Aircraft Disinsection at Long Beach Airport (LGB)
Long Beach Airport hosts a large business aviation community and Gulfstream’s West Coast completions and service center, so newly completed long-range aircraft leave here for delivery flights worldwide.
If your next departure from LGB 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 LGB, and scheduled bookings are guaranteed for the departure.
About Long Beach Airport
Long Beach Airport hosts a large business aviation community and Gulfstream’s West Coast completions and service center, so newly completed long-range aircraft leave here for delivery flights worldwide. Noise rules shape the schedule, and we plan treatments around the departure window.
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 Long Beach non-stop and LGB 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.
From LGB 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 Long Beach stop in Hawaii, which then becomes the last US port and the place for pre-embarkation treatment; non-stop departures are treated here at LGB. Australia, New Zealand, Chile appear on the list as well.
The aircraft disinsection process on the LGB ramp
Nothing about the LGB 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.
LGB at a glance
| Airport | Long Beach Airport |
|---|---|
| IATA | LGB |
| ICAO | KLGB |
| Location | Long Beach, California |
| 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 LGB
From LGB: 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 LGB departures. Australia and New Zealand carry operator paperwork we help with; if either is on a Long Beach 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.
LGB disinsection questions, answered
Do you perform disinsection at Long Beach Airport?
Yes. LGB 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.
Where do operators flying out of LGB usually need disinsection?
Most often for Cook Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, which are typical destinations from Long Beach. Many other countries require it as well; send us the exact route and we will tell you what applies to your aircraft.
How much notice do you need for a departure from LGB?
We can often accommodate short-notice requests at LGB. Send us the destination and date as soon as the trip is likely and we will plan the treatment at Long Beach around your boarding.
Can one treatment at LGB cover an outbound and a return?
No. Pre-embarkation covers one flight sector, the flight it is performed for. The return to the US carries no US disinsection requirement; onward international legs need their own consideration. Send us the itinerary from Long Beach and we will map it leg by leg.
Do you also serve other airports near Long Beach?
Yes. In the West Coast we also come to Van Nuys Airport (VNY), Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR), John Wayne Airport (SNA), San Diego International Airport (SAN), San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Oakland International Airport (OAK), and to any other US airport your aircraft departs from.