Use your passion and resources to make an incredible difference by flying people to their essential medical care. Signing up is easy. Get started today!
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When you join forces with Angel Flight West (AFW), you’ll change lives by flying patients to essential medical care. You choose when and how often you fly.
Meet our passenger Jerry from Kona, Hawaii. Jerry lives 160 miles away from his head and neck cancer treatment at Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu.
Since 2022, AFW’s volunteer pilots have helped Jerry access his essential care with 65 gifted flights to date. Jerry says, “I have so much gratitude in my heart for all that this wonderful organization, Angel Flight West, has done for me. I can’t say enough good things about all of your volunteer pilots, drivers, and staff.”
Have questions about piloting a mission? Send us an email at [email protected] or call (310) 390-2958.
As a volunteer pilot with Angel Flight West, you’ll enjoy full control over:
There is no quota of flights to meet — and our passengers understand Angel Flight West can’t always guarantee a particular service. Cancellation, for any reason, is always your choice.
Many of our pilots rent their aircraft. Although Angel Flight West pilots are able to live anywhere, our flights cross only the western United States, including Alaska and Hawaii.
| Certificate | PIC Time | PIC Cross Country |
| Private | 250 | 75 |
| Commercial | N/A | 75 |
| Airline Transport Pilot | N/A | N/A |
2. Pilot applicants must have received a flight review per FAR 61.56 within the last 24 months; or an insurance-approved recurrent training course at an approved facility; or a Part 121 or 135 line check, instrument proficiency check, or PIC check within the last 12 months; or successful completion of one Phase of the FAA Wings program within the preceding 12 months as of the date of the orientation..
3. Pilot applicants must hold at least medical requirements as per FAR 61.53 (including BasicMed) current medical certificate.
4. Renter pilots (or flying club pilots) must supply proof of a checkout from the FBO or flying club CFI for the aircraft to be used on AFW missions.
5. Pilot applicants must hold a copy of the Certificate of Insurance, applicable to the aircraft that will be used for AFW missions, providing at least $500,000 liability coverage with a minimum per-seat coverage of $100,000. If the applicant is insured through a flying club or rental operation, or otherwise flying non-owned aircraft, the club, rental operation, or aircraft owner must hold a certification up to the required coverage amounts for the aircraft that will be used for AFW missions.
6. Pilot applicants must affirm at the orientation (and annually thereafter) that they will adhere to all FARs, and that they have (or will have) the certificate, rating (and type, if required) for the aircraft to be flown when acting as PIC on an AFW mission. This affirmation also includes having insurance in force and compliance with drug and alcohol provisions of the FARs. Click here to review the affirmation.
7. Volunteer Pilots must be 18 years of age or older to fly as a Command Pilot.
8. At this time, it is not permissible to use experimental or non-certified aircraft for passenger missions. Experimental aircraft may, however, be used for missions transporting blood or for any non-passenger missions.
