
The NWAA is called out five times a day, increasing to ten in the summer.
Used to operate two helicopters by Bond Air Services from bases at Royal Preston Hospital and University Hospital of South Manchester, Wythenshawe.
As of 2018, three helicopters fly 365 days a year from their bases in Blackpool and City Airport Manchester (Barton) covering 5,500 square miles and eight million people.
As of 2018, three helicopters fly 365 days a year from their bases in Blackpool and City Airport Manchester (Barton) covering 5,500 square miles and eight million people.
Unless a patient requires specialist treatment, the usual destination for casualties from the Lake District will be Furness General Hospital.

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Bond signs 7y contract with NWAA, 04-Apr-13 : Bond Air Services (Bond), the largest operator of air ambulance aviation units in the UK, has been awarded a new seven-year contract by North West Air Ambulance (NWAA). The contract, worth just over £10 million, is to provide air ambulance support across five counties in North West England. |
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Years | Location | ICAO/FAA |
2012/ | Royal Preston Hospital | EGH49 |
2008/ | Barton | EGCB |
1999/ | Blackpool / Squires Gate | EGNH |
??/ | UHSM Wythenshawe | EGM40 |
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