Great North Air Ambulance

It serves North Yorkshire, the North-East, Cumbria, the Scottish borders and the Isle of Man.

[7] GNAAS operates three Dauphin helicopters from its two bases at Langwathby, near Penrith in Cumbria, and Urlay Nook, near Eaglescliffe in County Durham.

[8] In hours of darkness, when the helicopters do not fly, North East Ambulance Service funds a Medical Emergency Response Incident Team (MERIT),[9] which is staffed by a doctor and paramedic team from GNAAS.

[6] In 2020, GNAAS began trials in using jet suits to get from landed helicopters on call-outs to casualties in locations difficult to access.

The air ambulance service began in 1994 with the leased Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil helicopter G-NAAS.

Urlay Nook site
A helicopter is seen landing in a spots field. Goal posts and a small hill are seen at the end of the field behind the helicopter, and in the far distance larger hills or mountains
A helicopter landing in response to a call-out in Patterdale.
The former helicoper of GNAAS, G-GNAA, shown landed in a field in Darlington. A man in hi-vis clothing is leaning in its opened side door.
G-GNAA on a call-out in 2008.