Aircraft Disinsection in Los Angeles
Los Angeles is the Pacific gateway for business aviation, and the Pacific is where disinsection requirements cluster: Australia, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Fiji and the Philippines all require arriving aircraft to be treated. We perform pre-embarkation disinsection at Van Nuys, LAX, Burbank, John Wayne, Long Beach, Santa Monica, Ontario and San Bernardino, on the empty aircraft before boarding.
Why Los Angeles departures need a disinsection plan
Van Nuys alone sends ultra-long-range aircraft to Sydney and Auckland non-stop, and a large share of Southern California itineraries stage through Honolulu, where the last-port rule moves the treatment. We plan that with you: a non-stop departure is treated at the Los Angeles ramp, a Honolulu stop is treated there. Chile and the Philippines round out the list of routes that most often need the certificate.
From the West Coast the routes that most often trigger a disinsection requirement are Pacific: Australia and New Zealand first, then the Cook Islands and the Philippines, plus South America to Chile.
Book 36 to 48 hours ahead for a Los Angeles departure; scheduled bookings are guaranteed for the date. We travel to the aircraft; nothing repositions to us.
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.
Departure airports we serve in Los Angeles
- Los Angeles International Airport LAXLAX is the West Coast’s principal Pacific gateway and hosts long-range business aviation departures on its general aviation ramp.
- Van Nuys Airport VNYVan Nuys is one of the busiest general aviation airports in the world and the business aviation capital of Southern California.
- Hollywood Burbank Airport BURHollywood Burbank serves the entertainment industry’s corporate and charter operators with a busy business aviation ramp close to the studios.
- John Wayne Airport SNAJohn Wayne Airport serves Orange County’s corporate operators with a well-established business aviation ramp.
- Long Beach Airport LGBLong 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.
- Santa Monica Municipal Airport SMOSanta Monica Municipal survives on some of the most valuable land in aviation, a shortened runway ringed by Los Angeles westside neighborhoods that still hosts a devoted corps of jets and turboprops.
- Ontario International Airport ONTOntario International anchors the Inland Empire’s logistics economy, handling freighters, airlines, and corporate traffic east of Los Angeles.
- San Bernardino International Airport SBDSan Bernardino International rose from the former Norton Air Force Base to become an Inland Empire cargo and passenger field on the move.
Pre-embarkation disinsection with an EPA registered aerosol at the WHO dose, applied to the empty aircraft at Los Angeles by licensed applicators in full PPE. The crew leaves with the signed certificate listing every can serial number, the ink stamped company affidavit, the General Declaration wording, a destination reference sheet, the EPA label sheet with SDS and TDS, and the used cans bagged and retained on board.
The service in detail →The usual destinations from Los Angeles and Southern California; we serve every country on the requirements by country table.
Statewide: Aircraft disinsection in California
Los Angeles disinsection questions, answered
Which airports in Los Angeles do you serve for disinsection?
All of them. We come to the aircraft at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Van Nuys Airport (VNY), Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR), John Wayne Airport (SNA), Long Beach Airport (LGB), Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO), Ontario International Airport (ONT) and San Bernardino International Airport (SBD), and to any other field in Los Angeles and Southern California your aircraft departs from.
Where does the treatment happen at a Los Angeles airport?
At the FBO or hangar where the aircraft is parked: Clay Lacy, Signature, Jet Aviation and Castle and Cooke at Van Nuys, Atlantic at Burbank and John Wayne, and the private terminals at LAX. We coordinate access and timing with the FBO and your crew.
How much notice do you need for a Los Angeles departure?
Book 36 to 48 hours ahead for a Los Angeles departure; scheduled bookings are guaranteed for the date. Send the destination, departure airport and date as soon as the trip is likely.
Which countries require disinsection on flights from Los Angeles?
From the West Coast the routes that most often trigger a disinsection requirement are Pacific: Australia and New Zealand first, then the Cook Islands and the Philippines, plus South America to Chile. The full list of countries we have verified, with the methods each accepts, is on our requirements by country page.