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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Kandahar, Afghanistan
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Kandahar (OAKN / KDH)
KDH (IATA) · OAKN (ICAO)
Our kitchen runs inflight catering and in-flight catering to a wide-body reference code, boarding three cabins by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than to the foot of the aircraft. That ramp access covers scheduled, charter, government and private airliner uplift on the same wide-body stand at Kandahar, one ops desk handling every rotation.
3,210 m
Longest runway
Wide-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 — Kandahar
Wide-body aviation catering at KDH
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at OAKN
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at Kandahar
Across the apron at Kandahar, the catering uplift is planned against the wide-body stand rather than against a generic slot, so ramp access is booked before the cart ever moves. Sealed carts travel a fixed route to the galley door, checked at each handover point along the way. That sequence is what a hi-loader boarding turns into a repeatable window instead of a one-off delivery.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at Kandahar sit screening, an escorted convoy and apron traffic that shifts by the hour, and it is the convoy, not the galley catering itself, that carries the real risk of a rotation slipping. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of that traffic rather than the average of it, building in the escort and the checkpoint before the cart is ever loaded.
Every cart is logged at two points: temperature and seal number recorded when it leaves the kitchen, and again at the galley door where the crew countersigns. That chain of custody closes with a signature, not a delivery note left on the ramp, so the record of the load matches the record of the handover exactly.
One coordinator carries the load from the kitchen seal to the crew's signature.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving Kandahar airport
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for KDH
The flight kitchen behind Kandahar runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, built to feed a wide-body rotation rather than a single sector. Airport catering at KDH and airport catering at Kandahar share the same production line, so a scheduled cabin and a diplomatic movement leave through the same door on the same cold chain. HACCP governs every stage of that flight kitchen at KDH, from intake to the sealed cart, regardless of which cabin the tray is bound for.
The staff who handle government flight catering at this station are the same named team on every rotation, not a rota drawn from a general pool. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, they sit on the access list for the ramp, and they are trained to royal household standards as well as to airline service specification. That pairing of clearance and standing procedure is what lets one team move between a scheduled cabin and a state movement without a change of protocol.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Kandahar (KDH)
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at OAKN
Inflight catering at Kandahar is written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed list, so a scheduled rotation and a state movement draw from different specifications built off the same kitchen. Regional produce enters where the season allows it, worked into main-cabin and premium sets alongside the standing VIP flight menu and charter flight menu lines. Every set carries its own documentation: allergen status, halal and kosher marks, and the medical or religious code attached to the passenger it was built for. That labelling travels per passenger and per cabin, not as a batch note, so the crew can match tray to seat without a second check.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Kandahar are plated to a written specification rather than to a fixed menu, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the presentation repeats exactly on the next rotation as it did on the last.
Business cabins
Business cabins at OAKN run multi-choice hot service to a cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals at Kandahar, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in their own tray sets and meal boxes, boxed against the duty roster rather than folded into the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at KDH are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical codes alongside halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering in Afghanistan produced under this line is built on a separate production run and sealed before it leaves that line, so a household or medical set never shares a bench with the standard cabin service.
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
HACCP and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at OAKN / KDH
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.
Inflight catering delivered to the stand at OAKN / KDH
Kandahar handles scheduled, charter, government and private airliner movements over a single wide-body reference code, and that mix turns catering into three different problems at once: a state delegation is a documentation problem, a charter peak is a capacity problem, and a repeat scheduled rotation is a repetition problem that has to come out identical every time.
The uplift travels from our flight kitchen to the wide-body stand by a fixed route, boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with a loading crew and an escorted convoy covering the ramp leg. Airline catering at Kandahar, inflight catering in Kandahar, in-flight catering at KDH, aviation catering in Afghanistan and airport catering in Kandahar all run off that same route and the same ops desk, whatever the segment behind the booking.
One coordinator carries every uplift here, from the sealed cart at the kitchen to the signed handover at the stand.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at KDH
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Government and state flight catering at OAKN
A head of state aircraft boards from the same wide-body reference code as a scheduled service at Kandahar, which is what makes a diplomatic movement plannable on short notice rather than a special case. Government flight catering at OAKN runs on protocol documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and a load sealed before it leaves the kitchen for the state visit or delegation it is booked against.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at KDH
Across the 3210 m runway at Kandahar, private airliners including BBJ, ACJ and other wide-body VIP types are cleared to operate alongside scheduled and government traffic. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with royal household dietary sets and halal VIP options produced against the same standard on every rotation.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Kandahar
A full three-cabin load has to be sequenced against a single wide-body reference code at Kandahar, which sets the order the galleys are laid out in before an ACMI or wet-lease rotation ever reaches the stand. Charter flight catering at KDH and charter flight catering in Afghanistan cover group movements and special missions, counted against the loading sheet stand by stand.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at OAKN
A single wide-body reference code governs every stand at Kandahar, which is what lets a scheduled operator and an unscheduled diversion share the same loading sequence without reworking it. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering for carriers running KDH as an outstation, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, crew meals in Kandahar boarded alongside the passenger load, and AOG support across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at KDH
The 3210 m runway at Kandahar clears wide-body traffic, and that same length and reference code carry the business aviation movements worked from the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field. Private jet catering at KDH reaches those aprons on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering and business aviation catering handled by our dedicated business jet catering branch.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at OAKN
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Kandahar airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We had a last-minute schedule change into Kandahar (KDH/OAKN) and needed diversion catering. Communication was fast and practical, which made a difficult turnaround much easier for our crew. Exactly what we need when operations change with very little notice. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Jacob — Crew Services Coordinator
“We used the service at Kandahar (KDH/OAKN) for airline catering at outstations on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. Updates were concise and the delivery timing matched our handling plan. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Akira — Dispatch Support Coordinator
“The operations team needed an airline catering quote for Kandahar (KDH/OAKN) with very little time to decide. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. We appreciated the transparency. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Olivier — Outstation Manager
Outstation catering data for Kandahar (OAKN / KDH)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,210 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OAKN |
Business jet catering questions at Kandahar (KDH)
Technical stop catering questions at Kandahar (KDH)
What operations gets asked every week about Kandahar.
Ask operations directly →Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Kandahar?
Yes, through the same route that supplies the wide-body stands, covering the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
How far in advance does KDH need an order, and how late can the specification change?
KDH works to a standard lead time for a full cabin build, with the cabin count and specification able to move closer to departure than a wide-body reload; last minute airline catering is handled against the loading window rather than refused.
How far does airline catering at OAKN reach into the aircraft, and how does the uplift get there?
The wide-body reference code held at OAKN is what allows hi-loader boarding straight to galley height, so airside delivery never stops at the foot of the aircraft.
Can halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes be produced for a Kandahar rotation?
The full span of SPML codes is produced here, with halal and kosher sets built on a separate line and documented per passenger before boarding.
Kandahar (OAKN / KDH) — how much does airline catering cost here?
The hi-loader and cart configuration used on the day carries the cost, since price depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window rather than a fixed list; the desk returns a quotation against those three factors.
What protocol governs VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at KDH?
There is a standing protocol file for every VIP flight catering and government flight catering movement here, covering security clearance, the household or delegation specification and the signed handover at the stand.
Flight catering at airports near Kandahar
UET / OPQT
Quetta
Pakistan · 174 km from Kandahar
Airline & VIP flight catering →
PZH / OPZB
Fort Sandeman
Pakistan · 343 km from Kandahar
Airline & VIP flight catering →
KHT / OAKS
Khost
Afghanistan · 421 km from Kandahar
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Kandahar (KDH)