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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Ranón, Spain
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Ranón (LEAS / OVD)
OVD (IATA) · LEAS (ICAO)
A 2200 m runway and a narrow-body reference code set the working envelope at Ranón: single-aisle rotations boarded fast, without a wide-body ramp to clear first. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering here from a kitchen close to the apron, boarding by hi-loader to galley height rather than leaving carts at the foot of the aircraft, so every uplift moves airside from kitchen to cabin door.
2,200 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
1
FBO on station
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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 — Ranón
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at LEAS / OVD
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at LEAS / OVD
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Ranón (OVD)
Every catering uplift at Ranón begins at the seal on the kitchen cart, not at an estimate. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the run to the apron carries no handover at the edge of the field, and the hi-loader takes the cart straight to galley height. What the timeline below shows is the sequence itself: sealed, moved, boarded, signed, in that order, at OVD.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Ranón sit a security screening point, an escort along the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway field working its own rotations. We plan the catering uplift against the busiest of those, not the average one, so the galley catering reaches height inside its window regardless of what else is moving on the ramp that hour.
Temperature is logged twice: once when the cart is sealed at the kitchen, once again at handover to the loading crew, both readings kept against the chain of custody that travels with the load. A signature closes each stage, so the record shows who sealed it, who escorted it and who loaded it, not just that it arrived.
Nothing leaves the kitchen unsealed, and nothing is boarded without that signature.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the galley door: nothing in between is guesswork.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Ranón departures
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at Ranón, Spain
Airport catering at Ranón is run from a production kitchen holding hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, a dedicated site rather than a shared city facility. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake through the cold chain to the sealed cart, and the same standard covers a scheduled tray set and a government uplift alike. Airport catering here means one kitchen answering to one clearance list, not a rotation of subcontracted lines feeding the same stand.
The team behind government flight catering at Ranón is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rostered pool drawn fresh each week. Security clearance sits on file for each of them, each is on the access list held for the field, and each is trained to household service standards before ever touching a sealed uplift. That continuity is what a protocol officer is actually checking when they ask who handles the cart between the kitchen and the aircraft at OVD.
Halal airline meals and special meals at OVD
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at LEAS / OVD
Menus at Ranón are written to the cabin and the mission, not to a single fixed card repeated on every rotation, with cycles adjusted week to week while the tray standard behind them holds constant. Spanish produce anchors the sourcing where the season allows it: dairy, cured meats, orchard fruit and regional cheese boards sit alongside a wider inflight catering range built for scheduled and charter work alike. First and Business cabins are plated to a written specification; the main cabin runs on galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft's own galley fit. Every set carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical codes, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed for boarding.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Ranón are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte service available on request for government and household movements. Every course is filed against the standing order before it is sealed, so the presentation on the day matches what was signed off in advance, not a fresh interpretation each rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins run on multi-choice hot service, boxed to galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft fitted at OVD, with crew meals and cabin crew meals produced on the same line. Pilot meals are boxed apart, coded to the roster rather than the cabin manifest, and crew meals in Ranón travel sealed on the same cold chain as the passenger sets.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at LEAS, with halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes produced on a separate line before sealing. Inflight catering at OVD keeps that line apart from the main production run, so a dietary set never shares equipment with the standard cabin service ahead of loading.
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 control for flight catering at LEAS
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.
Aircraft catering delivered airside at Ranón airport
Ranón works a single narrow-body stand off its one runway, a traffic mix of scheduled, charter and occasional government movement rather than a wide-body peak wave, and that profile shapes the catering plan more than volume does: a repeat scheduled rotation is a repetition problem, solved by a fixed cycle, while a one-off government or charter movement is a documentation problem, solved by protocol paperwork filed ahead of the flight.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader, lifted to galley height rather than left at the foot of the stand, on a run held under our own airside clearance from kitchen to apron. In-flight catering at Ranón and airline catering in Ranón both move on that same short, controlled route, with our own crew on the ramp for the handover rather than a third party bridging the gap.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, aviation catering at OVD and airport catering at LEAS both closing on the same handover record, with sealed carts and a signed confirmation the only thing that changes hands at the stand.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at LEAS / OVD
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Government and state flight catering at Ranón
On the narrow-body stand at Ranón, a head of state aircraft is worked to the same protocol file as any other government movement through the field: government flight catering here covers state visits and official delegations with the paperwork documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LEAS
Sequencing a household uplift against a single narrow-body stand means the loading order is fixed well before the aircraft is on the ground, and that constraint is what royal flight catering at Ranón is built around: a written specification held on file between movements, covering private airliners from BBJ and ACJ configurations through to wide-body VIP work, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at OVD
2200 metres of runway keeps the narrow-body stand at Ranón open to charter and ACMI movements without a wide-body ramp to clear first. Charter flight catering at Ranón covers wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering in Spain staged to the loading sheet in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Ranón
A single-aisle aircraft diverting into a narrow-body field still needs its full tray set on time, and the narrow-body reference code held at Ranón is built for exactly that kind of unscheduled movement. Ad hoc airline catering runs alongside outstation catering for carriers that route this field as a regular leg, with diversion catering and technical stop catering worked off the same duty roster, and crew meals at Ranón boxed apart from the passenger sets on every one of those legs.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LEAS
Our kitchen works the same 2200 m field that a business jet arrival uses, running private jet catering at Ranón to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same sealed paperwork as an airline rotation. FBO catering here means business aviation traffic never sits outside the standard held for the rest of the ramp.
Private jets →
FBOs at Ranón
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Charter flight catering trusted at Ranón
Flight departments on jet catering at Ranón
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We used sports team charter catering at Ranón (OVD/LEAS) for a team charter and had a good experience. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. Very practical for team and group charter work. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Irene — Airline Cargo Coordinator
“For an urgent mission at Ranón (OVD/LEAS), the team supported us with troop flight catering. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. Strong support for a demanding operation. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Aya — Aviation Services Coordinator
“Our freighter crew needed freighter crew meals at Ranón (OVD/LEAS) during a short turnaround. They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. 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
Amir — Airport Operations Lead
Aircraft catering station data for Ranón (LEAS / OVD)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,200 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LEAS |
Business jet catering questions at OVD
Diversion catering and ramp questions at OVD
What operations gets asked every week about Ranón.
Ask operations directly →Which special meal codes and halal or kosher sets do you produce at LEAS?
The sealed cart carries every IATA SPML code we are asked for, with halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before boarding.
Can you tell me how much airline catering costs at Ranón?
Cost turns on cabin count, specification and the loading window you need, so our desk reviews those against the rotation and comes back with a quotation rather than a fixed price list.
When does an order need to be placed for a rotation through Ranón Airport?
When the flight is confirmed is when we prefer the order, but a specification can still change close to departure, and last minute airline catering is worked against whatever loading window remains once the desk confirms it can be held.
What private jet catering and FBO catering do you deliver at OVD?
We deliver to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same sealed paperwork as an airline uplift, so a business jet movement is never handled outside the standard held for the rest of the ramp.
Do you deliver airline catering airside at LEAS, and how does it reach the aircraft?
Yes, by airside delivery straight to the stand, with the hi-loader lifting the sealed cart to galley height rather than leaving it at the foot of the aircraft.
Commercial aviation catering near Ranón
LEN / LELN
La Virgen del Camino
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
SDR / LEXJ
Santander
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
LCG / LECO
Culleredo
Spain · 191 km from Ranón
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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