Your local air ambulance

Wiltshire Air Ambulance attended 106 missions across West Wiltshire in the first half of 2024. 

From Melksham down to Trowbridge, and from Bradford-on-Avon across to Devizes, we are there for those who need us most.

Patients from this area are often flown to an array of hospitals in Bristol, as well as the Royal United Hospital in Bath.

Wiltshire Air Ambulance's helicopter landed in Bradford On Avon

Impact in your area in the first half of 2024

Aerial photo of Bradford on Avon
Bradford-on-Avon

12 Missions
Flying time: 2 minutes

Aerial photo of Caen Hill locks in Devizes
Devizes

39 Missions
Flying time: 2 minutes

Wiltshire Air Ambulance's critical care car parked outside Melksham Town Hall at Christmas
Melksham

18 Missions
Flying time: 2 minutes

Trowbridge

37 Missions
Flying time: 2 minutes

Work at night

33 night missions
We fly up to 19 hours a day

Incident types

36 medical emergencies
23 cardiac incidents

A former patient with their two children stood in a garden

Carol from Melksham's story

"I’m just so, so grateful for everything they did for me. Had it not been for Wiltshire Air Ambulance I wouldn’t have seen my grandchildren grow up"

Carol Gray was involved in a major road traffic collision when driving back to her home in Melksham and needed to be flown to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol.

Read Carol's story here

Wiltshire Air Ambulance in the West of the county

A runner wearing a Wiltshire Air Ambulance branded yellow and green running vest, highfiving our paramedic mascot Wilber, whilst WAA's volunteers cheer them on

Supporting the local area

We are there for people across the West. 

Our helicopter and critical care cars attend missions from Winsley to Staverton, Staverton to Hilperton, Bowerhill to Seend, Erlestoke to Market Lavington.

It takes us around two minutes to fly to these areas.

Wiltshire Air Ambulance's Devizes charity shop signage with yellow and white writing

Charity Shop in Devizes

We have a well-supported shop in Devizes, which raises funds to help us keep flying and saving lives.

Our shop sells good quality clothing, books, children's toys and many more items to browse through. The selections are carefully chosen by our dedicated shop volunteers and managers to provide the best quality items for our customers.
Two scarecrows from the Urchfont Scarecrow Festival 2023

Support us at events

We regularly attend community events across West Wiltshire, including the Urchfont Scarecrow Festival.

If you are local to West Wiltshire and would like to help us out by volunteering for us at an array of events, we'd love to hear from you.

Get in touch with our community team today!

Find out more

View our interactive mission map

Find out how many times our aircrew we have been called to your area. 

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