Air Ambulance Provider Sets Timeline for Hawaii Expansion

Life Flight Network expects to launch operations in the state by fall.

Zach Vasile

Friday, June 13, 2025 at 03:58 PM ET

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A helicopter at Hilo Airport. [Shutterstock/Chris Allan]

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Life Flight Network, a prominent U.S. nonprofit air ambulance provider, is expanding its services to Hawaii's Big Island, commencing operations later this year.
The expansion includes a $27 million investment, supplemented by $15 million from the Daniel R. Sayre Memorial Foundation, for aircraft and facilities across three new bases.
This initiative aims to improve timely access to high-quality emergency medical transportation in Hawaii, enhance patient outcomes, and save lives.

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Oregon-based nonprofit air ambulance provider Life Flight Network will start operations in Hawaii later this year.

The organization announced plans in March to set up bases on Hawaii’s Big Island in collaboration with the Daniel R. Sayre Memorial Foundation, which provides equipment and training to the island’s fire department. Life Flight Network said Thursday that it will ramp up operations in the fall from bases at Queen’s North Hawaii Community Hospital in Waimea, Kona Community Hospital in Kona, and Hilo International Airport (KITO).