Aircraft Disinsection at Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA)
Northwest Arkansas National is our home airport, serving the corporate flight departments of Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale and Fayetteville. Some of the largest corporate fleets in the country are based in this region and fly internationally every week.
If your next departure from XNA is to a country that requires disinsection, we come to your aircraft here, treat it empty before boarding to the WHO pre-embarkation method, and issue the certificate for the flight. Highfill is in our central response region, where 12 to 36 hours of notice is often enough.
About Northwest Arkansas National Airport
Northwest Arkansas National is our home airport, serving the corporate flight departments of Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale and Fayetteville. Some of the largest corporate fleets in the country are based in this region and fly internationally every week, and our crew can be at XNA on very short notice.
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 Highfill non-stop and XNA 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.
Operators leaving XNA 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. Brazil, Paraguay, Italy are typical from Highfill. Whatever the destination, an aircraft leaving Northwest Arkansas National 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 XNA ramp
Nothing about the XNA 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.
Also a Pure Aviation Detailing field
Because XNA is inside Pure Aviation Detailing’s regular service area, we can often combine a disinsection treatment with detailing on the same visit to Highfill. The parent-site page for XNA covers the detailing side; this page covers the treatment.
XNA at a glance
| Airport | Northwest Arkansas National Airport |
|---|---|
| IATA | XNA |
| ICAO | KXNA |
| Location | Highfill, Arkansas |
| Region | South Central |
| Typical disinsection destinations | Chile, Brazil, Paraguay, Italy |
| Treatment | Pre-embarkation, empty aircraft, before boarding, at your FBO or hangar |
| Reviewed | August 2026 |
Countries that require disinsection, served from XNA
From XNA: 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 XNA departures. Australia and New Zealand carry operator paperwork we help with; if either is on a Highfill itinerary, start early.
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.
XNA disinsection questions, answered
Do you perform disinsection at Northwest Arkansas National Airport?
Yes. XNA is one of the US departure airports we come to. The treatment happens at your aircraft, in the hangar or on the FBO ramp, timed to your boarding, and the certificate is issued on the spot.
Which destinations from XNA require disinsection?
From XNA and the rest of the South Central, the routes that most often trigger a requirement include Chile, Brazil, Paraguay, Italy. Others do too. Send us the route and we will confirm what applies.
Can you get to XNA on short notice?
Often, yes. We travel to Highfill from our base and handle our own logistics; the earlier we hear about a likely trip the more precisely we can time the treatment, but short-notice requests are a normal part of the work.
Can one treatment at XNA cover an outbound and a return?
No. Pre-embarkation covers one flight sector, the flight it is performed for. The return to the US carries no US disinsection requirement; onward international legs need their own consideration. Send us the itinerary from Highfill and we will map it leg by leg.
Do you also serve other airports near Highfill?
Yes. In the South Central we also come to Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport (LBB), Valley International Airport (HRL), Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR), Midland International Air and Space Port (MAF), McAllen Miller International Airport (MFE), Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT), and to any other US airport your aircraft departs from.