Aircraft Disinsection in Santa Rosa, CA: Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport (STS)
Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport is wine country’s front door, where charter jets and owner-flown aircraft carry visitors in and out of Santa Rosa year round. If a departure from STS leads onto an itinerary that requires disinsection, we come to the aircraft here and complete the treatment and certificate before boarding.
If your next departure from STS 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. We ask for 36 to 48 hours of notice at STS, and scheduled bookings are guaranteed for the departure.
About Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport
Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport mixes airline regional jets with a strong charter and owner ramp serving the wine country. Harvest season and event weekends fill its FBO with visiting business aircraft, and the itineraries that follow often continue to destinations with disinsection requirements on the books.
On the field at STS
Located 6 miles northwest of Santa Rosa in California, Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport sits at 129 feet. The main runway, 14/32, is 6,000 feet of asphalt; the field has 2 runways in all. The field has an FAA control tower and a Part 139 airport operating certificate. The FBO choices at STS include KaiserAir, Santa Rosa Jet Center and Sonoma Jet Center. 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 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 Santa Rosa that port is STS. Pre-embarkation treatment of the empty aircraft here is a method those countries accept.
From STS 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 Santa Rosa stop in Hawaii, which then becomes the last US port and the place for pre-embarkation treatment; non-stop departures are treated here at STS. Australia, New Zealand, Chile, French Polynesia appear on the list as well.
The aircraft disinsection process on the STS ramp
At Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport the treatment fits into the normal departure sequence. Catering and cleaning finish, the cabin is confirmed empty, and our technician applies the WHO pre-embarkation treatment through cabin, flight deck and holds. The aircraft rests, ventilates for the required wait, and is released for boarding with the certificate aboard and the treatment details in the crew’s hands for the General Declaration.
STS at a glance
| Airport | Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport |
|---|---|
| IATA | STS |
| ICAO | KSTS |
| Location | Santa Rosa, California |
| Main runway | 6,000 ft asphalt (14/32) |
| Elevation | 129 ft |
| FBOs | KaiserAir, Santa Rosa Jet Center, Sonoma Jet Center |
| Region | West Coast |
| Typical disinsection destinations | Cook Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, French Polynesia |
| Treatment | Pre-embarkation, empty aircraft, before boarding, at your FBO or hangar |
| Reviewed | October 2026 |
Countries that require disinsection, served from STS
From STS: 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 STS departures. Australia and New Zealand carry operator paperwork we help with; if either is on a Santa Rosa 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.
STS disinsection questions, answered
Do you perform disinsection at Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport?
Yes. STS 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 STS require disinsection?
From STS and the rest of the West Coast, the routes that most often trigger a requirement include Cook Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, French Polynesia. Others do too. Send us the route and we will confirm what applies.
How much notice do you need for a departure from STS?
We can often accommodate short-notice requests at STS. Send us the destination and date as soon as the trip is likely and we will plan the treatment at Santa Rosa around your boarding.
What if our routing from STS has a stop after leaving the US?
Pre-embarkation covers the flight it is performed for and is done at the last port before the destination country. Send us the full itinerary from Santa Rosa and we will tell you exactly where the treatment belongs.
Do you also serve other airports near Santa Rosa?
Yes. In the West Coast we also come to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY), Long Beach Airport (LGB), Palm Springs International Airport (PSP), McClellan-Palomar Airport (CRQ), Santa Barbara Airport (SBA), Napa County Airport (APC), and to any other US airport your aircraft departs from.
Nearby departure airports
- Monterey Regional AirportMRY
- Long Beach AirportLGB
- Palm Springs International AirportPSP
- McClellan-Palomar AirportCRQ
- Santa Barbara AirportSBA
- Napa County AirportAPC
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