Aircraft Disinsection in Charleston, WV: Yeager Airport (CRW)

About Yeager Airport

Charleston’s 6,715-ft ridgeline runway is one of the more dramatic pieces of engineering in Appalachian aviation, serving the state capital’s airline schedule alongside corporate traffic from the chemical and energy industries of the Kanawha Valley. The National Guard shares the field, keeping military airlift in the daily mix. European itineraries from the region’s producers and their bankers are a steady presence. Those departures are treated and certified on the ground at Yeager.

On the field at CRW

CRW lies 3 miles east of Charleston, West Virginia, 947 feet above sea level. Runway 05/23 gives CRW 6,715 feet of asphalt, 150 feet wide. The field has an FAA control tower and a Part 139 airport operating certificate. International arrivals clear Customs at CRW by prior arrangement; it holds landing rights status. Capital Jet Center operate FBOs here, and we come to the aircraft at any of them. We time the treatment to your CRW departure so the aircraft is ventilated and ready before boarding.

Where the aircraft disinsection requirement comes from

The requirement belongs to the country you are flying to, and it is met at the last port before that country. Leave Charleston non-stop and CRW is that port, so pre-embarkation treatment of the empty aircraft here, before boarding, satisfies the destinations that accept the method. Add a stop and the picture changes; tell us the routing and we will place the treatment correctly.

Departures from CRW 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 Yeager Airport makes CRW the last port before the destination, which is exactly where pre-embarkation treatment belongs.

The aircraft disinsection process on the CRW ramp

We treat the aircraft where it is parked at CRW, whether that is a hangar or the FBO ramp, and we build the timing backward from your boarding. Empty cabin, WHO method through cabin, flight deck and holds, rest and ventilation, release. Your crew receives the certificate before the door closes and your passengers never see the process.

CRW at a glance

Countries that require disinsection, served from CRW

From CRW: 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 CRW departures. Australia and New Zealand carry operator paperwork we help with; if either is on a Charleston itinerary, start early.