For Lifeflight of Maine and Boston Medflight, you may hear the helicopters on the "air to ground" frequency even if you can't hear the repeater.
- The Northeast Air Alliance has adopted the use of VTAC11, UTAC41D or 8TAC91D for landing zone coordination vs coming up on individual agency frequencies when coordinating landing zones in Massachusetts. (May 2022)
- The New Hampshire Department of Public Safety has adopted the use of VMED29 for landing zone coordination.
Medflight
- Based out of Hanscom Field, Bedford, MA
- Boston Medflight
- Has bases in the following locations (IATA codes):
- Hanscom Field, Bedford (BED)
- Lawrence Municipal Airport (LWM)
- Mansfield Municipal Airport (1B9)
- Plymouth Airport (PYM)
- Portsmouth NH IAP (PSM)
| Frequency
|
Type
|
Tone
|
Use
|
Location
|
Confirmation/Reconfirmation
|
| 461.4500 |
S |
107.2 |
Medflight Primary Operations |
Boston |
2025.01.03 ecps92
|
| 130.5750 |
S |
AM |
Medflight Ops VHF |
Boston |
2024.10 FAA Document
|
| 460.8000 |
S |
107.2 |
Boston - Simplex Ops |
Boston |
2019.02.13 W1KNE
|
| 461.4500 |
R |
? |
Multiple Sites |
Eastern Mass |
|
| 460.8000 |
R |
114.8 |
Boston |
All Bases |
|
| 460.8000 |
R |
103.5 |
Bedford |
|
|
| 460.8000 |
R |
127.3 |
Plymouth |
|
|
| ICE TRS |
T |
TG:22 |
Ground and Aircraft Transports |
Bedford Dispatch |
See ICE TRS trunk for confirmation.
|
| ICE TRS |
T |
TG:390 |
Ground and Aircraft Transports |
Bedford Dispatch |
See ICE TRS trunk for confirmation
|
| ICE TRS |
T |
TG:391 |
Ground and Aircraft Transports |
Bedford Dispatch |
See ICE TRS trunk for confirmation
|
| ICE TRS |
T |
TG:392 |
Ground and Aircraft Transports |
Bedford Dispatch |
See ICE TRS trunk for confirmation
|
LifeFlight of Maine
- Life-Flight of Maine helicopters are based in Bangor, Lewiston and Sanford and are remotely dispatched by MEDCOMM from Bangor.
- Landing zone coordination with local agencies often takes place on Maine State Fire (154.3100).
- A statewide UHF repeater system is used for flight-following.
- The Boston Med-Flight system (461.4500) is also used during flights to Boston.
| Transmitter Locations -
|
| Mount Washington, NH
|
| Chase Mountain
|
| Sugarloaf Mountain
|
| Cooper Mountain
|
| Bald Mountain
|
| Pickard Mountain
|
| Blackstrap Hill
|
| Northern Maine Med Center, Fort Kent
|
| Streaked Mountain
|
| Fish Hill
|
| Quaker Hill
|
| Mount Hope
|
| Frequency
|
Type
|
Tone
|
Use
|
Location
|
Confirmation/Reconfirmation
|
| 453.6500 |
R |
103.5 |
Primary Operations |
Multi |
2023.09.26 MASSBUSMARK
|
| 451.7750 |
D |
203.5 |
Lifeflight 4 - MEDCOMM base
Change to 453.6500 when airborne |
Sanford |
2024.10.06 GraniteScanner
|
| 456.7750 |
D |
203.5 |
Lifeflight 4 - MEDCOMM crew/helo response
Change to 453.6500 when airborne |
Sanford |
2025.05.01 schwab
|
| 151.5500 |
R |
D114 |
VHF Repeater |
Dixmont |
2019.08.30 LTE4NFD
|
Lifestar
- Based out of Hartford Hospital.
- Aircraft based at:
- Lifestar 1, Midstate Hospital, Meriden
- Lifestar 2, Backus Hospital, Norwich
- Lifestar 3, Barnes Municipal Airport, Westfield, MA. (BAF)
| Frequency
|
Type
|
Tone
|
Use
|
Location
|
Confirmation/Reconfirmation
|
| 155.3850 |
S |
82.5 |
|
Hartford Hospital program |
2025.08.27 cg
|
| 452.3375 |
R |
D351 |
Meriden |
Lifestar 1 |
2018.07.30 CG
|
| 461.3875 |
R |
141.3 |
Hartford & Norwich UHF |
Lifestar 2 |
2025.08.27 cg
|
| 461.3875 |
R |
D351 |
Westfield |
Lifestar 3 |
2022.04.17 W1KNE
|
SkyHealth
- SkyHealth 2 is based out of Yale New Haven Hospital
- Also stationed at North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
| Frequency
|
Type
|
Tone
|
Use
|
Location
|
Confirmation/Reconfirmation
|
| OneVoice TRS |
T |
TG: 301005 |
Inter-Hospital Transfers |
New Haven, CT & Manhasset, NY |
See OneVoice for confirmations
|
| 155.2050 |
S |
67.0 |
patch to TRS |
New Haven |
2023.07.31 cg
|
LifeFlight
- Based out of UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester
- UMass also provides EMS for the City of Worcester and the Town of Shrewsbury
| Frequency
|
Type
|
Tone
|
Use
|
Location
|
Confirmation/Reconfirmation
|
| 155.1600 |
S |
D411 |
|
UMASS University campus (Worcester, MA) |
2025.06.27 MASSBUSMARK
|
| MSP 800 |
T |
TG:10096 |
Worcester EMS Wide Area |
Used as a backup to 155.1600 |
See MSP Talkgroups for Confirmations
|
Dartmouth Hitchcock Advanced Response Team (D-HART)
- Based out of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
- Also stationed in Manchester, NH
| Frequency
|
Type
|
Tone
|
Use
|
Location
|
Confirmation/Reconfirmation
|
| 155.3250 |
S |
141.3 |
Based at Lebanon NH (Primary Ops) |
Lebanon NH |
2025.08.27 cg
|
| 461.2250 |
R |
146.2 |
Based at Burlington VT |
Stowe VT |
2024.08.15 jeffkett
|
| 464.4500 |
R |
D703 |
Based at Manchester NH |
Goffstown NH |
2024.11.27 MASSBUSMARK
|
LifeNet 7-1
- Based at South Albany Airport, Ravena, NY (4B0)
- Formerly known as Albany MedFlight
| Frequency
|
Type
|
Tone
|
Use
|
Location
|
Confirmation/Reconfirmation
|
| 155.2350 |
S |
D432 |
Air-Grnd |
Covers Western Mass and Vermont |
2025.08.27 cg
|
