Vanderbilt LifeFlight has expanded its footprint to serve the West Tennessee region by adding an emergency helicopter base in Humboldt, Tennessee, according to a news release from the Vanderbilt University Medical Reporter.

The new aircraft will be located in Gibson County at the Humboldt Municipal Airport. It will be the second Vanderbilt LifeFlight base in the area, with the other located in Henry County. The location was selected to strategically service hospital and EMS partners in the area.

From Humboldt, the helicopter will cover a 120-mile response area and will transport patients who require advanced medical and surgical care from accident scenes. LifeFlight will also perform hospital-to-hospital transports in the region so that patients can be treated at tertiary care centers located across West Tennessee, including member hospitals and health systems in the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network.

The new helicopter base at the Humboldt Municipal Airport represents an investment of more than $10 million in Gibson County.