Who We Are: Press Kit
Press Kit
Contact Info and Fact Sheet
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In the News: Media Mentions
CBS News Los Angeles
Angel Flight West, a Santa Monica nonprofit, is dedicated to helping people facing health challenges by providing free flights to medical appointments throughout the West, Alys Martinez reports.
Recent Stories from Angel Flight West
The Annual AZ Jet Center Event Hangar Party is April 20th
RHAU Quarterly Newsletter Conference
Actor Edward Norton and AFW Director Josh Olson join AOPA's Hangar Talk Podcast
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Sunset Elementary students meet Santa Claus at St. George Airport through Angel Flight West
Business Aviation Gives Back: Tales of business aviation charitable works
Angel Flight West celebrates its 100,000th mission with actor Edward Norton
"Insane Zero Gravity in an Airplane" video with an AFW volunteer pilot feature!
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Stephen and Joanna Bobko-Hillenaar
A Thank You Letter from Passenger Shannon
Our passenger Shannon shares her gratitude to Angel Flight West volunteers and supporters in a letter below for their generosity in 2025. To Angel Flight West Volunteers, Supporters, and Staff, I
Intern Reflection: Meet Elizabeth
My name is Elizabeth Walloch and I have been a communications intern at Angel Flight West since September this year. I’m a senior at The University of Montana pursuing a bachelors
From AFW Passenger Amelia
For 17 years, Amelia’s sons, Jamisen and Cian, relied on AFW flights to access the specialized care they needed at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Amelia shares their story below, grateful
Current statistics:
| 2024 | 2025* | |
| Scheduled | 10,032 | 10,013 |
| Flown | 5,253 | 5,394 |
| Unique passengers served | 1,202 | 1,196 |
| Pilot donation | $5,313,963 | $5,352,521 |
| Child passengers | 326 | 276 |
| Active members | 2,873 | 3,175 |
* 2025 figures are current through the end of December
Wings:
| 2024 | 2025* | |||
| Wings | Missions Flown | Unique Passengers | Missions Flown | Unique Passengers |
| Alaska | 0 | 390 | 3 | 397 |
| Arizona | 358 | 37 | 479 | 41 |
| California, North | 628 | 172 | 729 | 158 |
| California, South | 491 | 103 | 465 | 84 |
| Colorado | 196 | 35 | 203 | 38 |
| Hawaii | 160 | 81 | 218 | 99 |
| Idaho | 77 | 48 | 80 | 51 |
| Montana | 142 | 109 | 75 | 90 |
| Nevada | 168 | 76 | 134 | 64 |
| New Mexico | 10 | 16 | 10 | 18 |
| Oregon | 126 | 53 | 94 | 52 |
| Utah | 211 | 14 | 195 | 17 |
| Washington | 414 | 83 | 443 | 99 |
| Wyoming | 22 | 18 | 26 | 17 |
* 2025 figures are current through the end of December
Notes:
- Passengers in Alaska are primarily transported by our airline partners. Airline flights are not counted against our Wings.
- Unique passengers are counted based on the state of their residence
- Discrepancies in mission totals for Wings and overall totals are due to missions flown by our airline partners, which are not counted against our Wings.
- Discrepancies in total unique passengers and overall totals are due to passengers who reside outside our 13 state territory