Angel Flight NE - (978) 794-6868

A nonprofit organization providing free air transportation to those whose medical problems require travel that is otherwise not affordable.

Angel Flight NE was founded in 1996 to provide free flights to children and adults in need of critical medical care who do not have the resources to access other means of transportation. Approximately 40% of AFNE’s patients are children suffering from life-threatening cancer, severe burns or crippling diseases. AFNE flies patients for as long and as often as they need to travel, with no limit on the number of flights provided. AFNE also transports free of charge blood and organs for patients awaiting organ transplants. Headquartered at Lawrence Municipal Airport, Angel Flight Northeast missions depend upon the services and private aircraft of more than 1,000 volunteer pilots and “Earth Angels,” the latter of whom provide ground transportation for patients to and from hospitals and airports. Since AFNE’s founding, the company has scheduled over 50,000 flight requests and has flown more than 60,000 patient passengers more than 10 million miles. AFNE principally serves a nine-state region comprised of Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, but has flown missions to 189 different health care facilities in 23 states.

Tags: Community Organization,Airport