Doctor-Heli Network
SPIN DOCTORS
Japan has been gradually extending the coverage of the Doctor-Heli emergency medical services (EMS) network since its inauguration at a hospital in Okayama Prefecture in April 2001. In conjunction with the introduction of a varied fleet of helicopters equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, a great deal of investment has been made in infrastructure to support and facilitate the organisation’s highly specialized operations. As at the end of August 2018, the network comprises a total of more than 50 helicopters that are operational for 57 hospitals in 42 prefectures, the most recent operation being that covering the southern part of Niigata Prefecture, which started operations in late March 2017.
The NishiNippon Airlines BK117C-2 with which operations revolving around Oita University Hospital’s
Emergency & Critical Care Center were inaugurated in October 2012. (Photo: Takao Kadokami)
The Hirata Gakuen-operated EC135P2+ assigned to the Hyogo Prefectural Medical Center, Kakogawa, in mid-December 2015. (Kishuji Rapid via Wikimedia Commons)
This section will provide information about Doctor-Heli aircraft and unit case studies.
As will be seen, several operations utilize aircraft from the major Japanese fleet operators, which means that helicopters can be rotated to different locations as required. To compensate for this, the first tables included below attempt to list all the aircraft that have ever been operated in official Doctor-Heli guise by the five main operators.
These are followed by tables showing the participating hospitals by prefecture. The listings for five prefectures (Kagoshima (two), Kochi, Tochigi, Yamagata and Yamanashi), include details of their operators and assigned aircraft.
All these tables will eventually be moved to a separate Data File page.
Kawasaki Helicopter System’s MBB/Kawasaki BK117A-4 Doctor-Heli demonstrator JA9699 visited JGSDF Kasumigaura, Ibaraki Prefecture,in April 2002.
Based at the Dokkyo Medical University Hospital in Mibu, Tochigi Prefecture, this Eurocopter EC135P2 is a typical example of the equipment currently operated by the Doctor-Heli Network.
Plastic fans are a popular PR device in the hot summers in Japan, and Doctor-Heli Tochigi adopted this design in 2013. The reverse side includes a request for public cooperation and details about the organization; subjects that will be covered in greater detail on this page of J-HangarSpace.
(All photographs on this website are copyright J-HangarSpace
unless otherwise stated.)
Doctor-Heli Network: Major Fleet Operator Tables
Aero Asahi Corporation (AAC) | |||
Main Bases: Tokyo Heliport, Yao Airport (Osaka) Main Maintenance Base: Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture |
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Helicopter Type | Reg’n | c/n | First Registered*/Notes |
BK117C-2 |
JA01BK | 4001 | Nov. 2002 |
JA117R | 4007 | Dec. 2010 (KHI**) → AAC/June 2012 | |
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JA6790 | 900-00024 | July 1996 (MD 900). To United States for MD 902 upgrade May 2007 Re-registered Oct. 2007 → AAC/June 2012 |
JA6902 | 900-00060 | July 1999 | |
JA6906 | 900-00065 | June 1998 | |
JA6908 | 900-00073 | Nov. 2000 | |
JA6909 | 900-00130 | Jan. 2009 | |
BK117C-2 | JA6910 | 4002 | Oct. 2001 |
MD 902 Explorer |
JA6911 | 900-00088 | Nov. 2001 |
JA6914 | 900-00075 | Aug. 2002 | |
BK117C-2 |
JA6916 | 4005 | Feb. 2003 |
JA6917 |
JA4006 |
Mar. 2003 Crashed Aug. 8, 2016 (see Kanagawa) Reg’n canxd Jan. 2017 |
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JA6924 | 4015 | Mar. 2010 (KHI) → AAC /Apr. 2010 | |
JA6925 | 4018 | Nov. 2010 (KHI) → AAC /Mar. 2011 | |
JA6926 | 4020 | Mar. 2011 (KHI) → AAC /May 2011 | |
JA6933 | 4033 | Nov. 2014 | |
* All first registered to AAC unless otherwise stated. ** Kawasaki Heavy Industries (BK117 manufacturer) |
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Last updated: Feb. 17, 2017 |
Aero Asahi-operated MD 902 Explorer JA6909 overflies Nagoya airport in August 2013.
(Photo: Alec Wilson via Wikimedia Commons)
MBB/Kawasaki BK117C-2 JA117R was the Aero Asahi aircraft assigned to the Maebashi Red Cross Hospital in Gunma Prefecture in 2013. These photographs show the aircraft in flight at
Nagoya airport in August 2013 and about to depart Gunma Heliport the following month.
(Photos: [above] Alec Wilson via Wikimedia Commons; [below] J-HangarSpace)
Central Helicopter Service Ltd. (CHS, part of Aero Asahi Corporation Group) | |||
Head Office/Main Base: Nagoya Prefectural Airport, Aichi Prefecture | |||
Helicopter Type | Reg’n | c/n | First Registered/Notes |
BK117C-2 | JA117K | 4003 | Mar. 2002 → CHS/Doctor-Heli Apr. 2012 |
(BK117B-1) | (JA6628) | 1064 | Oct. 1990 → CHS via KHI Oct. 2007. Back-up D-H aircraft Apr. 2010. Sold to NZ June 2011 |
BK117C-1 | JA6659 | 1079 | Mar. 1991 → CHS via KHI Oct. 2007 |
BK117B-1 | JA6662 | 1083 | Mar. 1991 → CHS Oct. 2010. |
BK117C-2 | JA6923 | 4015 | Aug. 2009 (KHI) → CHS Nov. 2009 |
BK117C-2 | JA6927 | 4021 | Mar. 2011 (KHI) → CHS May 2011 |
BK117C-1 | JA9979 | 1036 | Nov. 1989 (KHI) → CHS Oct. 2007 |
2013 KHI announced that Central had placed orders for BK117C-2s on Feb. 19 (two aircraft) and Oct. 9 (one aircraft). The delivery of a BK117C-2 was announced Sept. 3 | |||
Last updated: Nov. 26, 2013 |
Seen here at Nagoya airport in August 2013, JA9979 was already 18 years old when acquired
by Central Helicopter Services in 2007. (Photo: Alec Wilson via Wikimedia Commons)
A CHS pilot manoeuvres one of the company’s fleet of BK117s (one again, ‘C-1 JA9979) at dusk at Nagoya in December 2011. (Photo: Kentaro Iemoto via Wikimedia Commons)
Hirata Gakuen, Aviation Operation Division | |||
Main Maintenance Base: Kobe Air Center, Kobe Airport, Hyogo Prefecture | |||
Helicopter Type | Reg’n | c/n | First Registered/Notes |
EC135T2 | JA135E | 0443 | Dec. 2005 → Hirata/Doctor-Heli July 2006 |
EC135P1 | JA800H | 0126 | Dec. 1999 → Hirata Mar. 2000, Doctor-Heli Aug. 2002 |
EC135T1 | JA804H | 0124 | Nov. 2002 |
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JA806H | 0528 | Dec. 2006 → Hirata/Doctor-Heli Mar. 2007 |
JA809H | 0543 | Apr. 2007 → Hirata/Doctor-Heli May 2007 | |
JA813H | 0616 | Nov. 2007 → Hirata/Doctor-Heli Jan. 2008 | |
JA815H | 0814 | Nov. 2007 → Hirata/Doctor-Heli July 2009 | |
JA818H | 0828 | Aug. 2009→ Hirata/Doctor-Heli Sept. 2009 | |
JA822H | 0872 | Apr. 2010 → Hirata/Doctor-Heli May 2010 | |
JA824H | 0941 | Nov. 2010 → Hirata/Doctor-Heli Dec. 2010 | |
JA827H | 1049 | Mar. 2013 Hirata/Doctor-Heli | |
JA831H* | 1116 | Oct. 2013 Hirata/Doctor-Heli | |
JA833H | 1180 | Dec. 2017 | |
EC135P3 (H135) |
JA840H | 1238 | Nov. 2016 → Hirata/Doctor-Heli Dec. 2016 (Nara D-H from Feb.) |
JA842H | 1262 | Oct. 2017 | |
BK117D-2 (H145)*** |
JA903H | 20148 | Delivered Dec. 19, 2017 (see Bulletin Board story) |
JA905H | 20209 | Delivered Aug. 2018 | |
* Aircraft assigned to newly formed Hyogo Prefecture (Kakogawa) operation in Nov. 2013 *** Order for two announced at Japan International Aerospace Exhibition, Oct. 14, 2016. |
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Last updated: Nov. 13, 2018 |
The EC135P2+ JA806H operated by Hirata Gakuen for the local Urasoe General Hospital prepares to land at the U.S. Marine Corps’ Camp Kinser, Okinawa, in late October 2014. The helicopter was being used to ferry in “casualties” during Exercise Constant Vigilance 2014, in which SDF and U.S. military units as well as civilian agencies tested their cooperative procedures in response to a simulated tsunami. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Matthew Manning)
Nakanihon Air Service Co., Ltd. | |||
Head Office/Main Maintenance Base: Nagoya Prefectural Airport, Aichi Prefecture | |||
Helicopter Type | Reg’n | c/n | First Registered*/Notes |
A109K2 | JA111D | 10028 | Built 1996, operated in Italy Late 1999, sold 2003 |
Bell 429 |
JA01DW | 57008 | Apr. 2011 |
Ordered Mar. 2017 | |||
Ordered Mar. 2017 | |||
EC135 | JA81TT | 0153 | Aug. 2000 |
EC135P1 |
JA112D | 0137 | June 2000 |
JA113D | 0136 | Nov. 2001 | |
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JA114D | 0236 | Sept. 2002 |
JA115D | 0248 | Nov. 2002 → NN/Doctor-Heli Aug. 2006 | |
JA116D | 0410 | Nov. 2005 → NN/Doctor-Heli Feb. 2006 | |
EC135P2+ |
JA117D | 0665 | Apr. 2008 |
JA118D | 0822 | July 2009 | |
JA119D | 0838 | Sept. 2009 | |
JA120D | 0885 | June 2010 → NN/Doctor-Heli July 2010 | |
JA121D | 0998 | Oct. 2011 | |
JA122D | 1021 | June 2012 | |
JA124D | 1071 | Nov. 2012 | |
EC135P2 | JA17TV | 0226 | June 2002 → Ehime Doctor-Heli 2017 |
* All first registered with Nakanihon (NN) unless otherwise stated | |||
Last updated: June 7, 2017 |
Serving the Kushiro City General Hospital and the Kushiro Kojinkai Memorial Hospital, this Nakanihon-operated EC135 was photographed at the Masyuu Kosei Hospital in the town of Teshikaga, Hokkaido, on July 1, 2011. (Photo: Chatama via Wikimedia Commons)
NishiNippon Airlines Co., Ltd. | |||
Head Office/Main Maintenance Base: Fukuoka Airport, Fukuoka Prefecture | |||
Helicopter Type | Reg’n | c/n | First Registered*/Notes |
BK117C-1 | JA005W | 1030 | Jan. 2001 → NishiNippon/Doctor-Heli May 2006 |
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JA015W | 4023 | Dec. 2011 |
JA016W | 4024 | Jan. 2012 | |
JA017W | 4025 | Jan. 2012 | |
BK117B-2 | JA6667 | 1081 | Mar. 1991 (KHI, ’B-1) → NishiNippon July 1999 after conv’n to ‘B-2 |
Bell 429 | JA429D | 57017 | Sept. 2013 for Saga Prefecture operation |
* All first registered with NishiNippon unless otherwise stated | |||
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
NishiNippon BK117C-2 JA016W was a present at a rainswept Fukuoka airport on August 30, 2013.
(Photo: Alec Wilson via Wikimedia Commons)
Two Central Helicopter Service BK117s photographed at Kawasaki Medical School Hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture. (Above) BK117C-1 JA9979 in September 2006, and (below)
BK117C-2 JA117K cooling off in September 2007.
(Photos: [above] Nissy-KITAK and [below] tatushin, both via Wikimedia Commons)
Doctor-Heli Network by Prefecture
Aichi Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Aichi Medical University Hospital, Nagakute | |||
Helicopter Operator | Nakanihon Air Service Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Jan. 1, 2002 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 23, 2013 |
Nakanihon Air Service EC135P1 JA113D is brought in for a landing at Tsurumai Park in Nagoya,
Aichi Prefecture, in January 2008. The imposing building in the background is the Nagoya
University Graduate School of Medicine, which is affiliated with the aircraft’s assigned
base, Aichi Medical University Hospital. (Photo: KAMUI via Wikimedia Commons)
Akita Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Japanese Red Cross Akita Hospital | |||
Helicopter Operator | Aero Asahi Corporation | |||
Start of Operations | Jan. 23, 2012* | |||
* Operations inaugurated with MD 902 Explorer JA6790 | ||||
Last updated: Aug. 23, 2013 |
Aomori Prefecture (Aomori) | ||||
Network Hospital | Aomori Prefectural Central Hospital, Aomori | |||
Helicopter Operator | Nakanihon Air Service Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Oct. 1, 2012 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 23, 2013 |
A Nakanihon Air Service-operated EC135P1 photographed during a joint exercise with Aomori
Prefecture disaster relief units at Hirosaki University of Health & Welfare in August 2018.
(Photo: Hirosaki University of Health & Welfare Student PR Group via Twitter @hirosakijggkg1)
Aomori Prefecture (Hachinohe) | ||||
Network Hospital | Hachinohe City Hospital | |||
Helicopter Operator | Nakanihon Air Service Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Mar. 25, 2009* | |||
* Operations inaugurated with EC135P1 JA113D | ||||
Last updated: Aug. 23, 2013 |
Chiba Prefecture (North) | ||||
Network Hospital | Nippon Medical School, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Inzai | |||
Helicopter Operator | Aero Asahi Corporation | |||
Start of Operations | Oct. 1, 2001 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 23, 2013 |
Chiba Prefecture (South) | ||||
Network Hospital | Kimitsu Chuo Hospital, Kisarazu | |||
Helicopter Operator | Aero Asahi Corporation | |||
Start of Operations | Jan. 19, 2009* | |||
* Operations inaugurated with MD 902 Explorer JA6908 | ||||
Last updated: Aug. 23, 2013 |
Ehime Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, Matsuyama | |||
Helicopter Operator | Nakanihon Air Service Co., Ltd. / Air Ehime Inc. | |||
Start of Operations | Feb. 1, 2017 | |||
* Operations inaugurated with Nakanihon EC135P2 JA17TV | ||||
Last updated: May 23, 2017 |
Fukuoka Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Kurume University Hospital | |||
Helicopter Operator | NishiNippon Airlines Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Feb. 1, 2002 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 23, 2013 |
Fukushima Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Fukushima Medical University Hospital, Fukushima | |||
Helicopter Operator | Nakanihon Air Service Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Jan. 28, 2008 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 23, 2013 |
Gifu Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Gifu University Hospital, Gifu | |||
Helicopter Operator | Central Helicopter Service Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Feb. 9, 2011 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 23, 2013 |
Built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) in Gifu, a BK117C-2 operated by Central Helicopter
Service overflies Gifu University Hospital, the network facility in Gifu Prefecture. (Photo: KHI)
Gunma Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Maebashi Red Cross Hospital | |||
Helicopter Operator | Aero Asahi Corporation | |||
Start of Operations | Feb. 18, 2008 | |||
* Operations inaugurated with BK117C-2 JA6910 | ||||
Last updated: Aug. 23, 2013 |
Hiroshima Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Hiroshima University Hospital | |||
Helicopter Operator | Nakanihon Air Service Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | May 1, 2013* | |||
* Operations inaugurated with EC135P2+ JA124D | ||||
Last updated: Aug. 23, 2013 |
Hokkaido Prefecture (Asahikawa) | ||||
Network Hospital | Japanese Red Cross Asahikawa Hospital | |||
Helicopter Operator | Aero Asahi Corporation | |||
Start of Operations | Oct. 12, 2009 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 23, 2013 |
Hokkaido Prefecture (Hakodate) | ||||
Network Hospital | Hakodate City Hospital | |||
Helicopter Operator | Kagoshima International Aviation Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Feb. 16, 2015 | |||
Operations inaugurated with A109 Grand New JA03KG | ||||
Last updated: Apr. 5, 2015 |
Hokkaido Prefecture (Kushiro) | ||||
Network Hospital | Kushiro City General Hospital | |||
Helicopter Operator | Nakanihon Air Service Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Oct. 5, 2009 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 23, 2013 |
Hokkaido Prefecture (Sapporo) | ||||
Network Hospital | Teine Keijinkai Hospital, Sapporo | |||
Helicopter Operator | Nakanihon Air Service Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Apr. 1, 2005 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 23, 2013 |
Hyogo Prefecture (Himeji) | ||||
Network Hospital | Steel Memorial Hirohata Hospital, Himeji Emergency, Tauma & Critical Care Center |
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Helicopter Operator | Hirata Gakuen Aviation, Operation Division | |||
Start of Operations | March 22, 2014* | |||
* Operations inaugurated with EC135T2 JA135E | ||||
Last updated: Apr. 23, 2014 |
Hyogo Prefecture (Kakogawa) | ||||
Network Hospital | Prefectural Medical Center, Kakogawa | |||
Helicopter Operator | Hirata Gakuen Aviation, Operation Division | |||
Start of Operations | Nov. 30, 2013 | |||
* Operations inaugurated with EC135P2+ JA831H | ||||
Last updated: Feb. 28, 2014 |
Hyogo Prefecture (Toyooka) | ||||
Network Hospital | Toyooka Public Hospital, Tajima Emergency & Critical Care Medical Center (TECCMC) |
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Helicopter Operator | Hirata Gakuen Aviation, Operation Division | |||
Start of Operations | Apr. 17, 2010 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 23, 2013 |
Ibaraki Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospitals |
Mito Medical Center (Sun. to Wed.) |
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Helicopter Operator | Aero Asahi Corporation | |||
Start of Operations | July 1, 2010 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 23, 2013 |
Iwate Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Iwate Medical University, Morioka | |||
Helicopter Operator | Nakanihon Air Service Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | May 8, 2012* | |||
* Operations inaugurated with EC135P2+ JA121D | ||||
Last updated: Aug. 23, 2013 |
Kagoshima Prefecture (Kagoshima) | ||||
Network Hospital | Kagoshima City Hospital | |||
Helicopter Operator | Kagoshima International Aviation Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Dec. 26, 2011 | |||
Helicopter Type | Reg’n | c/n | First Reg’d | |
A109SP Grand New | JA01KG | 22256 | Dec. 2011 | Ex I-PTFG |
A109E Power | JA02KG | 11090 | Nov. 2011 | Built 2000. Ex G-TVAC, G-WNAA |
Last updated: Aug. 17, 2013 |
Kagoshima Prefecture (Amami-Oshima) | ||||
Network Hospital | Kagoshima Prefectural Hospital, Amami-Oshima | |||
Helicopter Operator | Kagoshima International Aviation Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Dec. 29, 2016 | |||
Helicopter Type | Reg’n | c/n | First Reg’d | |
A109SP Grand New | JA07KG | 22362 | Sept. 2016 | |
Last updated: Mar. 17, 2017 |
Kanagawa Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Tokai University Hospital, Isehara | |||
Helicopter Operator | Aero Asahi Corporation | |||
Start of Operations | July 1, 2002 | |||
The aircraft assigned to this operation, JA6917, lost its tail boom during a landing accident at a factory in Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 8, 2016. Though none of the crew members were harmed, the victim of a road traffic accident they were due to transport to hospital succumbed to his injuries. |
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Last updated: Aug. 26, 2016 |
Basking in the sun on the Tokai Universiry Hospital helipad on July 25, 2008, was Aero Asahi-operated
BK117C-2 JA6917. This aircraft was involved in an accident when landing at Hadano,
Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 8, 2016.
(Photo: Cassiopeia_sweet via Wikimedia Commons)
Kochi Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Kochi Health Sciences Center (Critical Care Center), Kochi | |||
Helicopter Operator | Shikoku Air Service Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Mar. 16, 2011 | |||
Helicopter Type | Reg’n | c/n | First Reg’d | |
BK117C-1 | JA6844 | 1133 | June 2006 | |
BK117B-1 | JA9984 | 1039 | Feb. 1990 | In partial Doctor-Heli markings 2012-13, covering JA6844’s absence on maintenance checks Aug. 2013 |
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
Kumamoto Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital | |||
Helicopter Operator | Aero Asahi Corporation | |||
Start of Operations | Jan. 16, 2012* | |||
* Operations inaugurated with BK117C-2 JA01BK | ||||
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
Mie Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospitals | Mie University Hospital and Ise Red Cross Hospital | |||
Helicopter Operator | Nakanihon Air Service Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Feb. 1, 2012* | |||
* Operations inaugurated with EC135P2 JA115D | ||||
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
Miyagi Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospitals | Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai and Sendai Medical Center | |||
Helicopter Operator | Tohoku Air Service Inc. and Shikoku Air Servce Co., Ltd. joint operation | |||
Start of Operations | Oct. 28, 2016 | |||
Designated aircraft, BK117C-2 JA117T (c/n 4040) of Tohoku Air Service, first flew at Gifu Apr. 22, 2016 | ||||
Last updated: Jan. 24, 2017 |
Miyazaki Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | University of Miyazaki Hospital (Trauma & Critical Care Center, Faculty of Medicine) |
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Helicopter Operator | NishiNippon Airlines Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Apr. 1, 2012* | |||
* Operations inaugurated with BK117C-2 JA016W | ||||
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
The NishiNippon BK117C-2 assigned to the network hospital in Miyazaki Prefecture, which commenced
Doctor-Heli operations on April 1, 2012, made a publicity visit to the Nyutabaru air show
held in December of that year. (Photo: Takao Kadokami)
Nagano Prefecture (Matsumoto) | ||||
Network Hospital | Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto (Advanced Emergency & Critical Care Center) |
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Helicopter Operator | Nakanihon Air Service Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Oct. 1, 2011 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
Nagano Prefecture (Saku) | ||||
Network Hospital |
Saku Central Hospital |
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Helicopter Operator | Nakanihon Air Service Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | July 1, 2005 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
Nagasaki Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | National Hospital Organization, Nagasaki Medical Center | |||
Helicopter Operator | Nakanihon Air Service Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Dec. 1, 2006 | |||
Note: Two Hirata Gakuen H145s due to be introduced into service June/Sept. 2018 | ||||
Last updated: Feb. 24, 2018 |
Niigata Prefecture (North) | ||||
Network Hospital | Niigata University Medical & Dental Hospital | |||
Helicopter Operator | Aero Asahi Corporation | |||
Start of Operations | Oct. 30, 2012 | |||
At a press conference on Jan. 14, 2015, the Niigata Governor Hirohiko Izumida announced a plan to start a two-aircraft operation from around autumn 2016, as the town of Yuzawa and the city of Itoigawa are more than 30 mins flight time away from the current base hospital. (See Niigata Prefecture [South] entry below) | ||||
Last updated: Feb. 24, 2015 |
Niigata Prefecture (South) | ||||
Network Hospital | Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital | |||
Helicopter Operator | Shizuoka Air Commuter Corporation (SACC) | |||
Start of Operations | Mar. 29, 2017 | |||
Operations commenced with SACC AW109SP Grand New JA70RC | ||||
Last updated: Feb. 24, 2018 |
Oita Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Oita University Hospital, Yufu (Emergency & Critical Care Center) |
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Helicopter Operator | NishiNippon Airlines Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Oct. 1, 2012* | |||
* Operations inaugurated with BK117C-2 JA017W | ||||
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
A detail from of the NishiNippon Airlines BK117C-2 JA017W photo that appears at the top of this page.
(Photo: Takao Kadokami)
Okayama Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Kawasaki Medical School Hospital, Kurashiki | |||
Helicopter Operator | Central Helicopter Service Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Apr. 1, 2001 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
Okinawa Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Urasoe General Hospital | |||
Helicopter Operator | Hirata Gakuen Aviation, Operation Division | |||
Start of Operations | Dec. 1. 2008 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
Osaka Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita (Trauma & Acute Critical Care Center [TACCC]) |
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Helicopter Operator | Hirata Gakuen Aviation Operation Division | |||
Start of Operations | Jan. 17, 2008 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
Saga Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospitals |
Saga Prefectural Medical Center Koseikan, Saga
Saga University Hospital, Saga |
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Helicopter Operator | NishiNippon Airlines Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Jan. 17, 2014* | |||
* Operations inaugurated with Bell 429 JA429D | ||||
Last updated: Jan. 28, 2014 |
Saitama Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Saitama Medical Center, Kawagoe (Saitama Medical Air Rescue Team [SMART]) |
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Helicopter Operator | Aero Asahi Corporation | |||
Start of Operations | Oct. 26, 2007 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
Shimane Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Shimane Prefectural Central Hospital, Izumo | |||
Helicopter Operator | Central Helicopter Service Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | June 13, 2011 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
Shizuoka Prefecture (East) | ||||
Network Hospital | Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, Izunokuni | |||
Helicopter Operator | Central Helicopter Service Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Mar. 15, 2004 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
Shizuoka Prefecture (West) | ||||
Network Hospital | Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Hamamatsu | |||
Helicopter Operator | Nakanihon Air Service Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Oct. 1, 2001 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
Tochigi Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Mibu | |||
Helicopter Operator | Honda Airways Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Jan. 20, 2010 | |||
Helicopter Type | Reg’n | c/n | First Reg’d | |
EC135P2 | JA02HA | 0190 | Sept. 2005 | |
EC135P2+ | JA03HA | 0879 | Apr. 2010 | |
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
Tokushima Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital | |||
Helicopter Operator | Hirata Gakuen Aviation Operation Division | |||
Start of Operations | Oct. 9, 2012* | |||
* Operations inaugurated with EC135P2+ JA824H | ||||
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
Toyama Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Toyama | |||
Helicopter Operators | Shizuoka Air Commuter Corp. (SACC) and Kagoshima International Aviation Co., Ltd. |
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Start of Operations | August 2015 | |||
AW109SP JA10YM (c/n 22341) registered July 2015, to SACC Aug. 2015. Operation covers Toyama and northern Gifu Prefecture. | ||||
Last updated: Nov. 24, 2015 |
The image that accompanied the March 4, 2015, AgustaWestland press release announcing the
selection of the Grand New for the Toyama operation, which commenced in
August 2015. (Photo: AgustaWestland)
Wakayama Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama Emergency & Critical Care Center |
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Helicopter Operator | Hirata Gakuen Aviation, Operation Division | |||
Start of Operations | Jan. 1, 2003 | |||
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
Yamagata Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Critical Care Center, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata | |||
Helicopter Operator | Toho Air Service Co., Ltd. | |||
Start of Operations | Nov. 15, 2012 | |||
Helicopter Type | Reg’n | c/n | First Reg’d | |
EC135T2 | JA32KC | 0468 | Apr. 2006 | → Toho/Doctor-Heli Sept. 2011 |
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
Yamaguchi Prefecture |
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Network Hospital | Yamaguchi University Hospital AMEC3,* Ube | |||
Helicopter Operator | Aero Asahi Corporation | |||
Start of Operations | Jan. 21, 2011 | |||
*Advanced Medical Emergency & Critical Care Center | ||||
Last updated: Aug. 24, 2013 |
Yamanashi Prefecture | ||||
Network Hospital | Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital, Kofu | |||
Helicopter Operator | Japan Aviation Academy Network [JANET] Corporation | |||
Start of Operations | Apr. 1, 2012 | |||
Helicopter Type | Reg’n | c/n | First Reg’d | |
EC135P2+ | JA88DH | 0963 | Apr. 2011 | → JANET/Doctor-Heli June 2011 |
Note: EC135T2+ JA555H (c/n 1092) operated by SGC Saga Aviation Co., Ltd. was providing cover in 2016. First registered to Eurocopter Japan July-Oct. 2013, registered to SGC from Oct. 2013 |
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Last updated: June 7, 2017 |