Aircraft Disinsection in Augusta, GA: Augusta Regional Airport (AGS)

About Augusta Regional Airport

An 8,001-ft runway and patient controllers absorb Augusta’s springtime surge, when hundreds of corporate aircraft arrive for the tournament and StandardAero’s engine shops keep the field working the rest of the calendar. International visitors are a fixture of the golf week, with tails from Europe, South America, and Asia on the ramp. Some of those aircraft depart the US directly from Augusta. We complete the treatment and certificate at Bush Field before wheels up.

On the field at AGS

AGS lies 6 miles south of Augusta, Georgia, 146 feet above sea level. Its longest runway, 17/35, measures 8,001 by 150 feet, concrete. AGS is towered and holds a Part 139 airport operating certificate. Aviation Services and AUGUSTA REGIONAL AIRPORT AVIATION SERVICES operate FBOs here, and we come to the aircraft at any of them. Nothing repositions: the aircraft is treated where it sits, before boarding, and leaves with the certificate.

Where the aircraft disinsection requirement comes from

Think of it from the arrival end: the destination expects a treated aircraft and a certificate. Pre-embarkation gives it both, provided the treatment happens at the last port before that country. Non-stop from AGS, that is AGS; with a stop en route, the plan changes and we tell you how.

Departures from AGS that trigger a disinsection requirement are mostly transatlantic. Italy is the one that catches operators most often, because it applies to aircraft arriving from the United States, and Barbados, Brazil, Paraguay follow. A non-stop crossing from Augusta Regional Airport makes AGS the last port before the destination, which is exactly where pre-embarkation treatment belongs.

The aircraft disinsection process on the AGS ramp

At Augusta Regional Airport the treatment fits into the normal departure sequence. Catering and cleaning finish, the cabin is confirmed empty, and our technician applies the WHO pre-embarkation treatment through cabin, flight deck and holds. The aircraft rests, ventilates for the required wait, and is released for boarding with the certificate aboard and the treatment details in the crew’s hands for the General Declaration.

AGS at a glance

Countries that require disinsection, served from AGS

From AGS: Chile, Barbados, Brazil, Paraguay, and the rest of the destinations we serve. The full table of aircraft disinsection requirements by country covers every destination we have verified for AGS departures. Australia and New Zealand carry operator paperwork we help with; if either is on an Augusta itinerary, start early.