Fixed Wing Air Ambulance. Help and Hope from America’s Oldest Joint Use Air Medical Program.

CareFlite’s fixed wing services can fly anywhere within the United States for emergent and non-emergent patient transport. CareFlite’s fixed wing service is available 24 hours a day Monday through Friday by calling the Communications Center at (800) 442-6260.

• An ATP (Airline Transport Pilot) at the aircraft controls with thousands of hours of flight experience
• A CFRN (Certified Flight Registered Nurse) with at least three years emergency room and/or intensive care unit experience. CareFlite Flight Nurses are also certified or licensed paramedics.
• An FP-C (Flight Paramedic - Certified) with at least three years of progressive 911 experience
• The configuration of the medical crew may change based on the condition of the patient .
• Specialty Team Flights including balloon pump and ECMO are also available in the King Air.

The large cabin aircraft can transport one adult patient. The aircraft is also ideal for transplant teams and rapid delivery of organs. The King Air is pressurized making it able to fly at higher altitudes and great speed. The King Air is IFR certified, able to operate during inclement weather.

King Airs are among the most widely accepted fixed wing aircraft used for air ambulance services. CareFlite’s twin engine aircraft is based at the Grand Prairie Airport and can pick up or deliver patients to any facility in the Metroplex. Other airports in the Metroplex may be used to shorten patient transport times. Other aircraft operated by other air carriers with a CareFlite Air Medical Crew may be substituted as operationally necessary.