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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Kano, Nigeria
Kano (DNKN / KAN): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
KAN (IATA) · DNKN (ICAO)
At a wide-body reference station in Kano, the 3301 m runway sets the aircraft this field boards, from narrow-body rotations to wide-body VIP and government movements. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering here through hi-loader boarding to galley height, with an ops desk that plans the uplift stand by stand across scheduled, charter and private jet flights.
3,301 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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 — Kano
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at Kano airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at DNKN
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Kano
The loading window at Kano runs from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door, tracked stage by stage rather than promised as a round number. Ramp access is held on our own credentials, so the catering uplift crosses the apron on our schedule and not on a shared queue. Each stage is logged as it happens, from seal to signature at the aircraft.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Kano sit screening, an escort through the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a wide-body ramp; none of that is left to chance, because the convoy is where a rotation is actually won or lost, not the galley catering itself. We plan the catering uplift against the busiest version of that route, holding the sealed cart to a fixed sequence from clearance to stand. Every load carries a chain of custody: a temperature reading taken when the load is sealed at the kitchen, a second reading at the galley door, and a signature closing the record at handover.
One route, one convoy, one signature from the kitchen seal to the galley door.
Crew meals from the flight kitchen serving Kano, Nigeria
Airline food supplier crews cleared for KAN
The flight kitchen behind Kano runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, built to provision the wide-body movements this reference code carries. Airport catering at Kano draws on that single facility rather than a scattered set of stations, which keeps production, packing and dispatch on one line for every rotation. Every batch runs to HACCP, and airport catering in Nigeria answers to that same written standard, cabin by cabin.
The team behind government flight catering at Kano is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for the day. Each member carries a current security clearance, sits on the access list for the kitchen and the ramp, and is trained to royal household service standards as well as to our own written specification. That same crew carries the chain of custody from the sealed cart to the signature at the aircraft.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Kano (KAN)
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at DNKN
Menus for Kano are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed sheet, so a First and VVIP tray set differs from a Business rotation and both differ again on a charter. Where the facts of this station point to Nigeria's own produce, dairy, grain and orchard fruit sit alongside the wider inflight catering range worked from the kitchen. Seasonal changes move through the specification without disturbing the tray standard a repeat customer expects to see rotation after rotation. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirement is documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled and checked before the cart is sealed for the aircraft.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Kano are plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with VIP flight catering in Nigeria drawing on the same protocol line as our government and royal work. Caviar and à-la-carte service are available on request, filed against the standing order rather than improvised on the day.
Business cabins
Business cabins at DNKN run multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, packed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals at Kano travel in the same tray sets, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately and matched to the duty roster.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at KAN documents household, religious and medical requirements per passenger before the tray is closed. Halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed there, so inflight catering leaving this kitchen carries its labelling intact to the aircraft.
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 food safety at Kano
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 DNKN / KAN
Kano operates two runways behind a wide-body reference code, which means a delegation movement, a peak departure wave and a repeat scheduled rotation can all be on the ramp within the same working day. Each carries a different catering demand: a delegation is a documentation problem before it is a food problem, a wave is a capacity problem across several stands at once, and a repeat rotation is a question of holding the same specification without drift.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader boarding to galley height wherever airside access allows it, routed from our kitchen to the stand under our own ramp credentials. Airline catering at KAN, aviation catering at KAN and airport catering at DNKN all run off the same ops desk, so a technical stop and a scheduled rotation are worked from one plan rather than two. In-flight catering at DNKN and inflight catering at Kano both move through that single sequence, from kitchen seal to stand.
On every stand we commit to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover at the aircraft door.
Government, royal and charter flight catering at KAN
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Government and state flight catering at DNKN
3301 metres of runway is enough to bring a head-of-state aircraft onto this field on short routing notice, and that changes how the uplift is planned from the first call. Government flight catering at Kano documents the protocol file per passenger, assigns only security-cleared staff to the movement, and has the load sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at KAN
We hold a wide-body reference specification on file between movements, so a royal household rotation returns to the same standard it left on, not a fresh brief each time. Royal flight catering at Kano covers private airliners including BBJ, ACJ and other wide-body VIP types, with halal and further household dietary requirements produced to order.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Kano
Aerodrome reference code wide-body governs every stand this traffic uses, letting a full three-cabin charter load onto the same ramp infrastructure as a scheduled widebody. Charter flight catering at Kano serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, counted against the loading sheet and staged to match how the galleys are laid out; charter flight catering at DNKN runs to that sequence on every rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at DNKN
A wide-body reference code at this station means a diverted widebody and a scheduled narrow-body can be worked from the same stand plan without one displacing the other. Ad hoc airline catering at KAN backs carriers running this station as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering in Kano drawn off one duty roster; AOG requests join the same plan, and crew meals in Nigeria travel on the same multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at KAN
A business airliner using the wide-body reference infrastructure at this field can be boarded on the same ramp plan as a scheduled aircraft, which is what lets private jet catering at DNKN sit alongside our commercial work rather than apart from it. FBO catering reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain, and business aviation catering and business jet catering here carry the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Kano (KAN)
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Kano airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used group charter catering at Kano (KAN/DNKN) for a team charter and had a good experience. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. The crew was happy with the organization. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Klara — Cargo Flight Dispatcher
“Our flight through Kano (KAN/DNKN) required repatriation flight catering with limited preparation time. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. Strong support for a demanding operation. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Daniel — Ground Handling Coordinator
“For a cargo sector from Kano (KAN/DNKN), we arranged cargo crew meals for the operating crew. The crew received the correct quantities and the handover was quick, which is exactly what we needed. A reliable option for cargo operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Diego — Outstation Manager
Station data for airport catering at Kano (DNKN / KAN)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,301 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | DNKN |
Business jet catering questions at Kano (KAN)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Kano (KAN)
What operations gets asked every week about Kano.
Ask operations directly →Whose lead time governs an order at DNKN, and how late can the specification still change?
For a wide-body rotation, the lead time set at booking covers cabin count and menu; last-minute airline catering changes to counts or dietary sets are handled up to the cut-off our desk confirms at order.
When does airline catering cost get confirmed for a flight through Kano?
Once cabin count, specification and the loading window are set, our desk returns a quotation built on those three factors rather than a published price list.
Is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Kano Airport?
Our coordinator routes every order to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal, so FBO catering here runs on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Does KAN produce halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes?
Every SPML request, including halal and kosher sets, is produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before the tray is sealed.
Which method gets airline catering onto the aircraft airside at DNKN?
The hi-loader carries the sealed cart from our kitchen vehicle directly to galley height, so airside delivery here does not stop at the foot of the aircraft.
Where is VIP, VVIP and government flight catering handled in Kano, and under what protocol?
The protocol file travels with the load from the moment it is sealed at our kitchen, documented per passenger and matched to VIP flight catering and government flight catering procedures on file for this station.
Aviation catering at airports near Kano
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Zaria
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
DKA / DNKT
Katsina
Nigeria · 142 km from Kano
Airline & VIP flight catering →
KAD / DNKA
Kaduna
Nigeria · 199 km from Kano
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aircraft catering quote for DNKN / KAN
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Kano (KAN / DNKN)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Kano, not a brochure.
orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7
Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Kano (KAN)