Editing Government Flying Service (section)

{{Short description|Department of the Hong Kong Government}}
{{for|the Slovak state carrier|Slovak Government Flying Service}}
{{EngvarB|date=July 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = Government Flying Service
| logo            = 
| logo_width      = 
| logo_caption    = 
| image           = GFS HQ.jpg
| image_caption   = GFS head office
| formed          = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1993|4|1}}
| preceding1      = [[Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force]] (RHKAAF)
| jurisdiction    = {{HKG}}
| headquarters    = [[Hong Kong International Airport]]
| employees       = 335
| motto           = {{ubl|{{lang|la|Semper Paratus}}|Always ready}}
| budget          = HKD 577.6 million (2016-17)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.budget.gov.hk/2016/eng/pdf/head166.pdf |title=Government Budget Head 166 |website=[[Government of Hong Kong]]}}</ref>
| minister1_name  = [[Chris Tang]]
| minister1_pfo   = [[Secretary for Security]]
| chief1_name     = Captain West WU
| chief1_position = Controller
| parent_department = [[Security Bureau (Hong Kong)|Security Bureau]]
| child1_agency   = 
| website         = {{url|http://www.gfs.gov.hk/}}
}}
{{Chinese
| t = 香港政府飛行服務隊
| s = 香港政府飞行服务队
| j = Zing<sup>3</sup> fu<sup>2</sup> fei<sup>1</sup> haang<sup>4</sup> fuk<sup>6</sup> mou<sup>6</sup> deoi<sup>6</sup>
| y = Heung Gong Jing fú fēi hàahng fuhk mouh deuih
| p = Xianggang Zhèngfǔ Fēixíng Fúwù Duì
}}

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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gfs.gov.hk/eng/contact.htm |title=Contact |publisher=Government Flying Service |access-date=2020-10-08 |quote=Government Flying Service 18 South Perimeter Road Hong Kong International Airport Lantau Hong Kong |archive-date=19 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919032242/https://www.gfs.gov.hk/eng/contact.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 {{convert|700|nmi|km|adj=on}} 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.