Aircraft Disinsection in Ypsilanti, MI: Willow Run Airport (YIP)

About Willow Run Airport

Willow Run’s 7,543-ft primary runway serves freighters, sports charters, and MRO customers on a field that once defined American industrial aviation. Cargo operators headquartered here run ad hoc lifts that can file for anywhere on short notice. That flexibility means international legs come up quickly, sometimes same-day. We match that pace, treating and certificating aircraft at Willow Run before departure.

On the field at YIP

YIP lies 24 miles southwest of Detroit, Michigan, 716 feet above sea level. Its longest runway, 05/23, measures 7,543 by 150 feet, concrete; the field has 2 runways in all. YIP is towered and holds a Part 139 airport operating certificate. U.S. Customs service is available at YIP by arrangement, according to the FAA airport record. The FBO choices at YIP include Velocity FBO Network and Avflight Willow Run. We work at the ramp or hangar your crew is using. We time the treatment to your YIP departure so the aircraft is ventilated and ready before boarding.

Where the aircraft disinsection requirement comes from

YIP 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.

Operators leaving YIP 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 Ypsilanti. Whatever the destination, an aircraft leaving Willow Run 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 YIP ramp

On the day, the sequence at YIP is simple: our crew is at your hangar or FBO ahead of time, the cabin is confirmed empty and prepared, the treatment is applied to the WHO method through cabin, flight deck and holds, and the aircraft rests, ventilates and is released for boarding after the required wait. Your crew receives the certificate and the details to enter on the General Declaration before the door closes.

YIP at a glance

Countries that require disinsection, served from YIP

From YIP: 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 YIP departures. Australia and New Zealand carry operator paperwork we help with; if either is on a Ypsilanti itinerary, start early.