Aircraft Disinsection in Rochester, NY: Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC)

About Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport

Rochester built its fortunes on optics and imaging, and the airport still reflects that engineering heritage in its corporate traffic. Scheduled carriers link the city to East Coast and Midwest hubs, with general aviation and business aircraft filling out the ramps. The primary runway runs 8,001-ft, ample for airline narrowbodies and long-range business jets alike. Lake-effect winters keep the snow crews busy, and the field is well practiced at operating through them.

On the field at ROC

ROC lies 3 miles southwest of Rochester, New York, 559 feet above sea level. The main runway, 04/22, is 8,001 feet of asphalt; the field has 3 runways in all. ROC is towered and holds a Part 139 airport operating certificate. As a U.S. Customs airport of entry, ROC clears international arrivals on the field. Avflight Rochester and USAirports Flight Support 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

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

Departures from ROC that trigger a disinsection requirement are mostly transatlantic. Italy is the one that catches operators most often, because it applies to aircraft arriving from the United States, and Greece, Morocco, Egypt, India follow. A non-stop crossing from Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport makes ROC the last port before the destination, which is exactly where pre-embarkation treatment belongs.

The aircraft disinsection process on the ROC ramp

We coordinate with your FBO and crew at ROC, 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 Rochester flight documents. Passengers arrive to a treated aircraft.

ROC at a glance

Countries that require disinsection, served from ROC

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