Cost of UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency Helicopter Airlifts

Original Request

Further to FOI Request 4914037 made to the Department of Infrastructure: 1) Since March 2022, please provide the cost of every occurrence whereby the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency has been requested to land at Nobles Hospital Helipad and airlift a patient from Nobles Hospital to a UK hospital. If not readily available on an individual basis, I'm happy for this to be provided grouped together in calendar years, or financial years (April to March). Thank you.

Data Tables (6)

Full Response Text

Manx Care Noble’s Hospital, Strang Braddan, Isle of Man IM4 4R (01624) 650 000

Our ref: 4944649 20 October 2025

Dear

We write further to your request, received 18 September 2025, which states:

"Further to FOI Request 4914037 made to the Department of Infrastructure:

1) Since March 2022, please provide the cost of every occurrence whereby the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency has been requested to land at Nobles Hospital Helipad and airlift a patient from Nobles Hospital to a UK hospital.

If not readily available on an individual basis, I'm happy for this to be provided grouped together in calendar years, or financial years (April to March).

Thank you."

Response

Costings is different per flight and duration but between £10k – 15k a flight.

Financial year 22-23 Date

06/05/2022 UK SAR
30/09/2022 UK SAR
04/10/2022 UK SAR
12/12/2022 UK SAR
09/02/2023 UK SAR
13/02/2023 UK SAR
Total: 6 Financial year 23-24 Date

30/04/2023 UK SAR
18/06/2023 UK SAR
22/07/2023 UK SAR
24/10/2023 UK SAR
02/11/2023 UK SAR

17/11/2023 UK SAR
21/11/2023 UK SAR
23/11/2023 UK SAR
24/11/2023 UK SAR
17/02/2024 UK SAR
26/02/2024 UK SAR
29/02/2024 UK SAR
07/03/2024 UK SAR
17/03/2024 UK SAR
Total: 14 Financial year 24-25
Date

03/05/2024 UK SAR
06/06/2024 UK SAR
22/06/2024 UK SAR
22/06/2024 UK SAR
28/06/2024 UK SAR
08/07/2024 UK SAR
10/07/2024 UK SAR
20/08/2024 UK SAR
12/09/2024 UK SAR
06/10/2024 UK SAR
22/12/2024 UK SAR
27/12/2024 UK SAR
09/02/2025 UK SAR
27/03/2025 UK SAR
Total: 14 Financial year 25-26 (to date) Date

01/05/2025 UK SAR
03/05/2025 UK SAR
19/05/2025 UK SAR
07/06/2025 UK SAR
23/06/2025 UK SAR
02/07/2025 UK SAR
08/07/2025 UK SAR
11/07/2025 UK SAR

17/08/2025 UK SAR
19/08/2025 UK SAR
19/08/2025 UK SAR
20/08/2025 UK SAR
04/09/25 UK SAR
08/09/2025 UK SAR
Up to now

Total 14

Please quote the reference number 4944649 in any future communications.

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