Aircraft Disinsection in Concord, CA: Buchanan Field Airport (CCR)

About Buchanan Field Airport

Four runways, the longest at 5,001-ft, give Buchanan Field more pavement options than most Bay Area relievers, and the field stays busy with training traffic, medevac flights, and business aircraft serving the I-680 corporate corridor. Concord’s position on the east side of the hills keeps its weather sunnier than the coastal fields, which the flight schools appreciate. Corporate operators here position easily to the international gateways around the Bay when a long-haul trip calls for it. Either way, the treatment happens on the ground before the passengers arrive.

On the field at CCR

Located one mile west of Concord in California, Buchanan Field Airport sits at 26 feet. Runway 01L/19R gives CCR 5,001 feet of asphalt and concrete, 150 feet wide. It is a towered field with a Part 139 airport operating certificate. Concord Jet Center, Pacific States Aviation and Sterling 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

The requirement belongs to the country you are flying to, and it is met at the last port before that country. Leave Concord non-stop and CCR 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.

From CCR the requirement is mostly a Pacific one: Australia and New Zealand require disinsection on every arriving international aircraft, and the Cook Islands, Fiji and the Solomon Islands require it too. Many itineraries from Concord stop in Hawaii, which then becomes the last US port and the place for pre-embarkation treatment; non-stop departures are treated here at CCR. Australia, New Zealand, Chile, French Polynesia appear on the list as well.

The aircraft disinsection process on the CCR ramp

Once the plan is set we work directly with the CCR 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.

CCR at a glance

Countries that require disinsection, served from CCR

From CCR: Cook Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, French Polynesia, and the rest of the destinations we serve. The full table of aircraft disinsection requirements by country covers every destination we have verified for CCR departures. Australia and New Zealand carry operator paperwork we help with; if either is on a Concord itinerary, start early.