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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Makokou, Gabon
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Makokou (FOOK / MKU)
MKU (IATA) · FOOK (ICAO)
A 1796 m runway at Makokou sets the working envelope for every rotation this station handles, and inflight catering here is planned against that single strip rather than against a generic capacity figure. In-flight catering moves from the flight kitchen to the wide-body stand by hi-loader, boarded to galley height, so a multi-class uplift reaches the aircraft airside without a foot-of-stairs handover.
1,796 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
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VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
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24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
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Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
On the apron — Makokou
Wide-body aviation catering at Makokou, Gabon
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for FOOK / MKU departures
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Makokou (MKU)
The route from our kitchen to the stand at Makokou runs on ramp access rather than on a kerbside handover, so the cart clears the apron under escort before it ever reaches the aircraft. Every catering uplift here follows the same sequence: sealed at the kitchen, checked at the gate, loaded by hi-loader to the galley door. That order is fixed regardless of which cabin configuration the rotation is carrying.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Makokou sit screening, an escort through the gate, and whatever apron traffic that rotation brings, and the chain of custody is planned against the busiest of those, not the easiest. A galley catering uplift is sealed the moment it leaves the kitchen and is not opened again until it reaches the aircraft, so nothing on the route between the two carries an unlogged temperature. Every catering uplift at this station closes on a signature at the galley door, matched against the seal recorded when the cart left the kitchen.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the galley door, nothing opened between them.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving Makokou
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at Makokou, Gabon
The flight kitchen at MKU runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, which is what lets airport catering at Makokou answer a multi-class order without splitting it across separate premises. HACCP governs every line in that building, cold larder included, so a tray set produced for a VIP cabin follows the same logged standard as a crew meal box. Airport catering at Makokou therefore starts from one kitchen rather than from a network of subcontracted lines, which is what keeps the cold chain unbroken from sealing to boarding.
The team that handles government flight catering at this station is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in as volume requires. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access to the kitchen and the ramp is granted against a fixed list, and the same staff are trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, and it is answered here before the question is asked.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at MKU
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at FOOK / MKU
Menus at this station are written to the cabin and to the mission rather than to a single fixed card, so a scheduled rotation and a VIP movement leave the same kitchen on different specifications. Inflight catering here draws on produce sourced within Gabon where the season allows, kept to plain, general categories rather than a named dish or a named supplier. Every set is built to a season-adjusted plan rather than reissued year round, and it is documented before it is produced, not adjusted afterwards. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are recorded per passenger and per cabin, and the tray or box is labelled to match that record before it leaves the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Makokou are plated to a written specification rather than to a standing card, with the presentation filed against that order before service begins. Where the mission calls for it, à-la-carte and caviar service are worked into the same VIP flight catering plan on request.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Makokou receive multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on that aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately against the roster, so tray sets and crew meal boxes leave the kitchen matched to two different manifests.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at MKU are documented per passenger before production starts, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Household, religious and medical requests are produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, keeping this inflight catering distinct from the standard cabin run.
The three books
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Royal & Government Flights
Royal households · government · state operations
- Plated service · First to main cabin
- Protocol handling · security clearance
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Charter & Commercial
Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc
- 400 passengers · one uplift
- HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
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Private Jet
Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments
- From 8 covers · plated forward
- Reheat sequence specified per dish
Compliance
Aircraft catering compliance at FOOK
HACCP
HACCP cold chain
Produced in our own certified kitchens, temperature logged end to end.
Clearance
Cleared personnel
Security-cleared staff, badged airside vehicles, escorted where the stand requires it.
Custody
Sealed chain of custody
Carts sealed at the kitchen, seals verified and handovers signed at the aircraft.
Allergens
Documented allergen sets
Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements documented per uplift and per passenger.
Flight catering airside delivery at Makokou airport
Makokou handles scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single runway, which means a delegation movement and a routine rotation are worked through the same narrow-body stand rather than through separate infrastructure. That single-runway profile makes documentation the constraint here, not throughput: each uplift is planned against one stand's turnaround rather than against a wave of simultaneous departures.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our flight kitchen by sealed cart, escorted across the ramp to the stand and boarded by hi-loader to galley height, with our own loading crew working the handover at the aircraft door. Inflight catering in Makokou and airport catering at MKU run off that same route regardless of which segment the rotation belongs to, and aviation catering in Makokou is scheduled against the single stand rather than against a terminal-wide slot board.
One coordinator holds the rotation from seal to signature, so airline catering at FOOK and in-flight catering in Gabon close on a single handover record rather than a chain of separate approvals.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Makokou, Gabon
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Government and state flight catering at FOOK
On the narrow-body stand at Makokou, a delegation movement is worked to the same protocol file as any other government flight catering request: documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crew, and sealed before it leaves the kitchen. State visits and official movements are handled on that single stand without a separate terminal, so the head of state aircraft on that rotation is boarded to the identical loading sequence as every other uplift here.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at MKU
A single narrow-body stand at Makokou has to sequence a household movement around whatever else that turnaround is carrying, so royal flight catering here is planned to a fixed order rather than to a dedicated apron. Private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP work included, are held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Makokou
1796 metres of runway, and that figure sets which charter and ACMI aircraft this stand can take on a wet-lease or group movement. Charter flight catering at Makokou covers special missions and group charters with a full three-cabin uplift, counted against the loading sheet and staged to match the order the galleys are laid out, and charter flight catering at FOOK follows that same sheet on every rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at FOOK
A narrow-body reference code governs the stand at Makokou, and it is that code which sets the aircraft this station boards on a scheduled or ad hoc basis. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering for carriers running this field as a diversion or technical stop point, with diversion catering and technical stop catering worked off the same duty roster as AOG, across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at MKU
Our kitchen works the same 1796 m runway envelope for business aviation as for any scheduled rotation at Makokou, so a private jet catering order at this station is not treated as a smaller version of an airline uplift. Delivery runs to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with business aviation catering, business jet catering and FBO catering held to the identical cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, and private jet catering in Makokou is scheduled off the same desk.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at FOOK / MKU
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Makokou
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our sports movement through Makokou (MKU/FOOK) required group charter catering on a tight schedule. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. A good partner for sports charter operations. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Anas — Flight Operations Specialist
“We needed repatriation flight catering at Makokou (MKU/FOOK) for a time-sensitive operation. The meals were practical, clearly packed, and easy for the crew to distribute during the flight. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Vera — Cargo Flight Dispatcher
“Our freighter crew needed cargo airline catering at Makokou (MKU/FOOK) during a short turnaround. The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. We would use them again for another cargo sector. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Luca — Ground Handling Coordinator
Airport catering data for Makokou, Gabon (MKU)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 1,796 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | FOOK |
Airline catering services FAQ for MKU
Diversion catering and ramp questions at MKU
What operations gets asked every week about Makokou.
Ask operations directly →Where does airline catering reach the aircraft at Makokou?
The airside delivery record shows every cart moving by hi-loader from our sealed kitchen store to the galley door, with no handover at the foot of the aircraft.
Is airline catering cost fixed at MKU?
Our coordinator prices each request against cabin count, specification and the loading window booked for that rotation, since no fixed price list is published; the desk returns a quotation once those three are set.
How far in advance does FOOK need a catering order, and how late can it change?
The standard we work to allows a specification change up to the point the cart is sealed at the kitchen; the earlier the order is placed against the loading window, the more of the menu can still move.
Who delivers private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal in Makokou?
For every FBO on the field and the GA terminal itself, FBO catering runs on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with one desk covering both.
Does Makokou airport cater VIP, VVIP and government flights under protocol?
Every movement in that category is documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift covering VIP flight catering and government flight catering alike, whatever the rotation.
At what point are halal, kosher and SPML meals produced for MKU departures?
The dietary record is opened before production starts, so halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes are prepared on a separate line and sealed to match that record.
Jet catering at airports near Makokou
OKN / FOGQ
Okondja
Gabon · 163 km from Makokou
Airline & VIP flight catering →
OYE / FOGO
Oyem
Gabon · 181 km from Makokou
Airline & VIP flight catering →
KOU / FOGK
Koulamoutou
Gabon · 202 km from Makokou
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Makokou (MKU)