Aircraft Disinsection in Cahokia, IL: St. Louis Downtown Airport (CPS)

About St. Louis Downtown Airport

With a 7,002-ft main runway and a location closer to downtown St. Louis than Lambert, the field pairs corporate convenience with serious industrial capability. Jet Aviation’s campus handles interiors, maintenance, and refurbishments for large-cabin jets, work that draws international tails to Cahokia. When those aircraft redeliver to owners in Europe or beyond, the ferry leg starts here. The disinsection certificate can be in the flight bag before engine start.

On the field at CPS

St. Louis Downtown Airport (CPS) sits one mile east of Cahokia/St Louis, Illinois, at an elevation of 413 feet. The main runway, 12R/30L, is 7,002 feet of asphalt; the field has 3 runways in all. It is a towered field with a Part 139 airport operating certificate. Jet Aviation operate FBOs here, and we come to the aircraft at any of them. A pre-embarkation treatment here is timed to your boarding and finished before anyone steps aboard.

Where the aircraft disinsection requirement comes from

Whatever the destination, the mechanism is the same: the arriving country requires the aircraft to have been disinsected, and pre-embarkation treatment at the last port before that country, performed on the empty aircraft, is a method it accepts. For a non-stop flight out of CPS, that last port is CPS.

Departures from CPS 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 Greece, India, Egypt follow. A non-stop crossing from St. Louis Downtown Airport makes CPS the last port before the destination, which is exactly where pre-embarkation treatment belongs.

The aircraft disinsection process on the CPS ramp

Once the plan is set we work directly with the CPS FBO and your crew on access, ramp position and timing. Our technician arrives before the agreed slot, confirms the aircraft is empty with catering and cleaning done, and applies the WHO pre-embarkation treatment through the cabin, flight deck and holds. After the specified rest and ventilation the aircraft is released for boarding, certificate in hand.

CPS at a glance

Countries that require disinsection, served from CPS

From CPS: Italy, Greece, India, Egypt, and the rest of the destinations we serve. The full table of aircraft disinsection requirements by country covers every destination we have verified for CPS departures. Australia and New Zealand carry operator paperwork we help with; if either is on a Cahokia itinerary, start early.