Aircraft Disinsection in Corpus Christi, TX: Corpus Christi International Airport (CRP)

About Corpus Christi International Airport

The Coastal Bend’s port, refineries, and Gulf wind-energy build-out keep Corpus Christi International supplied with business traffic. Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, the Navy’s multi-engine training base, sits across town and gives the area deep aviation roots. Airlines link the city to the Texas hubs, and the 7,510-ft main runway covers the narrowbody and business-jet fleet with room to spare.

On the field at CRP

Located 5 miles west of Corpus Christi in Texas, Corpus Christi International Airport sits at 46 feet. The main runway, 13/31, is 7,510 feet of asphalt, one of 2 runways on the field. The field has an FAA control tower and a Part 139 airport operating certificate. International arrivals clear Customs at CRP by prior arrangement; it holds landing rights status. Sterling Air Service and Atlantic Aviation operate FBOs here, and we come to the aircraft at any of them. The treatment is scheduled around your departure from CRP and completed before passengers arrive.

Where the aircraft disinsection requirement comes from

CRP is where the requirement is satisfied for a non-stop flight, because pre-embarkation treatment belongs at the last port before the destination country. The arriving authority requires the aircraft to have been disinsected; treating it empty here, before boarding, meets that requirement for the countries that accept the method.

CRP 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 Corpus Christi International Airport stops en route, the treatment plan changes, so we ask for the full routing before confirming.

The aircraft disinsection process on the CRP ramp

Nothing about the CRP treatment disrupts your departure. We time it to your boarding, coordinate access and position with the FBO, and treat the empty aircraft, cabin, flight deck and holds, to the WHO method once catering and cleaning are finished. The aircraft ventilates for the required wait, the certificate goes aboard, and passengers step onto a treated aircraft without ever seeing the process.

CRP at a glance

Countries that require disinsection, served from CRP

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