Takaroa Airport Emergency Flight Service

Takaroa Airport Details

Location: , (unassigned)

Type: Medium Airport

Scheduled Service: Yes

IATA Code: TKX

GPS Code: NTKR

Elevation: 13 Feet

Latitude: -14.4558

Longitude: -145.025


Runways at Takaroa Airport

Takaroa Airport has 1 runway.

#LengthWidthSurfaceLighted
1 3452 Feet66 FeetASPNo

Radio Frequencies

Takaroa Airport utilizes the following radio frequencies.

#TypeDescriptionMhz
1 AFISINFO118.700

(unassigned) Private Jets Make It Easier

Time, in seconds and in minutes, may mean the difference between life and death. To an senior citizen tourist, or any tourist, suffering a stroke, a heart attack or serious accidental injury, while on a boat in the middle of a river or on an ocean liner far from shore, an air ambulance service(unassigned) may be the only way to get the injured person to an an onshore emergency hospital or clinic. Medevac, as this service is usually known, can arrive within minutes to an inaccessible medical site, vehicle accidents on rural highways and distant cities without specialyzed medical services, and immediately board the injured person for a quick flight to a hospital for treatment. This medical flight is often the difference between life and death.

The word medevac is familiar to many individuals but few have needed its services. Typically most people are transported to the hospital by land ambulance. The air ambulance is coming into use more often as traffic gridlock in big cities is causing problems for the ambulance to reach the hospital in time to save the patient's life. Ambulance services (unassigned) provides the patient a fighting chance to survive an emergency health situation. The expert medical staff onboard are able to stabilize their condition and provide the ready care the patient needs. They are able to give the emergency room personnel in the hospital more time to prepare for emergency surgery increasing the likelihood of the patient surviving the medical emergency. Many a life has been saved thanks to air ambulance services.

(unassigned) Private Jets Make It Easier

Air ambulance services are imperative for emergency flights required to transport medical aid personnel to an area where a sick or injured individuals in need of critical medical care are. Air ambulances are faster than traditional ambulances and can access any area even if the roads are terrible. Air ambulances that provide air medical services are equipped with medication, CPR equipment, stretchers, ventilators, Intensive Care Units (ICU), ECG and monitoring unit. Having access to air medical (unassigned), emergency flights is very important. However there are some air medical aircraft that are just for transportation purposes and do not provide medical care to the patient. Such flights are not necessarily equipped with the medical equipment. It is therefore important to know the kind of aircraft required for a patient to be able to get one that is relevant to the needs of the patient.