Great North Air Ambulance - wikipedia Great North Air Ambulance Great North Air Ambulance Service ( GNAAS ) Pride of Cumbria aircraft ( G - NHAB ) based in Langwathby, near Penrith, Cumbria. The Great North Air Ambulance Service ( GNAAS ) is an English charity based in the United Kingdom. It provides air ambulance services across the North of England, including North Yorkshire, the North - East, Cumbria and Scottish borders. Contents 1 Operations 2 Structure 3 Fundraising 4 In the media 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Operations GNAAS currently operates three helicopters from its two bases at Langwathby ( near Penrith ) and Durham Tees Valley Airport. All three aircraft were introduced into service during 2010 and 2011 are owned by the charity, previous aircraft being leased. The three helicopters are Eurocopter Dauphin AS 365 N2s G - NHAA, G - NHAB and G - NHAC. G - NHAC acts as a back - up helicopter, working from either of the two bases as and when required. All helicopters have full IFR capability, so are not as limited by poor weather and can fly outside daylight hours, but due to limited funding they do not operate in darkness. Two of the three helicopters are named : G - NHAA - Guardian of the North G - NHAB - Pride of Cumbria G - NHAC is yet to be named In hours of darkness, when the helicopters do not fly, North East Ambulance Service funds a MERIT ( Medical Emergency Response Incident Team ) on Friday and Saturday nights, which is staffed by a doctor and paramedic team from GNAAS. The MERIT service is also available Sunday through Thursday, on an on - call basis, for major incidents. Structure The Great North Air Ambulance Service operates three aircraft, based across northern England. It is one of only three air ambulance services in the UK to operate three aircraft, the others being the Midlands Air Ambulance and North West Air Ambulance. Fundraising The Great North Air Ambulance must raise £ 4.5 million a year to keep their three helicopters in the sky. The charity has successfully used a number of different marketing tactics to raise the required £ 4 million each year. In the media From 8 March 2018, the charity appeared on Channel 4 's TV programme Emergency Helicopter Medics, which followed the crews responding and treating emergency patients. Other air ambulances that featured in the show include Thames Valley Air Ambulance and East Anglian Air Ambulance. See also Air Ambulances in the United Kingdom Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom Police aviation in the United Kingdom Cornwall Air Ambulance Devon Air Ambulance Trust Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Scottish Air Ambulance References Jump up ^ `` Aviation News, read all the latest aviation news ''. Multiflight. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2012. Jump up ^ `` Medical Emergency Response Incident Team ( MERIT ) Communication Briefing '' ( PDF ). Jump up ^ `` New all - night response unit proving its MERIT - North East Ambulance Service - NHS Foundation Trust ''. www.neas.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2018 - 03 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Patients benefit from all - night service ''. Retrieved 2018 - 03 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Home of Great North Air Ambulance ''. GNAAS. Retrieved 23 July 2013. Jump up ^ `` East Anglian Air Ambulance to star in new TV documentary - East Anglian Air Ambulance ''. East Anglian Air Ambulance. 2018 - 04 - 05. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 08. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Great North Air Ambulance. Official link Charity Commission. Great North Air Ambulance, registered charity no. 1092204. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_North_Air_Ambulance&oldid=860447917 '' Categories : Air ambulance services in England Charities based in County Durham Northern England Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from February 2012 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 20 September 2018, at 19 : 01 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: where is the great north air ambulance based
Answer: based in the United Kingdom