Government Flying Service

For the Slovak state carrier, see Slovak Government Flying Service.

Government Flying Service

GFS head office
Agency overview
Formed1 April 1993; 31 years ago (1993-04-01)
Preceding agency
Jurisdiction Hong Kong
HeadquartersHong Kong International Airport
Motto
  • Semper Paratus
  • Always ready
Employees335
Annual budgetHKD 577.6 million (2016-17)[1]
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Captain West WU, Controller
Parent departmentSecurity Bureau
Websitewww.gfs.gov.hk
Government Flying Service
Traditional Chinese香港政府飛行服務隊
Simplified Chinese香港政府飞行服务队
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXianggang Zhèngfǔ Fēixíng Fúwù Duì
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHeung Gong Jing fú fēi hàahng fuhk mouh deuih
JyutpingZing3 fu2 fei1 haang4 fuk6 mou6 deoi6

The Hong Kong Government Flying Service (HKGFS) is a disciplined unit and paramilitary flying organisation of the Government of Hong Kong.

The service has its head office in, and operates from, the southwestern end of Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok.[2] Before the opening of the Chek Lap Kok airport in 1998, it operated from the old Kai Tak Airport, the former Hong Kong International Airport. GFS patrols as far as 700-nautical-mile (1,300 km) to the south, to include the Hong Kong Flight Information Region and the Hong Kong Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre area of responsibility, which covers most of the South China Sea basin.

  1. ^ "Government Budget Head 166" (PDF). Government of Hong Kong.
  2. ^ "Contact". Government Flying Service. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020. Government Flying Service 18 South Perimeter Road Hong Kong International Airport Lantau Hong Kong