Angel Flight West

Mission Request

Step 1. Mission Guidelines

Thank you for your interest in Angel Flight West. We look forward to assisting you with your travel needs. Please make your request for transportation using this convenient online request form, but before you begin, please review the acceptance criteria below and make sure that you meet all the stated requirements.

Acceptance Criteria for Angel Flight West

Qualifying for an Angel Flight West Mission

As our mission statement says, Angel Flight West arranges free air transportation on private aircraft in response to health care and other compelling human needs. Our volunteer members are private pilots who use their own aircraft.

All Angel Flights are free of charge; there is never a fee of any kind, either to the patient or the health care provider, for an Angel Flight. The costs are paid by the volunteer pilots.

If you need transportation to medical treatment, or feel that you have a compelling human need which can be met through transportation in a private airplane, we encourage you to contact Angel Flight, either by email or by phone at (888) 4-AN-ANGEL, or 888-426-2643.

However, we do have certain requirements and pre-requisites. Please read these over before contacting the office! Thanks, this will help prevent our volunteers from having to field unnecessary calls.

Distance. Angel Flight provides transportation in the Western States and Hawaii only: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. For longer flights or flights originating in other regions, go to the Angel Flight America National Patient Travel Center Web Site.

Advance Notice. Under most circumstances, you must schedule a flight at least five working days in advance. In some cases we can accommodate shorter lead-times (for example, transplant situations), but we cannot guarantee finding a pilot under those circumstances.

Financial Need. We will provide transportation to meet a variety of needs, but there must ordinarily be a financial need on the part of the recipient. Remember that our pilots are volunteers, and they are making a substantial financial contribution (sometimes as much as $1,000 for one flight) in addition to their time, so please be aware that the flight should be a charitable cause. There may also be some reason why private aircraft is the only option over commercial transportation, for example, if an individual lives in a rural area without easy access to commercial transportation, or if a person is highly susceptible to infection and cannot be exposed to crowds.

Medical Condition. Passengers must be medically stable, ambulatory, and be able to sit up in an airplane seat for the duration of the flight. Our pilots are not medically trained. Angel Flight is not an air ambulance service.

Medical Release from Physician. Passengers will be required to provide a medical release signed by a physician indicating that the passenger is satisfactory medical condition to take the flight.
If you meet the criteria above, and you feel you have a compelling need which could be met through air transportation, please indicate as such below and click Continue to proceed.

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