Chuck Surack and is part of Surack Enterprises, alongside Sweet Helicopters, Enstrom Helicopter and Aviation Specialty Insurance. Joel Pierce is General Manager and Kyle MacWilliams is Aircraft Maintenance Director.

Cirrus services

The website describes Sweet Aviation as an authorized Cirrus Training and Service Center with factory trained, Cirrus authorized technicians. The maintenance page lists annual inspections, pre-purchase inspections, maintenance tracking, propeller balancing, oxygen bottle refills, and interior and exterior detailing. The shop offers to move aircraft to and from its hangar. Cirrus Aircraft's locator lists the following:

• Maintenance for Cirrus SR20, SR22 and SR22T aircraft
• Garmin and Avidyne avionics service
• Ice protection system maintenance
• Composite and paint repair
• Oxygen and air conditioning service
• Cirrus parts
• Aircraft pickup and delivery

The locator also lists Sweet Aviation as a Cirrus Training Center. CAPS overhaul is not listed.

Maintenance team

Technicians are trained on several makes and models. The company has directors of maintenance at Goshen (Michael Hicks) and Auburn (Sean Barr), a maintenance coordinator at Smith Field, parts managers at Goshen and Auburn, an avionics manager at Goshen, a chief inspector, seven certified mechanics and two detailers, one of them a master aircraft detailer.

Training, charter and fleet

The Part 141 school covers private, instrument, commercial, CFI and CFII, multi engine, tailwheel and helicopter training, plus ground schools, STEM flights and college programmes with Indiana Wesleyan University and Purdue Global. The fleet listed on the site includes a Cirrus SR22 GTS and SR20 G7, Diamond DA20, DA40 and DA42, Cessna 172, a Super Decathlon, Guimbal Cabri G2 helicopters, and Redbird FMX and TD2 training devices. The charter fleet includes a Citation CJ4, Citation XLS and XLS+, and a Pilatus PC-12 NGX; the about page also mentions a Cirrus Vision Jet. Smith Field has a climate controlled hangar, a pilot lounge, concierge services and crew and rental car access. Aircraft rental, aviation medical exams and a Lunch on the Fly fly-in are also listed.

Contact

Description from the company's website and the Cirrus Aircraft service center locator (October 2026). Pricing is by quote. Is this your company? Claim this page to add photos and keep your services up to date.