Samaritan Aviation

Samaritan Aviation is a 501 C-3 non-profit Christian organization that serves the population in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea through emergency evacuation flights, the delivery of medical supplies, and continued community outreach and health programs.

To avoid the difficult transport through 30,000 square miles of jungle, Samaritan Aviation introduced the country’s only floatplane in 2010, a retrofitted Cessna 206, which dramatically increased the availability of healthcare to around 500,000 people.

[3][4] In recent years Samaritan Aviation has engaged in multi-city tours, introducing additional Cessna 206 floatplanes and making stops across the United States before shipping the planes to Papua New Guinea.

[9] After adding a second plane, two additional pilots (three in total), and a Medical Director over the course of 10 years of operations, Samaritan Aviation began planning for expansion to Papua New Guinea’s Western Province.

In 2021, another city tour was organized to raise funds for the planned expansion, including stops in all over the United States, shipping the newest plane to Papua New Guinea in fall of 2022.

Samaritan Aviation provides emergency transport to hospital for child whose hip had been dislocated for 3 weeks
Dr. Preston Karue, the PHA Rural Health Coordinator, educates a rural village about polio during the National Polio Campaign