Dunkirk Aviation is a family owned and operated flight school, that is located at the Chautauqua County/Dunkirk Airport in Dunkirk, New York.

We are a Federal Aviation Administration (Part 141), Veteran's Administration, and New York State Education approved flight school that has roots back to
1945. After several years of teaching pilots how to fly during World  War II, John J. Nalbone Sr. founded a
flight school at the Werle Airport nearby and began
teaching civilians to fly in late 1945. The flight school
was issued its Part 141 Pilot School certificate by the

FAA in 1947. In 1958, he moved the flight school to its current location at the Dunkirk Airport.
And in 1970, Dunkirk Aviation Flight School joined with the Cessna Aircraft Company to
become one of the original Cessna Pilot Center charter members when Cessna founded
the CPC program of integrated flight training.