Miracle Flights
Child Patient Medical Flights · About this organization
What you get
Round-trip commercial flights for your child’s medical care away from home, with up to two adult parents, guardians, or relatives.
How to start
Apply online with passenger, travel, income, and identity details; send the separate verification-form link to treatment-site staff for them to complete.
Good to know
- A new application and medical verification must arrive at least 14 days before each trip.
- Baggage and optional airline fees are not covered.
The details, as published
Miracle Flights arranges commercial air travel for children who need specialized medical care away from home. A pediatric B-ALL patient may qualify when the child is 17 or younger on the appointment date, is medically cleared for commercial travel, and the household is within 370% of the federal poverty guideline. The family files a new application for each journey at least 14 days in advance, and up to two adults may accompany the child.
What help you may get
Travel And Transportation
Child Patient Medical Flights — travel and transportation
Miracle Flights arranges commercial air travel for children who need specialized medical care away from home. A pediatric B-ALL patient may qualify when the child is 17 or younger on the appointment date, is medically cleared for commercial travel, and the household is within 370% of the federal poverty guideline. The family files a new application for each journey at least 14 days in advance, and up to two adults may accompany the child.
Noncash help · Recurring
Can cover
- Round-trip commercial airfare for the child and up to two adult parents, guardians, or family members
Does not cover
- Airline baggage fees and optional add-on fees
- Elective or compassionate travel
- The program books qualifying airfare rather than providing a cash award.
- The program states that up to two round trips per month may be requested as long as medically necessary.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The diagnosis-neutral medical-travel program can serve a child with B-ALL who needs eligible specialized care.
Age
Age 0 to age 17, measured at service date.
- The child must be 17 or younger on the appointment date.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- A provider must verify the patient or diagnosis.
- The patient must be medically cleared to fly commercially.
- The treatment site must verify the appointment.
Financial need is required.
- Changes in income not reflected in the latest tax return are not considered under the published rule.
- Household income at or below 370% of the current federal poverty guideline, verified with the latest IRS tax documents.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
No residence restriction is published.
Where your child is treated
No treatment-location restriction is published.
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
Who can start: Parent Or Guardian
- Complete the eligibility screen and prepare passenger, itinerary, treatment, income, and identity information.
- Send the official treatment-site verification form link to treatment-site staff.
- Complete, certify, sign, and submit the treatment-site form directly.
- Sign and submit a new child application with uploads at least 14 days before departure.
- Review proposed flight options and retain the emailed itinerary.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Web Form · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Web Form · Open form or page — Only treatment-site physicians or staff may complete this form.
Documents to prepare
- Birth certificate or legal guardianship proof for the child
- Most recent federal Form 1040 pages and applicable income/self-employment documents
- Government-assistance or other income documentation when applicable
- Treatment Site Medical Appointment Verification Form submitted by treatment-site staff
- Required identification or documentation for all passengers to clear TSA
- Miracle Flights arranges the qualifying commercial itinerary.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Open |
| Funding or space | Fund Dependent |
| Application window | Rolling |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- The official site has an active flight-request process.
- A new request is required for each journey; complete materials are due at least 14 days before departure.
- Applications must be submitted at least 14 days before travel.
- Processing time varies; late requests do not meet the published lead-time rule.
Limitations and things to confirm
- A new application is required for every journey.
- Baggage and optional airline fees are not covered.
- New international requests and U.S. territory travel are excluded.
- The child must be 17 or younger on the appointment date.
- The household must meet a published income rule whose '370% above' wording is mathematically ambiguous.
- The household must meet the 370% FPL rule.
- What route-distance or specialty-access test, if any, is applied during review beyond the published criteria?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Child Medical Flight Request Application · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Request a Free Medical Flight | Miracle Flights Assistance · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Request a Free Medical Flight | Miracle Flights Assistance · checked Aug 22, 2026