Aircraft Disinsection in Midland, TX: Midland International Air and Space Port (MAF)

About Midland International Air and Space Port

Energy is the story at MAF, where corporate jets shuttling oilfield executives and crews share the field with scheduled airline service. A 9,501-ft main runway and wide-open West Texas airspace make operations straightforward in nearly all weather. The airport carries a spaceport license, a nod to the region’s appetite for aerospace diversification. Traffic on the ramp tends to track activity in the oil patch.

On the field at MAF

Midland International Air and Space Port (MAF) sits 8 miles southwest of Midland, Texas, at an elevation of 2,872 feet. Its longest runway, 16R/34L, measures 9,501 by 150 feet, asphalt. The field has an FAA control tower and a Part 139 airport operating certificate. FBOs serving MAF include Signature Aviation MAF; we treat the aircraft at whichever ramp or hangar it is parked on. A pre-embarkation treatment here is timed to your boarding and finished before anyone steps aboard.

Where the aircraft disinsection requirement comes from

The rule is set by the arriving country, not by the airport you leave from. If your destination requires disinsection, the aircraft must be treated at the last port before that country, and for a non-stop departure from Midland that port is MAF. Pre-embarkation treatment of the empty aircraft here is a method those countries accept.

MAF 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 Brazil, Paraguay, Italy round out the usual list. Where a South American trip from Midland International Air and Space Port stops en route, the treatment plan changes, so we ask for the full routing before confirming.

The aircraft disinsection process on the MAF ramp

On the day, the sequence at MAF is simple: our crew is at your hangar or FBO ahead of time, the cabin is confirmed empty and prepared, the treatment is applied to the WHO method through cabin, flight deck and holds, and the aircraft rests, ventilates and is released for boarding after the required wait. Your crew receives the certificate and the details to enter on the General Declaration before the door closes.

MAF at a glance

Countries that require disinsection, served from MAF

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