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Air Care Alliance connects families with free flights to medical care through a network of volunteer pilot organizations across the country. When your child needs treatment at a distant hospital but you can't afford plane tickets or your child is too sick to fly commercially, Air Care Alliance helps you find a volunteer pilot who will fly you there for free.

This is not one organization flying planes. Think of them as the central hub that connects you to the right volunteer pilot group in your area. When you submit a flight request through their website, they forward it to the regional organization most likely to help. Those groups work with volunteer pilots who use their own small private planes and pay for all the fuel and expenses themselves just to help families in need.

These flights work for kids who are medically stable enough to sit upright in a seat but too fragile or immune compromised to handle crowded commercial airports and planes. Most small aircraft have four to six seats so you can bring one caregiver along. Pilots can often fly into smaller regional airports closer to your home which saves you a long drive to a major airport.

You need a medical release from your doctor showing why the flight is necessary and demonstrating financial need. Each volunteer pilot organization sets their own requirements but generally you need to show you cannot afford commercial travel and that your child needs specialized care not available locally. Common reasons include treatment for rare conditions, clinical trials, second opinions, pre or post transplant appointments, and pediatric cancer specialties.

The service is completely free. Volunteer pilots donate their time, their planes, and all flight costs. Air Care Alliance itself doesn't fly the planes but they make sure your request gets to the right people who can help. They work with dozens of volunteer pilot organizations covering all 50 states.

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