AURORA, Ore. , Sept. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Life Flight Network, the nation's largest not-for-profit air medical transport service, plans to relocate its fixed-wing aircraft from Port Angeles to Renton, Washington , by early 2025.
The move is intended to increase availability for the communities they serve, enhance patient care, and optimize operational efficiencies. Importantly, Life Flight Network's Port Angeles base will continue to provide exceptional emergency medical care and transport via their helicopter, ensuring uninterrupted service to Port Angeles and the surrounding areas. The Pilatus PC-12 and associated staff, stationed at the William R.
Fairchild International Airport since October 2019 , will move across the Puget Sound to an existing hangar at the Renton Municipal Airport. New offices are being constructed to accommodate both relocating pilots and aircraft mechanics, and the clinicians who will be hired for the new location. The decision to relocate this asset comes after much consideration over how the organization can best serve and support their communities.
With less than 10% of the Port Angeles base's fixed-wing transports originating from the Olympic Peninsula and most patients going to Seattle area hospitals, stationing the aircraft in Renton will decrease response times and time to definitive care for those in need. "Life Flight Network's top priority is providing the highest quality care to the patients we exist to serve," said Michael Weimer , ch.