Your Pathway to the Skies Starts Here
Whether you’re taking your very first flight or advancing toward a professional aviation career, Berkshire Aviation offers the full spectrum of certificates, ratings, endorsements, and proficiency programs to match your goals. From mastering the basics as a Private to adding advanced skills like an Instrument Rating or Certified Flight Instructor certificate, our training is designed to challenge, inspire, and prepare you for whatever your aviation journey holds. We also offer specialized endorsements, refresher training, and safety programs—including Intro to Stalled Flight course—ensuring you stay sharp, confident, and ready for every flight.
Take Flight with Berkshire Aviation
For over 65 years, Berkshire Aviation Enterprises has been shaping aviators at the scenic Great Barrington Airport. We know that no two students are alike—each comes with their own dreams, skills, and motivation to fly. That’s why our training is never one-size-fits-all. Our instructors craft a personalized curriculum for every student, designed to help you reach your goals—whether that means flying for fun, for business, or as a career.
What’s constant? Our uncompromising standards. Every Berkshire instructor is a highly experienced pilot who teaches for one reason: a pure love of aviation and the joy of sharing it with others. They undergo regular recurrent training to ensure their skills—and yours—stay razor-sharp. We expect our students to bring the same disciplined, safety-first mindset to their training. The result? A learning environment that’s as enjoyable as it is effective, producing confident, capable pilots.
Why Learn to Fly at Great Barrington (GBR)?
Take off where flying is as exciting as it should be—at Great Barrington Airport! Here, you’ll spend more time in the air and less time waiting thanks to our non-towered, pilot-friendly environment. Every departure launches you into the breathtaking beauty of the Berkshires, with views that make every lesson unforgettable. From day one, you’re not just riding along—you’re in the pilot’s seat, hands on the controls, living the dream.
Certificates & Ratings
Take your flying to new heights with our full range of training programs:
Pilot Certificates & Ratings
Private Pilot (PPL) – Your gateway to the skies.
Instrument Rating (IR) – Master flying in all weather conditions.
Commercial Pilot (CPL) – Turn your passion into a profession.
Certified Flight Instructor (CFI & CFII) – Share your skills and inspire the next generation.
Airline Transport Pilot – Single Engine (ATP) – The pinnacle of pilot certification.
Endorsements
High Performance – Unleash the power, master the speed.
Complex – Precision and proficiency in every gear and flap configuration.
Tailwheel – Back to basics, where stick-and-rudder skills are honed.
Currency & Proficiency Training
Flight Reviews – Sharpen your skills, refresh your knowledge, fly with confidence.
Instrument Proficiency Check (IPC) – Stay current, stay sharp, master the clouds.
WINGS – Pilot Proficiency Program – Continuous learning for a lifetime of safe flying.
Ground School
Tailored ground school classes transforms aspiring pilots into true aviators, instilling the passion, knowledge, and preparedness that form the foundation for safe and successful flight operations, so that when it’s time to take the controls, you’re not just flying—you’re truly mastering the art of flight.
Intro to Stalled Flight
Berkshire Aviation is proud to bring the Intro to Stalled Flight program to our pilots in partnership with Community Aviation. This innovative training tackles loss of control, aviation’s leading cause of fatal accidents, through online learning, simulation or visualization, and in-cockpit practice. Earn FAA WINGS credits, qualify for insurance discounts, and sharpen your skills—all close to home.
Our Training & Rental Fleet of Aircraft
We fly and maintain our own fleet of Piper aircraft for training and rental.
Flight Simulators
We have an FAA approved flight simulator available to enhance your training and improve your proficiency.
Flight School Hours
Normal
8:00 am – 5:00 pm daily
Hours may change by appointment
Memorial Day through Labor Day
No continuous takeoffs and landings before 8:00 am or after 5:00 pm
During Fall, Winter, Spring
No continuous takeoffs and landings before 8:00 am or after 6:00 pm
On Sundays
No continuous takeoffs and landings before 9:00 am or after 5:00 pm
No Flight School Operations on the following holidays
Memorial Day
July 4th
Thanksgiving
Christmas