Aircraft Disinsection at Portland-Hillsboro Airport (HIO)
Portland-Hillsboro is Oregon’s primary business aviation airport, home to the corporate fleets of the Portland area’s largest companies. Pacific and transatlantic departures leave from HIO.
If your next departure from HIO 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. We ask for 36 to 48 hours of notice at HIO, and scheduled bookings are guaranteed for the departure.
About Portland-Hillsboro Airport
Portland-Hillsboro is Oregon’s primary business aviation airport, home to the corporate fleets of the Portland area’s largest companies and a busy charter trade. Pacific and transatlantic departures leave from HIO.
Where the aircraft disinsection requirement comes from
Whatever the destination, the mechanism is the same: the arriving country requires the aircraft to have been disinsected, and pre-embarkation treatment at the last port before that country, performed on the empty aircraft, is a method it accepts. For a non-stop flight out of HIO, that last port is HIO.
From HIO 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 Hillsboro stop in Hawaii, which then becomes the last US port and the place for pre-embarkation treatment; non-stop departures are treated here at HIO. Australia, New Zealand, Chile appear on the list as well.
The aircraft disinsection process on the HIO ramp
On the day, the sequence at HIO is simple: our crew is at your hangar or FBO ahead of time, the cabin is confirmed empty and prepared, the treatment is applied to the WHO method through cabin, flight deck and holds, and the aircraft rests, ventilates and is released for boarding after the required wait. Your crew receives the certificate and the details to enter on the General Declaration before the door closes.
HIO at a glance
| Airport | Portland-Hillsboro Airport |
|---|---|
| IATA | HIO |
| ICAO | KHIO |
| Location | Hillsboro, Oregon |
| Region | West Coast |
| Typical disinsection destinations | Cook Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Chile |
| Treatment | Pre-embarkation, empty aircraft, before boarding, at your FBO or hangar |
| Reviewed | August 2026 |
Countries that require disinsection, served from HIO
From HIO: Cook Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, and the rest of the destinations we serve. The full table of aircraft disinsection requirements by country covers every destination we have verified for HIO departures. Australia and New Zealand carry operator paperwork we help with; if either is on a Hillsboro 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.
HIO disinsection questions, answered
Do you perform disinsection at Portland-Hillsboro Airport?
Yes. HIO is one of the US departure airports we come to. The treatment happens at your aircraft, in the hangar or on the FBO ramp, timed to your boarding, and the certificate is issued on the spot.
Which destinations from HIO require disinsection?
From HIO and the rest of the West Coast, the routes that most often trigger a requirement include Cook Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Chile. Others do too. Send us the route and we will confirm what applies.
When should we book disinsection for a trip out of HIO?
As soon as the trip from Hillsboro is likely. We hold the plan with you and adjust if the departure moves; if Australia or New Zealand is on the itinerary from HIO, start earlier still because of the operator paperwork.
What if our routing from HIO has a stop after leaving the US?
Pre-embarkation covers the flight it is performed for and is done at the last port before the destination country. Send us the full itinerary from Hillsboro and we will tell you exactly where the treatment belongs.
Do you also serve other airports near Hillsboro?
Yes. In the West Coast we also come to San Bernardino International Airport (SBD), San Luis County Regional Airport (SBP), Juneau International Airport (JNU), Bellingham International Airport (BLI), Tri Cities Airport (PSC), Hayward Executive Airport (HWD), and to any other US airport your aircraft departs from.