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“PFP averages 15-30 missions each week and needs additional aircraft and pilots, including Beechcraft King Air aircraft.”
including nearly 1,000 hours in King Airs – made the first patient flight on Jan. 14, 2008.
Through mid-November 2023, Pilots for Patients has completed 7,350 total missions in the air and on the ground with 2,706,081 nautical miles flown. The organization – the only active 501(c)(3) volunteer pilot organization based in Louisiana – has also given back over $6 million in in-kind services.
PFP averages 15-30 missions each week and needs additional aircraft and pilots, including Beechcraft King Air aircraft.
How it works
PFP’s mission is to assist those in need of air transportation for medical purposes. The goal is to eliminate the burden of travel and to let the patient concentrate on getting better. This service is free of charge for qualified patients and requesting agencies. Patients who travel with PFP must be medically stable and ambulatory. They must be able to climb into a small aircraft and sit upright for the duration of the flight. They must not have any medical condition that prevents them
from flying in a non-pressurized aircraft as no medical care is provided in flight.
Pilots for Patients normally fly up to 350 miles one way. Petrus said the majority of PFP’s flights are for people heading to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, which is a six-hour drive by car from Monroe, a 1.5-hour flight in a Beechcraft Bonanza and one hour in a Beechcraft King Air. Patients needing medical treatment
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