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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Cranbrook, Canada
Cranbrook (CYXC / YXC): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
YXC (IATA) · CYXC (ICAO)
Off a single 1829 m runway rated to the narrow-body reference code, Cranbrook boards scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements from one ops desk. In-flight catering here means hi-loader boarding to galley height rather than kerbside handover, with inflight catering staged airside and uplift confirmed against the loading sheet before the aircraft closes.
1,829 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
2
FBOs 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 — Cranbrook
Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, CYXC / YXC
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at Cranbrook
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Cranbrook, Canada
Ramp access is what the loading window at Cranbrook is actually built around: the sealed cart leaves our kitchen, crosses the apron under escort, and reaches the galley door on a timed run rather than a guess. Catering uplift is logged the moment it clears the kitchen gate, tracked across the apron, and closed out only once the galley door is sealed again. Nothing about that sequence changes for a narrow-body rating; it only means the stand assignment is fixed earlier.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Cranbrook sit gate screening, an escorted convoy and apron traffic that a single-runway field still has to sequence around other movements. We plan the galley catering run against the worst of that traffic rather than the average of it, holding chain of custody from the moment the cart is sealed. Temperature is logged at sealing and logged again at the galley door, and the handover carries a signature naming the crew member who closed it, so the catering uplift is accountable end to end rather than trusted on faith.
The convoy is the risk we manage; the food is already sealed and logged.
Crew meals and pilot meals for YXC departures
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at CYXC / YXC
The flight kitchen that provisions airport catering at YXC runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, held to the same HACCP discipline whatever the size of the rotation on the stand that day. That single-site model matters more at a single-runway field than at a hub, because airport catering in Canada at a station like this depends on one kitchen doing everything rather than several splitting the load. Cold chain is held from the moment a tray is sealed to the moment it clears the galley door at Cranbrook, with no handoff between separate sites to break it.
The team behind government flight catering at Cranbrook is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned by shift. Each member carries a current security clearance, sits on the access list for the airside route between kitchen and stand, and is trained to the household and protocol standards a delegation movement requires. That continuity is what lets a single-stand field carry a sealed uplift with the same confidence as a hub carries several.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at CYXC
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Cranbrook
Menus at Cranbrook are written to the cabin and the mission rather than issued off one fixed card, with hot production, pastry and a cold larder covering everything from a plated First service to a full multi-choice business run. Inflight catering here draws on the region's produce where the season allows it, working dairy, orchard fruit and lake fish into the rotation without naming a single supplier or a single dish. Seasonal changes move the cycle every few weeks; the specification, the plating standard and the tray-set sizing behind it do not. Every set is labelled per passenger and per cabin, with allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements documented and matched to the loading sheet before the cart is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Cranbrook are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed card, with à-la-carte and canapé service available on request against the standing order. VIP flight catering here is filed against that order before the cart is sealed, so the presentation matches what was agreed and not what happened to be on hand that day.
Business cabins
Business cabins at YXC take multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft's own galley, with crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately to the roster rather than pulled from the passenger load. Cabin crew meals travel on the same sealed run, counted against the loading sheet the same way the cabin sets are.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at CYXC are produced on a separate line from the main cabin run: household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, halal and kosher meals prepared to their own standard, and the full range of IATA special meal codes covered. Inflight catering on this line is sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so a delegation or a single passenger with a medical set travels on exactly what was ordered.
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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at CYXC / YXC
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 Cranbrook (YXC)
Cranbrook works a single 1829 m runway rated to the narrow-body reference code, which means a scheduled arrival, a charter and a government movement can all be scheduled onto the same stand inside one day rather than spread across several. That mix turns catering into a documentation problem as much as a volume one: a delegation needs its protocol file matched to the manifest before wheels-down, while a repeat rotation needs the same tray specification held week over week without drift.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the stand under escort, boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than handed over at the foot of the aircraft, with ramp access held on our own badges rather than borrowed from a third party. Airline catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering in Canada all run off that single ops desk here, so a diversion or a late change to the loading sheet is handled by the same coordinator who planned the original rotation, not passed to a shift that starts cold.
What we commit to at this stand is one coordinator named to the rotation, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover before the aircraft closes.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at CYXC
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Government and state flight catering at Cranbrook
A 1829 m runway rated to the narrow-body reference code, still enough to hold a state movement to the same stand discipline as any scheduled arrival. Government flight catering at YXC for a head of state aircraft or an official delegation runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at CYXC
The narrow-body reference code held here still lets our crews run a household specification to the letter, because the stand discipline it sets is the same one a royal movement needs. Royal flight catering at CYXC covers private airliners, including BBJ and ACJ types, with halal and household dietary requirements produced against a written file kept on record between movements.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at YXC
The narrow-body reference code held at this stand still governs a full charter rotation the same way it governs a scheduled one, sequencing the galley carts before the aircraft is even on the ground. Charter flight catering at Cranbrook covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering at YXC counted against the loading sheet cabin by cabin.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Cranbrook
A single 1829 m runway forces every rotation onto the same stand sequence, so a scheduled carrier running Cranbrook as an outstation shares its slot with any ad hoc airline catering booked the same day. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all draw on the identical duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg pattern, with crew meals in Canada boxed to the same roster as the cabin sets.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at CYXC
Business aircraft using the narrow-body-rated stand at Cranbrook are worked through the same GA terminal and the FBOs on the field that handle every other movement here. Private jet catering in Canada at this station is delivered to that terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, never a separate standard.
Private jets →
FBOs at Cranbrook
bid air
norman g dakin enterprises
Aviation catering trusted by operators at Cranbrook airport
Operators on commercial aviation catering at YXC
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our sports movement through Cranbrook (YXC/CYXC) required sports team charter catering on a tight schedule. They handled the nutrition requests well and kept everything organized for fast distribution onboard. The crew was happy with the organization. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Carlos — VIP Operations Controller
“We needed evacuation flight catering at Cranbrook (YXC/CYXC) for a time-sensitive operation. They kept the menu simple, respected the special requirements, and delivered exactly when the aircraft was ready to receive it. We appreciated the flexibility. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Rayan — Delegation Flight Coordinator
“We used the team at Cranbrook (YXC/CYXC) for cargo airline catering on a night operation. They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. A reliable option for cargo operations. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Carlos — Charter Account Manager
Airport catering data for Cranbrook (CYXC / YXC)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,829 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | CYXC |
Business jet catering questions at CYXC
Diversion catering and ramp questions at CYXC
What operations gets asked every week about Cranbrook.
Ask operations directly →How is halal, kosher and special meal production documented at Cranbrook?
Cranbrook production runs halal and kosher meals on a separate line from the main cabin run, with every IATA special meal code covered under SPML and labelled per passenger before it joins the loading sheet.
Given a single-runway field with no published price list, how much does airline catering cost at YXC?
There is no fixed rate: airline catering cost at YXC depends on cabin count, the specification requested and the loading window booked, and our desk returns a quotation once those are known.
Can private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal at CYXC?
The hi-loader access that boards our airline rotations also serves the GA terminal at CYXC, so private jet catering and FBO catering reach every operator on the field on the same cold chain.
Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at Cranbrook, and under what protocol?
Yes, with security-cleared staff and a documented protocol file: VIP flight catering and government flight catering at Cranbrook both run on the same sealed-uplift standard as a scheduled rotation.
At Cranbrook, how does airline catering actually reach the aircraft?
The hi-loader carries the sealed cart from our kitchen to galley height, so airside delivery here means boarding directly rather than handover at the foot of the aircraft.
Inflight catering at other airports near Cranbrook
WPC / CZPC
Pincher Creek
Canada · 129 km from Cranbrook
Airline & VIP flight catering →
YCG / CYCG
Castlegar
Canada · 138 km from Cranbrook
Airline & VIP flight catering →
FCA / KGPI
Kalispell
United States · 183 km from Cranbrook
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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