page_title: Air Methods
section_title: Aircraft
hierarchical_section_title: Air Methods / Aircraft
caption_attribution_description: Mercy Air Bell 412 arrives back at Base 14, at the Mojave Spaceport
context_page_description: Air Methods Corporation is an American privately owned helicopter operator. The air medical division provides emergency medical services to 70,000 - 100,000 patients every year, and operates in 48 states and Haiti, and air medical continues to be its primary business focus. Its corporate headquarters are located in the Denver Technological Center, Greenwood Village, Colorado, in the Denver metropolitan area.
  The company was founded by Roy Morgan and began air medical operations in 1980. From 1991 until 2017, the company had been a publicly traded company under the NASDAQ ticker “AIRM” until 2017, when it was acquired by a private equity firm.
  In 2012, the company acquired its first helicopter tour operations called Sundance Helicopters in Las Vegas, Nevada, and a year later, Blue Hawaiian joined its tourism division. The company has more than 5,000 employees and operates a fleet of approximately 450 helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
context_section_description: As of 31 December 2013, Air Methods' fleet included 264 company owned aircraft, 136 leased and 55 aircraft owned by customers and operated under contract. Included in that total were 48 single engine helicopters and 1 Piper Saratoga operated by their Tourism division. Air Methods Fleet of Helicopters includes the:
  Eurocopter AS350 Ecureuil
  Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin
  Eurocopter EC130
  Eurocopter EC135
  Eurocopter EC145 (including MBB/Kawasaki BK 117, the previous version)
  Bell 206 JetRanger and Bell 407
  Bell 222 and Bell 430
  Bell 412
  Bell 429
  AgustaWestland AW109
  AgustaWestland AW119 Koala
  MD Helicopters MD 902
  Fixed Wing Owned and or Operated thru Air Methods
  Beechcraft King Air 100
  Beechcraft Super King Air 200
  Pilatus PC-12
  Cessna 208 Caravan
  Learjet 35
caption: A Bell 412 operated by Mercy Air, a subsidiary of Air Methods
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