Aircraft Disinsection in Rockford, IL: Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD)

About Chicago Rockford International Airport

A 10,002-ft main runway and uncongested airspace an easy drive from Chicago have made Rockford a freighter favorite, with a major sort operation and widebodies on the cargo ramps nightly. The MRO hangars on the field turn airline heavy checks in parallel. Maintenance redeliveries and cargo repositioning flights out of RFD routinely cross oceans. We treat those departures on the ground and hand over the certificate before the aircraft leaves.

On the field at RFD

Located 68 miles northwest of Chicago/Rockford in Illinois, Chicago Rockford International Airport sits at 742 feet. Its longest runway, 07/25, measures 10,002 by 150 feet, asphalt and concrete. It is a towered field with a Part 139 airport operating certificate. RFD is a U.S. Customs landing rights airport, where international arrivals clear by prior arrangement. The FBO choices at RFD include Emery Air Inc.. We work at the ramp or hangar your crew is using. A pre-embarkation treatment here is timed to your boarding and finished before anyone steps aboard.

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 Rockford non-stop and RFD 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 RFD 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. Greece, India, Egypt are typical from Rockford. Whatever the destination, an aircraft leaving Chicago Rockford International 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 RFD ramp

Once the plan is set we work directly with the RFD 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.

RFD at a glance

Countries that require disinsection, served from RFD

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