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We had been 'spoiled' by the British Forces presence here for years and they kindly offered helicopter services for medical airlifts, day and night, usually free of charge or for a nominal fee of about US$600.00 when I needed an airlift, say 15 or so yrs ago. This service no longer exits and was stopped months ago. San Pedro, Intl and Placencia have lights for landing at night, but Placencia's lights have not been installed. Otherwise, everyone has to depend on commercial airline or helicopter, all privately owned and will require payment. Wings of Hope is here and also available for emergency airlifts. Should you require a helicopter airlift at night in an area without lights, best to create an HLS (helicopter landing site) with vehicle (or golf cart) headlights in a circle or other to illuminate the HLS. And most important, make sure there is a doc ready with the patients stats at the medical facility by calling ahead.