Aircraft Disinsection in Myrtle Beach, SC: Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)

About Myrtle Beach International Airport

Built on a former Air Force base, MYR retains a 9,503-ft runway that comfortably handles any aircraft the leisure market sends. Traffic swells dramatically from spring through early fall as airlines add seasonal routes to feed the tourism economy. Outside the terminal, the field supports a steady flow of golf-bound private and charter aircraft. The Grand Strand’s hospitality industry is the engine behind nearly everything that moves here.

On the field at MYR

Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR) sits 3 miles southwest of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, at an elevation of 25 feet. Runway 18/36 gives MYR 9,503 feet of asphalt, 150 feet wide. It is a towered field with a Part 139 airport operating certificate. U.S. Customs service is available at MYR by arrangement, according to the FAA airport record. MYRTLE BEACH AVIATION and Beach Aviation Services operate FBOs here, and we come to the aircraft at any of them. A pre-embarkation treatment here is timed to your boarding and finished before anyone steps aboard.

Where the aircraft disinsection requirement comes from

Whatever the destination, the mechanism is the same: the arriving country requires the aircraft to have been disinsected, and pre-embarkation treatment at the last port before that country, performed on the empty aircraft, is a method it accepts. For a non-stop flight out of MYR, that last port is MYR.

From MYR the requirement most often shows up on short Caribbean sectors, Barbados above all, where the flight is so routine that the arrival rules get overlooked. Barbados, Brazil, Paraguay are the other common cases. The length of the flight out of Myrtle Beach does not change the requirement; a treated aircraft and a certificate are expected on arrival either way.

The aircraft disinsection process on the MYR ramp

We coordinate with your FBO and crew at MYR, arrive ahead of the agreed time, and treat the aircraft where it is parked once catering and cleaning are complete and the cabin is empty. Cabin, flight deck and holds are treated to the WHO method, the aircraft is ventilated and released for boarding after the required wait, and the certificate goes aboard with the Myrtle Beach flight documents. Passengers arrive to a treated aircraft.

MYR at a glance

Countries that require disinsection, served from MYR

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