Aircraft Disinsection in Medford, OR: Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport (MFR)

About Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport

MFR anchors commercial air service for a broad stretch of southern Oregon and far northern California, with an 8,800-ft main runway framed by the Cascade and Siskiyou ranges. Fire-season tanker and support operations make the airport a center of wildland aviation in late summer. The valley’s orchards, wineries, and healthcare systems drive the year-round economy. Terrain and seasonal smoke are the operational factors pilots here know well.

On the field at MFR

Located 3 miles north of Medford in Oregon, Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport sits at 1,335 feet. Its longest runway, 14/32, measures 8,800 by 150 feet, asphalt. MFR is towered and holds a Part 139 airport operating certificate. The FBO choices at MFR include Million Air Medford and Jet Center Medford. We work at the ramp or hangar your crew is using. The treatment is scheduled around your departure from MFR and completed before passengers arrive.

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

The aircraft disinsection process on the MFR ramp

Nothing about the MFR 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.

MFR at a glance

Countries that require disinsection, served from MFR

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