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Life Flight (Geisinger)

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Life Flight
IATA ICAO Call sign
LFE 1LFE LIFE FLIGHT
Founded1983
Commenced operations1985
Operating bases
Fleet size9
HeadquartersDanville, Pennsylvania, United States
Life Flight helicopter landing at Williamsport Regional Airport

Life Flight is an air ambulance service operated by Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania, United States. It has five operating bases. The air ambulance averages about 2,500 flights a year.[1]

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:[2]

Fleet

Aircraft In Service Orders Notes
Eurocopter EC145 7 1 each based in State College, Avoca, Williamsport, Minersville, Lehighton, and 2 in Danville
MBB/Kawasaki BK117 2
Total 9 1

References

  1. ^ "Life Flight Air Ambulance". Geisinger. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  2. ^ "Life Flight Operating Bases". Retrieved November 13, 2016.