Life Flight is an

air ambulance Air medical services is a comprehensive term covering the use of air transportation, aeroplane or helicopter, to move patients to and from healthcare facilities and accident scenes. Personnel provide comprehensive prehospital and emergency and cri ...

service operated by

Geisinger Health System Geisinger Health System (GHS) is a regional health care provider to central, south-central and northeastern Pennsylvania. Headquartered in Danville, Pennsylvania, Geisinger services over 3 million patients in 45 counties. History Geisinger is na ...

in Pennsylvania, United States. It has six operating bases. The air ambulance averages about 2,800 flights a year.

History

Life Flight was founded in 1983 and currently has a fleet of nine helicopters. Life Flight helicopters transport nearly 3,000 critically ill adult and pediatric patients each year across the region. Each crew consists of a pilot, flight nurse, flight paramedic and in certain circumstances, a flight physician or specialty neonatal transport nurse.

Operating bases

The company maintains bases at the following locations within Pennsylvania: * Selinsgrove -

Penn Valley Airport Penn Valley Airport is a public airport a mile north of Selinsgrove, a borough in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. It is owned by the Penn Valley Airport Authority. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as ...

Life Flight 1 * State College –

University Park Airport University Park Airport is a public airport in Benner Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, serving State College and Bellefonte. The airport covers 1,091 acres (442 ha) and has one active runway. The airport is owned by The Pennsylvania S ...

Life Flight 2 * Avoca –

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport is mostly in Pittston Township, Pennsylvania, and spans the border between Luzerne County and Lackawanna County. It is owned and operated by the two counties; it is about 7 miles from Scranton and 8 ...

Life Flight 3 * Williamsport –

Williamsport Regional Airport Williamsport Regional Airport serves Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding area with a population of about 200,000. The airport serves about 40,000 passengers annually. The airport is five miles east of Williamsport, in Lycoming Coun ...

Life Flight 4 * Minersville – Goodwill Fire Department Life Flight 5 * Lehighton –

Jake Arner Memorial Airport Jake Arner Memorial Airport is a public non-towered airport that serves Lehighton, Pennsylvania and the surrounding areas. The airport is home to 35 aircraft, based aircraft as of 2015, and has about 13,000 aircraft movements every calendar year. ...

Life Flight 6

Fleet

References

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