About Angel Flight :: General FAQs

Who benefits from the services of Angel Flight?
If I need the services of Angel Flight, how much will it cost?
Where do you fly?
What type of flights does Angel Flight make?
Who can request a flight?
What is the criteria for receiving transportation?
Does Angel Flight provide emergency flights?
What other services does Angel Flight provide?
If I wish to make a contribution, would it be deductible?
How can I become involved?
How can I get more information about Angel Flight?


Q. Who benefits from the services of Angel Flight?
A. Naturally, the entire community benefits, but in particular, families who have been financially devastated by medical bills due to cancer, muscular dystrophy, accidents, organ transplants, and other serious or chronic conditions. Non-profit organ and tissue banks can also benefit from the service Angel Flight offers.

Q. If I need the services of Angel Flight, how much will it cost?
A. There is absolutely no charge for any of the services of Angel Flight. If an individual or organization is found to have a legitimate need for the services of Angel Flight, those needs are fulfilled free of charge.

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Q. Where do you fly?
A. Angel Flight assists patients in the States of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama for transportation needs requiring travel outside of their area. Angel Flight has the ability to transport patients long distances through an alliance with other volunteer pilot organizations through membership in the ACA.

Q. What type of flights does Angel Flight make?
A. The flight services provided by Angel Flight are typically as follows:

• Flights made regularly for cancer treatment.
• Transporting patients for organ and tissue evaluation and transplant.
• Flying anyone who cannot afford the additional burden of regular commercial air transportation for medical treatment that is not available locally.
• Flying anyone who cannot be exposed to commercial air transportation due to their medical condition.
• Flying anyone who lives in a remote area who cannot logistically get to the city where their medical treatment is.

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Q. Who can request a flight?
A. Requests come from social workers, discharge planners, physicians, and other health care professionals who are in a position to verify both a patient's financial need and medical suitability to fly.

Angel Flight requests are received from health care workers at virtually every major medical facility in the Southeast, and a wide variety of other organizations.

Q. What is the criteria for receiving transportation?
A. Angel Flight is not an air ambulance service. Patients must be medically stable, ambulatory, and capable of sitting upright for the duration of the flight. There must be either a demonstrated financial need or reason why public transportation cannot be utilized. Patients must be able to be transported in an non-pressurized aircraft. Generally, the treatment they are seeking must not be available locally. A personally signed letter from the physician must be obtained.

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Q. Does Angel Flight provide emergency flights?
A. No. The patients we assist are traveling for scheduled treatments and surgeries. We generally require at least five (5) days advance notice to arrange a mission. We do arrange for emergency flights for transplant recipients, but all arrangements must be made by the Transplant Coordinator in advance.

Q. What other services does Angel Flight provide?
A. While most missions are for scheduled treatments and surgeries, we also provide flights for organ recipients as well as organ and bone marrow donors. Angel Flight stands ready to provide disaster relief assistance to communities in the southeast in the event of a disaster.

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Q. If I wish to make a contribution, would it be deductible?
A. Yes, Angel Flight is a 501(c)(3) organization that has been granted tax-exempt status, enabling it to solicit tax deductible contributions. All contributions are deeply needed and greatly appreciated.

Q. How can I become involved?
A. Angel Flight has 2 ways to become involved. As a pilot, you must have at least a private pilot's license. If you are not a pilot, we always welcome "Earth Angels" to help with ground support.

If you are a pilot or would like to become an Earth Angel, please visit our Prospective Members page. If you do not have the time to give, but would like to make a contribution, please visit our Supporting Angel Flight page or click here to donate now.

Q. How can I get more information about Angel Flight?
A. If you would like to speak to someone directly or receive more information, please visit our Contact page or call us at (770) 452-7958. We look forward to hearing from you.

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