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.

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.

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
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.





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.
| Where | Longest runway | VIP / gov terminal | Aerodrome code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alava (VIT)VIT · LEVT | 3,500 m | No | wide-body |
| Albacete (ABC)ABC · LEAB | 2,700 m | No | wide-body |
| Alicante (ALC)ALC · LEAL | 3,000 m | No | wide-body |
| Almería (LEI)LEI · LEAM | 3,200 m | No | wide-body |
| Badajoz (BJZ)BJZ · LEBZ | 2,850 m | No | wide-body |
| Barcelona (BCN)BCN · LEBL | 3,353 m | No | wide-body |
| Bilbao (BIO)BIO · LEBB | 2,600 m | No | wide-body |
| Burgos (RGS)RGS · LEBG | 2,100 m | No | narrow-body |
| Castellón de la Plana (CDT)CDT · LECH | 2,700 m | No | wide-body |
| Ciudad Real (CQM)CQM · LERL | 4,100 m | No | wide-body |
| Córdoba (ODB)ODB · LEBA | 2,241 m | No | narrow-body |
| Corvera (RMU)RMU · LEMI | 3,000 m | No | wide-body |
| Culleredo (LCG)LCG · LECO | 2,188 m | No | narrow-body |
| El Hierro Island (VDE)VDE · GCHI | 1,250 m | No | narrow-body |
| El Matorral (FUE)FUE · GCFV | 3,420 m | No | wide-body |
| Girona (GRO)GRO · LEGE | 2,400 m | No | narrow-body |
| Gran Canaria Island (LPA)LPA · GCLP | 3,100 m | No | wide-body |
| Granada (GRX)GRX · LEGR | 2,900 m | No | wide-body |
| Hondarribia (EAS)EAS · LESO | 1,754 m | No | narrow-body |
| Ibiza (IBZ)IBZ · LEIB | 2,800 m | No | wide-body |
| Jerez de la Frontera (XRY)XRY · LEJR | 2,300 m | No | narrow-body |
| La Seu d'Urgell Pyrenees and Andorra (LEU)LEU · LESU | 1,267 m | No | narrow-body |
| La Virgen del Camino (LEN)LEN · LELN | 3,000 m | No | wide-body |
| Lleida (ILD)ILD · LEDA | — | No | narrow-body |
| Madrid (MAD)MAD · LEMD | 4,350 m | No | wide-body |
| Madrid (TOJ)TOJ · LETO | 4,818 m | No | wide-body |
| Mahón (MAH)MAH · LEMH | 2,550 m | No | wide-body |
| Málaga (AGP)AGP · LEMG | 3,200 m | No | wide-body |
| Melilla (MLN)MLN · GEML | 1,433 m | No | narrow-body |
| Morón (OZP)OZP · LEMO | 3,597 m | No | wide-body |
| Palma de Mallorca (PMI)PMI · LEPA | 3,270 m | No | wide-body |
| Pamplona (PNA)PNA · LEPP | 2,207 m | No | narrow-body |
| Ranón (OVD)OVD · LEAS | 2,200 m | No | narrow-body |
| Reus (REU)REU · LERS | 2,455 m | No | narrow-body |
| Rota (ROZ)ROZ · LERT | 3,690 m | No | wide-body |
| Salamanca (SLM)SLM · LESA | 2,513 m | No | wide-body |
| San Bartolomé (ACE)ACE · GCRR | 2,400 m | No | narrow-body |
| Santander (SDR)SDR · LEXJ | 2,320 m | No | narrow-body |
| Santiago de Compostela (SCQ)SCQ · LEST | 3,200 m | No | wide-body |
| Seville (SVQ)SVQ · LEZL | 3,362 m | No | wide-body |
| Sta Cruz de la Palma (SPC)SPC · GCLA | 2,200 m | No | narrow-body |
| Tenerife (TFS)TFS · GCTS | 3,200 m | No | wide-body |
| Tenerife (TFN)TFN · GCXO | 3,171 m | No | wide-body |
| Teruel (TEV)TEV · LETL | 2,825 m | No | wide-body |
| Valencia (VLC)VLC · LEVC | 2,700 m | No | wide-body |
| Valladolid (VLL)VLL · LEVD | 3,000 m | No | wide-body |
| Vigo (VGO)VGO · LEVX | 2,400 m | No | narrow-body |
| Zaragoza (ZAZ)ZAZ · LEZG | 3,718 m | No | wide-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.
Request Airline Catering in Spain
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.
orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7