Aircraft Disinsection in Conroe, TX: Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport (CXO)
Conroe-North Houston Regional has become the boomtown airport of Houston’s northern corridor, its new hangars filling with the jets of the energy and timber money that built Montgomery County. Departures from CXO to countries with disinsection mandates are treated before boarding.
If your next departure from CXO is to a country that requires disinsection, we come to your aircraft here, treat it empty before boarding to the WHO pre-embarkation method, and issue the certificate for the flight. Conroe is in our central response region, where 12 to 36 hours of notice is often enough.
About Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport
A 7,501-ft runway puts Conroe comfortably in large-cabin territory, and the field’s modern FBOs have pulled steady traffic north from Houston’s closer-in ramps. Energy business ties the region to Latin America as tightly as any US metro. Mexico City, Bogota, and points south are routine filings from the north side. Aircraft headed that direction under treatment rules are disinsected on the Conroe ramp, paperwork done before engine start.
On the field at CXO
Located 37 miles north of Houston in Texas, Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport sits at 245 feet. The main runway, 14/32, is 7,501 feet of concrete. The field has an FAA control tower. FBOs serving CXO include Galaxy FBO and General Aviation Services; we treat the aircraft at whichever ramp or hangar it is parked on. 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 Conroe non-stop and CXO 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.
CXO sends aircraft south: the Caribbean on short sectors and South America on long ones. Barbados, Chile and Paraguay require disinsection on arrival, Brazil does on a risk basis, and Brazil, Paraguay, Italy round out the usual list. Where a South American trip from Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport stops en route, the treatment plan changes, so we ask for the full routing before confirming.
The aircraft disinsection process on the CXO ramp
At Conroe-North Houston 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.
CXO at a glance
| Airport | Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport |
|---|---|
| IATA | CXO |
| ICAO | KCXO |
| Location | Conroe, Texas |
| Main runway | 7,501 ft concrete (14/32) |
| Elevation | 245 ft |
| FBOs | Galaxy FBO, General Aviation Services |
| Region | South Central |
| Typical disinsection destinations | Chile, Brazil, Paraguay, Italy |
| Treatment | Pre-embarkation, empty aircraft, before boarding, at your FBO or hangar |
| Reviewed | October 2026 |
Countries that require disinsection, served from CXO
From CXO: Chile, Brazil, Paraguay, Italy, and the rest of the destinations we serve. The full table of aircraft disinsection requirements by country covers every destination we have verified for CXO departures. Australia and New Zealand carry operator paperwork we help with; if either is on a Conroe itinerary, start early.
Tell us your route and we will confirm exactly what your aircraft needs.
Destination, departure airport, dates. We confirm the requirement, come to the aircraft, and handle the certificate.
CXO disinsection questions, answered
Do you come to CXO?
Yes. We travel to your aircraft at Conroe-North Houston Regional Airport and treat it on the FBO ramp or in the hangar before boarding. We coordinate access and timing with the FBO and your crew.
Does a flight from CXO to Chile need disinsection?
Yes, Chile requires it on arriving aircraft, and pre-embarkation treatment at CXO before boarding is a method it accepts for a non-stop flight. Brazil, Paraguay, Italy are other common cases from Conroe. Send us the route and we will confirm the plan.
Can you get to CXO on short notice?
Often, yes. We travel to Conroe from our base and handle our own logistics; the earlier we hear about a likely trip the more precisely we can time the treatment, but short-notice requests are a normal part of the work.
Our trip out of CXO has a technical stop before the destination. Does that change things?
Yes, because pre-embarkation belongs at the last port before the destination country. Send us the full routing from CXO and we will confirm where the treatment should be performed and whether it can be done in the US.
Do you also serve other airports near Conroe?
Yes. In the South Central we also come to William P. Hobby Airport (HOU), Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR), Dallas Love Field (DAL), Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport (AFW), Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), and to any other US airport your aircraft departs from.
Nearby departure airports
- William P. Hobby AirportHOU
- Sugar Land Regional AirportSGR
- Dallas Love FieldDAL
- Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance AirportAFW
- Dallas/Fort Worth International AirportDFW
- Austin-Bergstrom International AirportAUS
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