Aircraft Disinsection in Hayward, CA: Hayward Executive Airport (HWD)

About Hayward Executive Airport

Hayward Executive is a towered two-runway reliever wedged between Oakland and the bay, operated by the city as the East Bay’s dedicated corporate field. Its based fleet leans turboprop and light-to-midsize jet, and operators here stage to SFO or OAK for the long overwater legs, which is exactly the pattern where pre-embarkation treatment at the right port matters.

On the field at HWD

Located 2 miles west of Hayward in California, Hayward Executive Airport sits at 52 feet. The main runway, 10R/28L, is 5,694 feet of asphalt. HWD is a towered field. The FBO choices at HWD include APP Jet Center Hayward and Meridian Hayward. We work at the ramp or hangar your crew is using. The treatment is scheduled around your departure from HWD and completed before passengers arrive.

Where the aircraft disinsection requirement comes from

No US authority requires disinsection on departure. The obligation is created by the arriving country, which expects a treated aircraft and a certificate. Pre-embarkation treatment performed at HWD, the last port before a non-stop international arrival, is how operators meet it without spraying an occupied cabin at the far end.

From HWD 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 Hayward stop in Hawaii, which then becomes the last US port and the place for pre-embarkation treatment; non-stop departures are treated here at HWD. Australia, New Zealand, Chile, French Polynesia appear on the list as well.

The aircraft disinsection process on the HWD ramp

We treat the aircraft where it is parked at HWD, 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.

HWD at a glance

Countries that require disinsection, served from HWD

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