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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Castellón de la Plana, Spain
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Castellón de la Plana (LECH / CDT)
CDT (IATA) · LECH (ICAO)
With a 2700 metre runway rated to a wide-body aerodrome reference code, Castellón de la Plana boards multi-class rotations without a length constraint on the loading plan. Inflight catering and in-flight catering here move by hi-loader straight to the galley door, an uplift staged airside rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
2,700 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Castellón de la Plana
Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, LECH / CDT
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Castellón de la Plana
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at LECH / CDT
Ramp access governs the loading window at CDT: once the hi-loader clears the apron, the cart moves straight to the galley door rather than waiting at the foot of the aircraft. Every catering uplift is staged against the turnaround, not against a separate schedule, so the kitchen releases sealed carts timed to the stand rather than to a fixed clock. Loading at Castellón de la Plana follows the same sequence on a scheduled service, a charter or a diversion.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Castellón de la Plana sit screening, an escort onto the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp; we plan the catering uplift against the worst of those, not the average. Chain of custody runs unbroken from the seal at the kitchen door to the handover at the galley, with a temperature log opened at sealing and closed again at delivery. Galley catering is only released once that second reading matches the first, so nothing reaches the aircraft on a broken record.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature at the galley door.
Airline food supplier for CDT rotations
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at LECH / CDT
The flight kitchen that provisions LECH runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built around the cold chain a wide-body rotation needs. HACCP governs every stage of production, from intake to the sealed cart, so airport catering at Castellón de la Plana never leaves that discipline once the load clears the door. Airport catering at CDT is organised so tray sets, meal boxes and the VIP line are produced separately but boarded together.
The team that handles government flight catering at Castellón de la Plana is the same named crew every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access roster, and trained to the household standards a repeat movement expects. That continuity matters more than headcount, because a protocol officer checks who is handling the load, not how many hands are on it. Nothing about the specification changes crew to crew.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at LECH
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Castellón de la Plana
Menus at Castellón de la Plana are designed to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed list, adjusted for scheduled service, charter work and one-off VIP movements alike. Spain's produce runs through the specification in general terms: dairy, orchard fruit, fish and cheese sourced regionally rather than named as a dish. Inflight catering in Castellón de la Plana closes on documentation, not presentation: every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. Seasonal changes move the cycle; the labelling standard behind it does not.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Castellón de la Plana are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same read-out each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at CDT take multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft fitted on the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, at LECH, and boarded alongside the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at Castellón de la Plana, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering on this line is produced apart from the main cycle and sealed before it joins the rest of the uplift.
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 LECH / CDT
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 Castellón de la Plana (CDT)
A single wide-body reference code and one runway set the traffic profile at Castellón de la Plana: scheduled and charter movements share the stand with occasional VIP and government rotations, and each of those brings its own documentation load rather than its own capacity problem. Airline catering at CDT is planned around that mix, so a delegation's paperwork and a charter's headcount are handled as separate tasks on the same loading sheet.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader from our kitchen to the galley door, with our own crew on the ramp for the escort and the handover. In-flight catering at Castellón de la Plana and aviation catering at LECH run off the same ops desk, so a change to the loading time on one flight does not need a second phone call to a second team.
On every rotation we commit to one named coordinator, sealed carts from the kitchen door onward, and a signed handover at the stand.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at LECH / CDT
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Government and state flight catering at CDT
The 2700 metre runway at Castellón de la Plana clears a wide-body head of state aircraft without a length restriction on the loading plan. Government flight catering here documents the protocol file per passenger, puts only security-cleared staff on the uplift, and seals the load before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Castellón de la Plana
Our kitchen holds a wide-body reference code as its production baseline, which is what lets it carry royal flight catering and VVIP work to the same written specification between movements. Private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP types alike, board halal and other household requirements on request, at Castellón de la Plana, against a file kept on record rather than rebuilt each time.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LECH
Wide-body is the reference code the stand at Castellón de la Plana is built to, and that is what lets a full three-cabin charter load board in one pass rather than several. Charter flight catering at CDT covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, staged against the loading sheet in the order the galleys are laid out, with charter flight catering at Castellón de la Plana following the same multi-leg sequencing on a repeat rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at CDT
A single wide-body stand at Castellón de la Plana has to serve scheduled, charter and one-off movements without a second stand to fall back on, which makes sequencing the whole of the job. Ad hoc airline catering here covers carriers running this station as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering worked off the same duty roster; AOG is handled inside that same multi-leg rotation, and crew meals in Spain board on the standing tray set rather than a rebuilt one.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Castellón de la Plana
A business jet on the same wide-body-rated stand at Castellón de la Plana clears the ramp on the strength of that reference code, even on a mixed traffic day. Private jet catering in Spain reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal here on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, run by our dedicated FBO catering branch.
Private jets →
Aviation catering trusted by operators at LECH / CDT
Ops desks rating airline catering services at CDT
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We used sports team charter catering at Castellón de la Plana (CDT/LECH) for a team charter and had a good experience. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. A good partner for sports charter operations. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Michael — Cargo Flight Dispatcher
“For an urgent mission at Castellón de la Plana (CDT/LECH), the team supported us with evacuation flight catering. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. We appreciated the flexibility. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Celine — Flight Support Executive
“We ordered freighter crew meals for a cargo rotation through Castellón de la Plana (CDT/LECH). The crew received the correct quantities and the handover was quick, which is exactly what we needed. Good service for freighter crews and odd-hour schedules. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Khalid — Outstation Manager
Airport catering facts for Castellón de la Plana (LECH / CDT)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,700 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LECH |
Business jet catering questions at LECH
Diversion catering and ramp questions at LECH
What operations gets asked every week about Castellón de la Plana.
Ask operations directly →Where does airline catering reach the aircraft at Castellón de la Plana?
The loading record shows every uplift moving airside by hi-loader, straight from the kitchen cart to the galley door rather than being left at the foot of the aircraft.
Does Castellón de la Plana Airport handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering?
Every movement in that category runs to the same protocol file: security-cleared staff, a documented specification, and VIP flight catering and government flight catering sealed before the cart leaves the kitchen.
Who delivers private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at CDT?
Across the field, our dedicated branch reaches every FBO and the GA terminal with the same FBO catering standard used on an airline uplift, cold chain and paperwork included.
How far in advance does LECH need a catering order placed?
The standard lead time covers a scheduled rotation comfortably, and how far in advance a specification is locked depends on cabin count and mission; last minute airline catering, including AOG and diversions, is worked against the same cleared process rather than a separate one.
Inflight catering at other airports near Castellón de la Plana
VLC / LEVC
Valencia
Spain · 93 km from Castellón de la Plana
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TEV / LETL
Teruel
Spain · 112 km from Castellón de la Plana
Airline & VIP flight catering →
REU / LERS
Reus
Spain · 139 km from Castellón de la Plana
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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