Air ambulance service in Kwitzka

Air ambulance services in Kwitzka are operated by the national government and not by the provinces. This is due to the fact that the local area might not have any suitable hospitals, and therefore the best route might cross a provincial border. Most air ambulance services in Kwitzka are operated by helicopters, although there is also a fleet of 2 turboprop fixed-wing aircraft.
== History ==
The first air ambulance flight in Kwitzka was in 1963 and flew 2 people from a remote car accident site in Ghriqti rëjön to a hospital in Tereffút. This flight was conducted 2 days after the introduction of the air ambulance program. The program initially consisted of only one Sikorsky S-62 helicopter, but was expanded to 3 helicopters in 1965.
The program's first non-helicopter aircraft, a Beechcraft 1900 was delivered in 1987 and was intended for long distances where a helicopter might not be fast or large enough.
== Aircraft ==
In 2021 the air ambulance service had 12 helicopters stationed at multiple hospitals in Kwitzka, and 2 Beechraft 1900 turboprop planes, stationed in Nqlät.