Aviation catering — Okushiri Island, Japan

Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Okushiri Island (RJEO / OIR)

OIR (IATA) · RJEO (ICAO)

The single 1500 m runway at Okushiri Island sets a narrow-body reference code, and every uplift on that stand is planned to it rather than to a generic wide-body assumption. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering off that same ramp, boarding by hi-loader to galley height for scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements alike.

A catering hi-loader box raised level with the open galley door of a wide-body, its platform bridged to the doorway.
1,500 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
01
Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
02
VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
03
24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
04
Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
A catering hi-loader raised to the aft galley door of a wide-body on stand, its platform level with the doorway and a second truck waiting below.

On the apron — Okushiri Island

Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at RJEO

Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.

Aircraft catering lead times at RJEO

Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Okushiri Island

At Okushiri Island the catering uplift is sequenced against the single runway's turnaround rather than a generic timetable, so the sealed cart clears the kitchen only once the stand is confirmed. Ramp access is held on our own badges, which keeps the walk from kitchen to apron short and repeatable on every rotation. Cold chain integrity is held from seal to signature, and the loading window closes only once the galley door is checked and logged.

Four branded catering carts latched side by side in an aircraft galley, each door closed on a coloured seal.

Between our kitchen and the stand at Okushiri Island sit screening, escort and the apron traffic of a single-runway field, and we plan the galley catering uplift against the worst of them rather than the average case. Chain of custody starts at the seal on the cart and does not break until a name is signed against the galley door. Temperature is logged twice, once at sealing and once at handover, so the record and the cold chain agree by the time the aircraft pushes back.

One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature from kitchen to galley door.

Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for Okushiri Island airport

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Airline food supplier crews cleared for OIR

Airport catering at Okushiri Island runs from one flight kitchen that keeps hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, built around the narrow-body reference code the field's single runway sets. HACCP-run lines carry tray sets and passenger meal boxes to a cold chain checked from the moment they leave the larder, and that same standard applies whether the rotation is scheduled, charter or ad hoc. Airport catering in Japan at this scale means one kitchen answering to one ops desk rather than several handlers passing a load between them.

The team that handles government flight catering at Okushiri Island is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating roster assembled to the calendar. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, each name sits on the access list before the cart is sealed, and each is trained to the paperwork a royal household or a state delegation expects to travel with the load. That consistency, not a larger headcount, is what a protocol officer is actually checking for.

VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Okushiri Island (OIR)

Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at RJEO

Menus at Okushiri Island are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed cycle, and inflight catering here draws on the produce of the wider Japanese coast and countryside where the season allows it. Dairy, fish and orchard fruit move through the kitchen alongside the standard tray-set range, matched to whichever cabin configuration the rotation carries. Every special set is documented per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed, from allergen substitutions to religious and medical requirements. The result is a menu range that moves with the mission, not a single card offered to every flight regardless of who is on it.

A sauced chicken breast on roast potatoes with two slaws and a shoot garnish, plated on white china.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP cabins at Okushiri Island are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed card, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. Every dish leaving the kitchen for this stand is filed against that standing order before VIP flight catering reaches the galley door.

A complete tray set on a black tray: sliced beef fillet in gravy with piped mash and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.

Business cabins

Business cabins at OIR run on multi-choice hot service, oven-ready and sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on the stand. Crew meals and cabin crew meals travel in the same tray sets, with pilot meals boxed separately to the roster, all logged out of the same kitchen.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Protocol and dietary requirements at RJEO are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each is produced on a separate line at the kitchen and sealed before it leaves it, so inflight catering here carries no cross-contact risk between sets.

The three books

A tray set on a stainless steel bench: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a bread roll with herb butter, and a berry dessert in a glass.

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Royal & Government Flights

Royal households · government · state operations

  • Plated service · First to main cabin
  • Protocol handling · security clearance
Chefs plating a long line of identical main courses under heat lamps, with loaded catering trolleys waiting at the end of the line.

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Charter & Commercial

Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc

  • 400 passengers · one uplift
  • HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
A business jet cabin credenza laid with chilled sparkling wine in a bucket, bottled drinks, a nut dish and folded napkins on a silver tray, beside a single passenger seat.

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Private Jet

Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments

  • From 8 covers · plated forward
  • Reheat sequence specified per dish

Compliance

Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at RJEO / OIR

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 RJEO / OIR

Okushiri Island runs a narrow-body traffic profile off a single 1500 m runway, which means catering here is planned around one stand's turnaround rather than a bank of simultaneous wide-body arrivals. A repeat rotation on that stand is a repetition problem more than a capacity one: the same tray specification has to land the same way every time it is called.

The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader to galley height, carried from our kitchen across the apron under airside delivery rules held on our own badges. Airline catering at Okushiri Island, in-flight catering in Okushiri Island, airport catering at Okushiri Island and aviation catering in Japan all move through that same route, with one coordinator carrying the load from seal to handover.

What we commit to on this station is a single named coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover on every rotation, regardless of how the traffic mix on the stand changes week to week.

VVIP catering and commercial flights at OIR

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Government and state flight catering at Okushiri Island
At a field where a single narrow-body stand carries every movement, a delegation arrival is worked as a documentation problem rather than a volume one, and government flight catering at Okushiri Island is planned on that basis. Protocol is filed per passenger, staff on the load are security-cleared, and the uplift for any head of state movement is sealed at the kitchen before it leaves for the stand, with catering at RJEO tracked from that seal to the signature at handover.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at RJEO
Sequencing a household movement around a single narrow-body stand means the loading plan has to hold its place in the rotation rather than borrow a second stand for overflow, and the reference code at Okushiri Island is what fixes that constraint. Royal flight catering here is held to a written specification kept on file between movements, covering private airliners such as a BBJ or an ACJ, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request against that same file.
Royal & VVIP flights →
Charter flight catering first.
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at OIR
The runway at Okushiri Island runs to 1500 metres, which keeps charter movements here to narrow-body equipment rather than a wide-body block. Charter flight catering in Japan for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions still gets a full multi-cabin uplift on the single stand, counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, with charter flight catering at RJEO run from the same kitchen as every other segment on the field.
Wide-body charter →
A complete tray set on a black tray: a hot egg and ham dish, cut fruit, breads, a pastry, a set yoghurt and a portion of preserve.
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Okushiri Island
A narrow-body aircraft on the single 1500 m runway at Okushiri Island is what the reference code here is built to take, and it is boarded from the same kitchen whether the rotation is scheduled or called on short notice. Ad hoc airline catering covers outstation catering for carriers running this field as a stop, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, with AOG covered inside a multi-leg rotation. Crew meals at Okushiri Island and crew meals at RJEO travel in the same sealed carts as the cabin load, and outstation catering in Japan at this stand runs on menu cycles that move week to week while the tray standard behind them does not.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at RJEO
Our kitchen works the same 1500 m runway and single stand that every other movement at Okushiri Island is planned against, and business aviation is boarded off that ramp rather than a separate facility. Private jet catering in Japan at this field is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all run from that one kitchen.
Private jets →

Charter flight catering trusted at RJEO

Operators on inflight catering at Okushiri Island airport

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Government flight department

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Royal household

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Charter operator

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Scheduled airline

“We arranged group charter catering for the group at Okushiri Island (OIR/RJEO) after a late schedule update. The meals were clearly labeled, portions were suitable for the group, and the delivery stayed on time despite a moving departure. A good partner for sports charter operations. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”

★★★★★

Private jet operator

Boris — Passenger Services Manager

“We arranged humanitarian flight catering at Okushiri Island (OIR/RJEO) for a non-routine passenger movement. The team understood that reliability mattered more than complexity and stayed flexible until uplift. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”

★★★★★

Government flight department

Adam — Diplomatic Flight Manager

“For a cargo sector from Okushiri Island (OIR/RJEO), we arranged freighter crew meals for the operating crew. They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. We would use them again for another cargo sector. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”

★★★★☆

Charter operator

Isabella — Flight Operations Specialist

Airport catering profile for Okushiri Island (RJEO / OIR)

DatumValue
Longest runway1,500 m
Runways1
Aerodrome reference codenarrow-body
ICAORJEO

Airline catering services FAQ for Okushiri Island (OIR)

Pilot meals and loading questions at Okushiri Island (OIR)

What operations gets asked every week about Okushiri Island.

Ask operations directly →
Where does airline catering reach the aircraft at Okushiri Island?

The signed handover record shows every uplift boarded airside, by hi-loader to galley height, with airside delivery logged from kitchen seal to stand.

Is airline catering cost fixed at Okushiri Island Airport?

The coordinator assigned to your rotation builds a quotation from cabin count, specification and loading window rather than a published rate, and the desk comes back with a figure before departure.

At what point are halal, kosher and other special meals produced for a flight through OIR?

The first step is documentation per passenger against the IATA special meal codes, including halal and kosher sets, before any tray for that flight is produced on its own sealed line.

Does RJEO handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering under protocol?

Every VIP flight catering and government flight catering order here runs under the same protocol file, with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift signed for at handover.

Who delivers private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Okushiri Island?

For business aviation on this field, our dedicated branch delivers FBO catering to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.

Jet catering at airports near Okushiri Island

HKD / RJCH
Hakodate
Japan · 120 km from Okushiri Island
Airline & VIP flight catering →
AOJ / RJSA
Aomori
Japan · 182 km from Okushiri Island
Airline & VIP flight catering →
OKD / RJCO
Sapporo
Japan · 197 km from Okushiri Island
Airline & VIP flight catering →

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Okushiri Island (OIR / RJEO)

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Four steps

Flight

Aircraft · stand · local time

Offloading

Return leg, if any

Order

Counts · menus · files

Contact

Who we come back to

Step 1 of 4 · Flight

Flight

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Local time at the airport of delivery.
Hi-loader required
Offloading

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Offloading required
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One name, one desk. We reply to it and nowhere else.

Uplift at Okushiri Island (OIR)