1987 to present


united kingdom Stornoway District

HM Coastguard









coastguard stornoway

Provides 24 hour SAR coverage for the UK SRR Stornoway District at 15 minutes readiness. It also provides a secondary Air Ambulance service for the Western Isles. Typical callsign Rescue 100.
Following award of 2013 Bristow GAP SAR contract, the SAR service handed over from CHC to Bristow, in preparation for transition into the full 2015 contract arrangements with a pair of S-92 from 2017.



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YearsLocationICAO/FAA
1987-    StornowayEGPO




helicopter   Models


Years Models
2007-    S-92
1987/07 S-61 H-3





Stornoway District List of helicopters


C/N VersionBuiltIn this Org In other Org
61-712 s61n.mk2 1973 G-BBHL : HM Coastguard, owned and maintained by Bristow; based Stornoway in the He+
Bristow G-BBHL
Carson Helicopters N364HH
EP Aviation N364HH
EP Aviation N817AR
Construction Helicopters Inc N817AR
Construction Helicopters Inc N712HG
61-752 s61n.mk2 1974 G-BIMU : HM Coastguard, op by Bristow; 24aug97 Main rotor tips damaged by striking +
- VH-CRU
British Caledonian Helicopter G-BIMU
Bristow G-BIMU
- N7563W
92-0166 s-92a 2011 G-MCGA : HM Coastguard Jan13, operated by Bristow, Sumburgh/Stornoway, pictured (pi+
: Originally purchased for the 'Gap' SAR contract (North) and was at Sumburg+
Sikorsky Helicopters N166J
Bristow G-MCGA
Bristow Norway AS LN-OIE
92-0171 s-92a 2012 G-MCGD : Search and rescue heli on Stornoway, Scotland
Sikorsky Helicopters N971E
Bristow G-MCGD
Helikopter Service LN-OQY
92-0225 s-92a 2013 G-MCGG : at Stornoway
: 9 Apr 2019, MCA operating from Stornoway
- N225WK
Bristow G-MCGG







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