Angel Flight West · October 1 to November 2, 2026

Reports

Built from the events on every request and trip, including the ones that never flew. Nothing on this page is typed in; every number opens the rows behind it.

31Requests received19 from partners · 6 ACA site · 6 ours and phone

24Accepted5 declined · 2 still in ACA custody

16Trips flown34 volunteer missions · 4 commercial legs

1.2 dRequest to acceptance, medianpartners 0.8 · website 2.4

5 dAcceptance to pilot assigned, median6 missions came back to you unfilled

$41,300Donated valueflights, seats and lodging · 9,000 nm

Where every request went

Unmet need counts, not just what flew

Received31

Accepted24

Flown16

In planning5

Cancelled2

Unmet need1

Declined5

Still in ACA custody2

A request is counted once, in the state it is in today. Cancelled and unmet are separate from declined: those families were ours and we could not fly them.

Declined, cancelled and unmet, with the reason

Reason codes from the decision, not from memory

Date	Request	What happened	Reason
Oct 29	R-1180 · relocation, KSBA to KPHX	Declined	Outside mission types
Oct 24	R-1171 · dialysis, 38 road miles	Declined	Within driving distance · gas card
Oct 21	T-0379 · infusion, KBIH to KSAC	Unmet need	Nobody eligible for Bishop; no donated seat; 5 h drive refused
Oct 18	T-0376 · cardiology, KMFR to KSMF	Cancelled	Weather, planning · no alternative inside the appointment window
Oct 13	R-1164 · oncology, 41 road miles	Declined	Within driving distance · gas card
Oct 11	T-0370 · pediatric, KFAT to KSMO	Cancelled	Family withdrew · treated locally
Oct 9	R-1158 · post-surgical, KSMX to KSEE	Declined	Not medically stable to fly · referrer agreed
Oct 3	R-1152 · follow-up, 52 road miles	Declined	Within driving distance · gas card

Three of five declines were distance. The one unmet need was Bishop, which is also the gap below. Nothing was declined for want of a pilot.

Lead times by stage and purpose

Median days · request received → accepted → pilot assigned → travel

Purpose	Requests	To acceptance	To pilot	To travel	Came back to you
Oncology	12	0.8	4	9	1
Pediatric	6	1.1	6	11	2
Cardiology	5	1.5	5	8	1
Transplant	3	0.5	7	6	0
Other medical	5	2.0	8	12	2
All	31	1.2	5	9	6

To pilot counts from acceptance to the first confirmed pilot on the flight out. Came back to you is the number of missions that reached the end of the matching waves with no offer and needed a direct ask, a relay or a commercial seat.

Requests by region

Departure airport's region

Central Coast11

San Diego and Imperial8

Central Valley7

Eastern Sierra3

North and relays2

Pilots and missions

Supply against demand

14 of 21pilots flew at least one mission this month; 4 have not flown since July

1.6offers per posted mission, median; 9 missions had one offer only

31 hmedian time from posting to the first offer; wave 2 goes out at 24 h

6 of 34missions came back to you: 3 direct asks, 2 relays, 1 commercial seat

3 legshad nobody eligible: Bishop twice, Mammoth once. No pilot within 250 nm with a suitable aircraft

Nothing here ranks a pilot. The roster is on Volunteers; eligibility is on Matching.

Cost and donated value by segment type

What this month would have cost the families, and who gave it

Volunteer flights$38,900

Commercial donated seats$1,640

Lodging, donated$760

Ground volunteer rides$0

Paid by families$0

Recorded per segment at trip close-out, from the pilot's post-flight report, the carrier confirmation and the lodging booking. Volunteer flight value uses the rate on Settings; change it and every month recalculates, history included.

Every figure on this page comes from an event with an actor and a time, so the same rows answer an auditor, the board and a funder. Partners see only their own referrals, on the partner portal. Donor material is aggregate by default; a story about a family needs the family's separate written consent.