News and Notes: December 2018

For the first time ever, Avera Careflight has based a new PC-12 fixed-wing plane in South Dakota’s capital city. A new 13,000-square foot hangar at the Pierre airport provides 10,000 square feet of hangar space plus staff sleeping quarters, a meeting room, training room, commons area and storage space. A staff of three are stationed at the hanger around the clock, including a nurse, a paramedic and a pilot. In addition to Pierre, Avera Careflight has a fixed-wing plane and helicopter based in Sioux Falls and a helicopter in Aberdeen.