Aircraft Disinsection in Montrose, CO: Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ)

About Montrose Regional Airport

Winter transforms MTJ, when seasonal airline flights from across the country deliver skiers bound for the San Juans and private jets crowd the ramp. The field’s 10,000-ft runway is sized for airline jets departing at mountain-valley elevation. The shoulder seasons belong to the valley’s farms and the steady traffic of Western Slope business. Summer brings a second wave of visitors for the canyon, the rivers, and the high country.

On the field at MTJ

Located one mile northwest of Montrose in Colorado, Montrose Regional Airport sits at 5,759 feet. The main runway, 17/35, is 10,000 feet of asphalt, one of 2 runways on the field. MTJ holds a Part 139 airport operating certificate. FBOs serving MTJ include Atlantic Aviation; we treat the aircraft at whichever ramp or hangar it is parked on. Nothing repositions: the aircraft is treated where it sits, before boarding, and leaves with the certificate.

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 Montrose that port is MTJ. Pre-embarkation treatment of the empty aircraft here is a method those countries accept.

Operators leaving MTJ meet the disinsection requirement on routes in several directions: transatlantic to Italy, south to Barbados and Chile, and, on ultra-long-range aircraft, east to India. Australia, New Zealand are typical from Montrose. Whatever the destination, an aircraft leaving Montrose Regional Airport is expected to arrive treated, with a certificate, and pre-embarkation at the last US port is how we deliver that.

The aircraft disinsection process on the MTJ ramp

Once the plan is set we work directly with the MTJ FBO and your crew on access, ramp position and timing. Our technician arrives before the agreed slot, confirms the aircraft is empty with catering and cleaning done, and applies the WHO pre-embarkation treatment through the cabin, flight deck and holds. After the specified rest and ventilation the aircraft is released for boarding, certificate in hand.

MTJ at a glance

Countries that require disinsection, served from MTJ

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