Aircraft Disinsection in San Jose, CA: Reid-Hillview Airport (RHV)

About Reid-Hillview Airport

Two parallel runways, the longer at 3,100-ft, make Reid-Hillview one of the busier training fields in Northern California, and its hangars hold a deep roster of owner-flown aircraft. The field sits closer to downtown San Jose than Mineta International itself, which is exactly why the county’s pilots prize it. International trips that begin in these hangars generally reposition to SJC or another gateway for the long leg. Our technicians complete the treatment at the staging field, with the certificate in hand before departure.

On the field at RHV

Located 4 miles southeast of San Jose in California, Reid-Hillview Airport sits at 135 feet. Its longest runway, 13L/31R, measures 3,100 by 75 feet, asphalt; the field has 2 runways in all. The field has an FAA control tower. The FBO choices at RHV include San Jose Fuel Co., Aerodynamic Aviation and Nice Air. 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

RHV is where the requirement is satisfied for a non-stop flight, because pre-embarkation treatment belongs at the last port before the destination country. The arriving authority requires the aircraft to have been disinsected; treating it empty here, before boarding, meets that requirement for the countries that accept the method.

From RHV the requirement is mostly a Pacific one: Australia and New Zealand require disinsection on every arriving international aircraft, and the Cook Islands, Fiji and the Solomon Islands require it too. Many itineraries from San Jose stop in Hawaii, which then becomes the last US port and the place for pre-embarkation treatment; non-stop departures are treated here at RHV. Australia, New Zealand, Chile, French Polynesia appear on the list as well.

The aircraft disinsection process on the RHV ramp

We coordinate with your FBO and crew at RHV, 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 San Jose flight documents. Passengers arrive to a treated aircraft.

RHV at a glance

Countries that require disinsection, served from RHV

From RHV: Cook Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, French Polynesia, and the rest of the destinations we serve. The full table of aircraft disinsection requirements by country covers every destination we have verified for RHV departures. Australia and New Zealand carry operator paperwork we help with; if either is on a San Jose itinerary, start early.