Aircraft Disinsection in Jackson, MS: Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN)

About Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport

Named for the civil rights leader Medgar Evers, Jackson’s international airport handles the airline and corporate traffic of Mississippi’s capital and largest metro. State government, healthcare systems, and the surrounding agricultural economy give the field its business base. Parallel runways serve the traffic, the longer of them stretching 8,500-ft.

On the field at JAN

Located 5 miles east of Jackson in Mississippi, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport sits at 346 feet. Runway 16L/34R gives JAN 8,500 feet of asphalt, 150 feet wide, one of 2 runways on the field. The field has an FAA control tower and a Part 139 airport operating certificate. U.S. Customs clears international arrivals at JAN by prior arrangement, as a landing rights airport. FBOs serving JAN include Atlantic Aviation; we treat the aircraft at whichever ramp or hangar it is parked on. Nothing repositions: the aircraft is treated where it sits, before boarding, and leaves with the certificate.

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 Jackson non-stop and JAN 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.

JAN 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 Barbados, Brazil, Paraguay round out the usual list. Where a South American trip from Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport stops en route, the treatment plan changes, so we ask for the full routing before confirming.

The aircraft disinsection process on the JAN ramp

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

JAN at a glance

Countries that require disinsection, served from JAN

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