Who We Are: Press Kit
Press Kit
Contact Info and Fact Sheet
Please contact Jessica Hayes at jessicah@angelflightwest.org for information regarding articles, logos, and media opportunities.
In the News: Media Mentions
Helping Islanders in Need | Guest Column
Angel Flights are flying people to the medical services they need
Have You Heard of Angel Flight West?
YRMC and Angel Flight West Bring Healing and Hope to Yuma Patients
Read Pilot’s Stories of Giving Back to the World through Various Organizations
How a Mission-Driven Impact Leads to Profits with Josh Olsen
Angel Flight West Helps Yuma Area Families
AFW's Volunteers Provide Free Medical Transportation
Stephen and Joanna Bobko-Hillenaar
Free Medical Flights with Angels
From Rescued to Rescuer
Interview With Safety Officer Rich Pickett
JSX and Angel Flight West go the extra mile for Breast Cancer Awareness
Watch the short film "Flying with 'Angels'"
Jadyn Fred Foundation, Angel Flight West help sick MT families
Watch the short film "What The Rain Feels Like"
Colorado Pilots & Mask-Packed Planes Deliver Relief For Airports
Angel Flight takes Utah donations to New Mexico families in Navajo Nation
Angel Flight West flies COVID-19 supplies to the Navajo Nation
Group helping get supplies to areas hit hard by COVID-19
Extraordinary Essential: The Denver pilot goes to where he's needed most
Coronavirus In Colorado: Rural Hospital Receives Much-Needed PPE
Coronavirus In Colorado: Hospital's Ventilator Replaced Thanks To Charity Flight
Angels Do Fly West Documentary
Angels Do Fly West is a documentary produced by Missoula’s Joe McNeal. The film tells the story of Angel Flight West’s passenger Mya Tooney and her mom, Carly Brown.
Recent Stories from Angel Flight West
A Pilot’s Privilege: Ryan Cowley’s Service to Others
Flying has been a part of AFW Volunteer Pilot Ryan Cowley’s family for generations. His father was a Life Flight helicopter pilot, and his Pappy was a Certified Flight Instructor
From Nurturer to Nurtured: Tim’s Battle with Merkel Cell Carcinoma
As a retired educator, Tim spent years nurturing at-risk youth, using his carpentry skills to teach green building to his students. At the time, he was also balancing a return
What Happens When It’s Time to Pull the Ripcord?
Written by Northern California Wing Leader Gil Takemori It was turning out to be one of those missions that you wouldn’t soon forget. I was at the airport, pre-flighted and
Current statistics:
| 2022 | 2023* | |
| Scheduled | 11,187 | 6,953 |
| Flown | 5,550 | 3,491 |
| Unique passengers served | 1,149 | 847 |
| Pilot donation | $5,944,862 | $3,472,432 |
| Child passengers | 273 | 227 |
| Active members | 3,044 | 3,024 |
* 2023 figures are current through the end of August
Wings:
| 2022 | 2023* | |||
| Wings | Missions Flown | Unique Passengers | Missions Flown | Unique Passengers |
| Alaska | 0 | 274 | 0 | 292 |
| Arizona | 231 | 32 | 233 | 40 |
| California, North | 666 | 149 | 394 | 112 |
| California, South | 642 | 123 | 373 | 87 |
| Colorado | 197 | 40 | 104 | 21 |
| Hawaii | 112 | 50 | 110 | 35 |
| Idaho | 87 | 54 | 54 | 42 |
| Montana | 170 | 111 | 67 | 90 |
| Nevada | 113 | 64 | 99 | 45 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
| Oregon | 142 | 60 | 79 | 42 |
| Utah | 203 | 23 | 118 | 11 |
| Washington | 346 | 66 | 429 | 81 |
| Wyoming | 28 | 15 | 19 | 13 |
* 2023 figures are current through the end of August
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