Aircraft Disinsection in Juneau, AK: Juneau International Airport (JNU)

About Juneau International Airport

Juneau International serves a state capital that no road reaches, which makes the airport an essential piece of civic infrastructure. Jets thread the Gastineau Channel between mountains on one of the more scenic approaches in American airline flying. The 8,857-ft runway shares the field with a busy floatplane pond serving Southeast Alaska’s island communities. Summer cruise season multiplies traffic, while winter flying demands respect for terrain and weather.

On the field at JNU

Located 7 miles northwest of Juneau in Alaska, Juneau International Airport sits at 25 feet. Runway 08/26 gives JNU 8,857 feet of asphalt, 150 feet wide, one of 2 runways on the field. JNU is towered and holds a Part 139 airport operating certificate. JNU is a designated U.S. Customs airport of entry, so international arrivals clear on the field. Aero Services - Atlantic Aviation operate FBOs here, and we come to the aircraft at any of them. The treatment is scheduled around your departure from JNU 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 JNU, the last port before a non-stop international arrival, is how operators meet it without spraying an occupied cabin at the far end.

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

The aircraft disinsection process on the JNU ramp

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

JNU at a glance

Countries that require disinsection, served from JNU

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