Airline & VIP flight catering — Spain

Airline, VIP Flight and Private Jet Catering Across Spain

Spain's aprons run wide-body traffic at scale, and our airline catering reaches the aircraft by ramp access and hi-loader boarding, not at the foot of the stand. Madrid's 4,350 m runway carries the country's heaviest movements. Inflight and aviation catering here is built for that volume, first, precision second.

A catering hi-loader raised to the forward galley door of a wide-body on stand, the platform level with the doorway and the truck squared up beneath it.
48
Documented stations
46
Cities covered
4,818 m
Longest runway

Airline Catering Stations in Spain

Below are the Spanish stations where our airline catering operates, each with its runway data, aerodrome reference code and the FBOs handling business aviation on site. Open a station for its full operational profile.

VIT · LEVT
Alava (VIT)
3,500 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Alava (VIT)
ABC · LEAB
Albacete (ABC)
2,700 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Albacete (ABC)
ALC · LEAL
Alicante (ALC)
3,000 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Alicante (ALC)
LEI · LEAM
Almería (LEI)
3,200 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Almería (LEI)
BJZ · LEBZ
Badajoz (BJZ)
2,850 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Badajoz (BJZ)
BCN · LEBL
Barcelona (BCN)
3,353 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Barcelona (BCN)
BIO · LEBB
Bilbao (BIO)
2,600 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Bilbao (BIO)
RGS · LEBG
Burgos (RGS)
2,100 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Burgos (RGS)
CDT · LECH
Castellón de la Plana (CDT)
2,700 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Castellón de la Plana (CDT)
CQM · LERL
Ciudad Real (CQM)
4,100 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Ciudad Real (CQM)
ODB · LEBA
Córdoba (ODB)
2,241 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Córdoba (ODB)
RMU · LEMI
Corvera (RMU)
3,000 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Corvera (RMU)
LCG · LECO
Culleredo (LCG)
2,188 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Culleredo (LCG)
VDE · GCHI
El Hierro Island (VDE)
1,250 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at El Hierro Island (VDE)
FUE · GCFV
El Matorral (FUE)
3,420 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at El Matorral (FUE)
GRO · LEGE
Girona (GRO)
2,400 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Girona (GRO)
LPA · GCLP
Gran Canaria Island (LPA)
3,100 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Gran Canaria Island (LPA)
GRX · LEGR
Granada (GRX)
2,900 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Granada (GRX)
EAS · LESO
Hondarribia (EAS)
1,754 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Hondarribia (EAS)
IBZ · LEIB
Ibiza (IBZ)
2,800 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Ibiza (IBZ)
XRY · LEJR
Jerez de la Frontera (XRY)
2,300 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Jerez de la Frontera (XRY)
LEU · LESU
La Seu d'Urgell Pyrenees and Andorra (LEU)
1,267 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at La Seu d'Urgell Pyrenees and Andorra (LEU)
LEN · LELN
La Virgen del Camino (LEN)
3,000 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at La Virgen del Camino (LEN)
ILD · LEDA
Lleida (ILD)
Airline & VIP flight catering at Lleida (ILD)
MAD · LEMD
Madrid (MAD)
4,350 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Madrid (MAD)
TOJ · LETO
Madrid (TOJ)
4,818 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Madrid (TOJ)
MAH · LEMH
Mahón (MAH)
2,550 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Mahón (MAH)
AGP · LEMG
Málaga (AGP)
3,200 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Málaga (AGP)
MLN · GEML
Melilla (MLN)
1,433 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Melilla (MLN)
OZP · LEMO
Morón (OZP)
3,597 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Morón (OZP)
PMI · LEPA
Palma de Mallorca (PMI)
3,270 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Palma de Mallorca (PMI)
PNA · LEPP
Pamplona (PNA)
2,207 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Pamplona (PNA)
OVD · LEAS
Ranón (OVD)
2,200 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Ranón (OVD)
REU · LERS
Reus (REU)
2,455 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Reus (REU)
ROZ · LERT
Rota (ROZ)
3,690 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Rota (ROZ)
SLM · LESA
Salamanca (SLM)
2,513 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Salamanca (SLM)
ACE · GCRR
San Bartolomé (ACE)
2,400 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at San Bartolomé (ACE)
SDR · LEXJ
Santander (SDR)
2,320 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Santander (SDR)
SCQ · LEST
Santiago de Compostela (SCQ)
3,200 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Santiago de Compostela (SCQ)
SVQ · LEZL
Seville (SVQ)
3,362 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Seville (SVQ)
SPC · GCLA
Sta Cruz de la Palma (SPC)
2,200 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Sta Cruz de la Palma (SPC)
TFS · GCTS
Tenerife (TFS)
3,200 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Tenerife (TFS)
TFN · GCXO
Tenerife (TFN)
3,171 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Tenerife (TFN)
TEV · LETL
Teruel (TEV)
2,825 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Teruel (TEV)
VLC · LEVC
Valencia (VLC)
2,700 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Valencia (VLC)
VLL · LEVD
Valladolid (VLL)
3,000 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Valladolid (VLL)
VGO · LEVX
Vigo (VGO)
2,400 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Vigo (VGO)
ZAZ · LEZG
Zaragoza (ZAZ)
3,718 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Zaragoza (ZAZ)
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 — Spain

Ramp Access and Hi-Loader Boarding Across Spain

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

How Aviation Catering Operates in Spain

Spain's commercial traffic sets the rhythm of aviation catering here: wide-body departures dominate the schedule, and airport catering has to hold that tempo without slipping. Madrid (MAD / LEMD) anchors the country's capacity, with four runways, a longest run of 4,350 metres and an aerodrome reference code rated for wide-body aircraft — the frame within which airline catering companies plan uplift, staging and recovery.

A request becomes a load through the ops desk: flight number, stand and pax count feed a production schedule that ends at the aircraft door, not before it. Cold chain is held from kitchen to galley, sealed and logged at each handover, and the same discipline applies whether the load is a scheduled turnaround or an ad hoc uplift.

Madrid's FBO landscape — AVIAVIP, General Aviation Service SL, Sky Valet Spain and United Aviation Services S.L. — sits alongside the commercial ramp, so business aviation and scheduled airline catering are served from the same production base. Ground handling services and catering run on a shared clock, which is what lets a diversion or a technical stop be absorbed without disrupting the schedule already on the ramp.

Compliance

One Standard of Aviation Catering Across Spain

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.

One Airline Catering Operation, Five Kinds of Flying

One operation covers the full range of flying through Spain, from scheduled airline catering to VIP flight catering, government flight catering, charter flight catering and the private jet catering handled by our dedicated branch. Each segment is served from the same kitchens and the same ramp access.

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Government and State Flight Catering
State and diplomatic movements through Spain are handled by cleared staff under sealed loads, with one coordinator holding the brief from kitchen to galley door. Protocol is set before the aircraft arrives on stand.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
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Royal and VVIP Flight Catering
Royal household and VVIP flying through Spain carries dietary requirements leg to leg, with a kitchen brigade briefed on each movement. Service is set to the household standard, not the standard schedule.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Wide-Body Charter and Group Movements
Charter airlines, ACMI and wet-lease operators moving groups through Spain draw on a full three-cabin uplift, staged in the order the galleys are loaded. Special missions are handled on the same production line.
Wide-body charter →
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Scheduled and Ad Hoc Airline Catering
Carriers running Spanish outstations draw on the same production for scheduled turnarounds, diversions, technical stops and AOG uplifts. Flight crew, cabin crew and cargo crew meal sets are built to the same schedule as the passenger load.
Commercial airlines →
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Private Jet and Business Aviation Catering
Our dedicated private-jet branch supplies the FBOs on the Spanish ramp — including AVIAVIP, General Aviation Service SL, Sky Valet Spain and United Aviation Services S.L. — on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →

Compare Airline Catering Stations in Spain

This table lets an operator weigh Spanish stations against each other: which field takes a wide-body aircraft, which boards at galley height, and which sits closest to a production kitchen — for a fast routing decision.

Published stations in Spain, compared on the hard data that decides whether a wide-body can be loaded.
WhereLongest runwayVIP / gov terminalAerodrome code
Alava (VIT)VIT · LEVT3,500 mNowide-body
Albacete (ABC)ABC · LEAB2,700 mNowide-body
Alicante (ALC)ALC · LEAL3,000 mNowide-body
Almería (LEI)LEI · LEAM3,200 mNowide-body
Badajoz (BJZ)BJZ · LEBZ2,850 mNowide-body
Barcelona (BCN)BCN · LEBL3,353 mNowide-body
Bilbao (BIO)BIO · LEBB2,600 mNowide-body
Burgos (RGS)RGS · LEBG2,100 mNonarrow-body
Castellón de la Plana (CDT)CDT · LECH2,700 mNowide-body
Ciudad Real (CQM)CQM · LERL4,100 mNowide-body
Córdoba (ODB)ODB · LEBA2,241 mNonarrow-body
Corvera (RMU)RMU · LEMI3,000 mNowide-body
Culleredo (LCG)LCG · LECO2,188 mNonarrow-body
El Hierro Island (VDE)VDE · GCHI1,250 mNonarrow-body
El Matorral (FUE)FUE · GCFV3,420 mNowide-body
Girona (GRO)GRO · LEGE2,400 mNonarrow-body
Gran Canaria Island (LPA)LPA · GCLP3,100 mNowide-body
Granada (GRX)GRX · LEGR2,900 mNowide-body
Hondarribia (EAS)EAS · LESO1,754 mNonarrow-body
Ibiza (IBZ)IBZ · LEIB2,800 mNowide-body
Jerez de la Frontera (XRY)XRY · LEJR2,300 mNonarrow-body
La Seu d'Urgell Pyrenees and Andorra (LEU)LEU · LESU1,267 mNonarrow-body
La Virgen del Camino (LEN)LEN · LELN3,000 mNowide-body
Lleida (ILD)ILD · LEDA—Nonarrow-body
Madrid (MAD)MAD · LEMD4,350 mNowide-body
Madrid (TOJ)TOJ · LETO4,818 mNowide-body
Mahón (MAH)MAH · LEMH2,550 mNowide-body
Málaga (AGP)AGP · LEMG3,200 mNowide-body
Melilla (MLN)MLN · GEML1,433 mNonarrow-body
Morón (OZP)OZP · LEMO3,597 mNowide-body
Palma de Mallorca (PMI)PMI · LEPA3,270 mNowide-body
Pamplona (PNA)PNA · LEPP2,207 mNonarrow-body
Ranón (OVD)OVD · LEAS2,200 mNonarrow-body
Reus (REU)REU · LERS2,455 mNonarrow-body
Rota (ROZ)ROZ · LERT3,690 mNowide-body
Salamanca (SLM)SLM · LESA2,513 mNowide-body
San Bartolomé (ACE)ACE · GCRR2,400 mNonarrow-body
Santander (SDR)SDR · LEXJ2,320 mNonarrow-body
Santiago de Compostela (SCQ)SCQ · LEST3,200 mNowide-body
Seville (SVQ)SVQ · LEZL3,362 mNowide-body
Sta Cruz de la Palma (SPC)SPC · GCLA2,200 mNonarrow-body
Tenerife (TFS)TFS · GCTS3,200 mNowide-body
Tenerife (TFN)TFN · GCXO3,171 mNowide-body
Teruel (TEV)TEV · LETL2,825 mNowide-body
Valencia (VLC)VLC · LEVC2,700 mNowide-body
Valladolid (VLL)VLL · LEVD3,000 mNowide-body
Vigo (VGO)VGO · LEVX2,400 mNonarrow-body
Zaragoza (ZAZ)ZAZ · LEZG3,718 mNowide-body

Placing an Order in Spain

Send flight number, ETA, pax and crew counts per cabin, aircraft type and stand to the ops desk handling your Spanish station. Include special meal codes and any cargo or crew provisioning needed alongside the passenger load. Our airline catering services build the production schedule from that brief and confirm load times against your stand allocation. For an ad hoc uplift, a diversion or a scheduled turnaround, the same request format applies — submit it through the quote request and the desk will return with the confirmed plan.

Spain Catering Questions

What Operations Desks Ask About Spain

Ask operations directly →
Which Spanish airport handles wide-body aviation catering?

Madrid (MAD / LEMD) is rated for wide-body aircraft, with four runways and a longest run of 4,350 metres. It is the country's primary station for high-volume airline catering.

Can you supply crew meals separately from the passenger load?

Yes. Flight crew, cabin crew and cargo crew meal sets are built and packed separately from passenger trays, on the same production schedule.

Do you cater diversions and technical stops in Spain?

Yes, ad hoc uplifts, diversions and AOG situations are handled through the same ops desk and production line as scheduled turnarounds.

Which FBOs in Spain do you supply for business aviation?

At Madrid we supply AVIAVIP, General Aviation Service SL, Sky Valet Spain and United Aviation Services S.L., on the same cold chain used for airline uplifts.

How is a government or royal flight request handled differently?

These moves are run under sealed loads with cleared personnel and one named coordinator, holding protocol from the kitchen through to the galley door.

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Tell Us What Your Spanish Uplift Needs

One ops desk covers the whole route in Spain. Give us the aircraft and what you need loaded, and a coordinator comes back with a quote.

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