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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Altoona, United States
VIP flight catering, airline catering and private jet catering at Altoona (KAOO / AOO)
AOO (IATA) · KAOO (ICAO)
A narrow-body reference code sets the loading plan here: sequencing and cart sizing are built around what that classification allows, not around a wide-body assumption. On that footprint AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering for scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements, boarded by hi-loader to galley height with ramp access held on our own badges.
1,666 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
1
FBO on station
02
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 — Altoona
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at Altoona airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at Altoona (AOO)
Catering uplift tracked from kitchen to galley at KAOO
A narrow-body reference code fixes how the catering uplift is staged here: carts are sized and sequenced to fit that classification before the convoy ever leaves the kitchen. Ramp access at Altoona is booked against the same slot as the aircraft's own turnaround, so the load reaches the apron on the aircraft's clock rather than the kitchen's. Nothing in the chain is left to be estimated on the day.
Between our kitchen and the aircraft at Altoona, the convoy carries more risk than the food does: screening, escort clearance and apron traffic all sit ahead of the galley door, and the route is planned against the worst of them rather than the average day. Every cart is sealed at the kitchen, logged again at the vehicle, and checked once more at the aircraft, which keeps the chain of custody intact end to end. A signed handover at the galley closes the loop, so responsibility for the load never sits with more than one party at a time. That discipline is the same whether the movement is a scheduled turnaround or a single ad hoc uplift at KAOO.
The convoy is the risk on this route, never the food inside it.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Altoona, United States
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at Altoona airport
A narrow-body reference code governs what our flight kitchen provisions for Altoona, which keeps cart sizes and tray counts matched to the aircraft actually working this field rather than to a larger assumption. Airport catering here runs on the same HACCP standard as the rest of the network, with hot production, a cold larder and a protocol line held under one roof. That single-building layout is what lets airport catering move from cold storage to a sealed cart without a second handling step.
The team behind government flight catering at Altoona is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn from wherever is available that week. Each member holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the kitchen and the ramp, and is trained to the paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift. That continuity is what a protocol officer or a house manager checks before anything else, at KAOO as everywhere on our network.
Halal airline meals and special meals at KAOO / AOO
VVIP catering to a written specification at Altoona (AOO)
A narrow-body cabin layout sets the frame every menu at Altoona is written against, from the forward seats through to the last row, rather than a generic tray designed for any aircraft. Within that frame the inflight catering here is built cabin by cabin and mission by mission: a scheduled turnaround, a VVIP movement and a charter group each get a different tray plan even when they board the same stand on the same day. Produce from the surrounding country is worked into the menu in general terms, in dairy, orchard fruit and other seasonal lines, without naming a single dish or a single supplier. Every set closes on documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Altoona receive VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single set menu. Each course is filed against the standing order held for the aircraft, so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard without a new brief each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at AOO run on multi-choice hot service, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft rather than a generic tray. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the United States in their own sealed boxes, matched to the roster rather than the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Altoona are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes rather than a shortened house list. Every one of these sets is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, which keeps inflight catering here consistent whether the request is religious, medical or household.
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
Airline catering services under HACCP at Altoona
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 AOO
Two runways and a narrow-body reference code set the traffic this field actually carries: scheduled turnarounds, ad hoc charter work and the occasional government movement, none of it wide-body volume but all of it timed against a tight window. That mix makes documentation the real workload here, since a delegation or a VVIP rotation brings paperwork that has to be right before the cart ever leaves the kitchen, while a repeat scheduled turnaround is mostly a matter of not varying the sequence.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader from our own flight kitchen, staged on the apron and escorted to the stand rather than left at the foot of the aircraft for someone else to carry up. Aviation catering at AOO and in-flight catering at AOO both run off the same ops desk, so a change to one rotation does not get lost between departments; inflight catering in Altoona is planned stand by stand, with ramp access held on our own badges rather than borrowed for the day.
On every movement we commit to one named coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover at the galley door, which is what keeps airline catering in the United States accountable to a single point of contact rather than a shared desk.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at Altoona airport
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Government and state flight catering at AOO
Our kitchen holds a 1666 m runway inside its planning radius, which is what lets a delegation movement be scheduled without disrupting a scheduled turnaround the same day. Government flight catering at Altoona for a head of state aircraft or an official delegation is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crew and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, with a dedicated route to the stand held apart from the day's other traffic.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Altoona
A 1666 m runway defines the aircraft this station can turn around, and that same limit is what our loading plan for royal and VVIP movements is built against rather than around a wide-body assumption. Royal flight catering at Altoona for private airliners, BBJ and ACJ types included, is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request from the same cleared line.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at KAOO
A narrow-body airframe on charter, ACMI or wet-lease work is what this field's reference code is built to turn around, which is why a group movement or a special mission boards here on the same footing as a scheduled service. Charter flight catering at Altoona for group movements and special missions runs a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering in the United States at this station is staged in the order the galleys are laid out rather than a fixed house sequence.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at AOO
A 1666 m runway, and that figure sets which aircraft this station turns around, which in turn sets the cart sizes we hold ready for a scheduled rotation. Ad hoc airline catering at Altoona covers carriers running this field as an outstation, so outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all move off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg day; crew meals at AOO and crew meals in Altoona travel in the same sealed boxes as ad hoc catering at AOO, timed to the roster rather than the passenger count.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Altoona
On a field built to a narrow-body reference code, business aviation traffic shares the same ramp discipline as the scheduled and charter movements above it. Private jet catering in Altoona is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal by our dedicated business aviation branch, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift: business aviation catering, business jet catering and FBO catering all move off one desk here.
Private jets →
FBOs at Altoona
Airline catering trusted by operators at Altoona (AOO)
Flight departments on jet catering at Altoona, United States
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For our departure from Altoona (AOO/KAOO), we specifically needed HACCP. The order came ready for service with no unnecessary packaging or loose items to sort through. Exactly what we need for a quick galley setup. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Ricardo — Flight Crew Logistics Manager
“We had a tech stop requirement at Altoona (AOO/KAOO) and the coordination was very smooth. The uplift was organized around our revised departure and reached the aircraft without delaying the turn. We appreciated how easy the coordination was. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Ali — Dispatch Support Coordinator
“I ordered business jet catering for our departure from Altoona (AOO/KAOO) and was very happy with the service. They followed my notes closely, kept me updated, and delivered at the time agreed with the FBO. I would definitely order from them again. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Sarah — Flight Dispatch Supervisor
Airport catering reference for Altoona (KAOO / AOO)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,666 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | KAOO |
Aircraft catering questions for KAOO / AOO
Crew meals, lead times and access at KAOO / AOO
What operations gets asked every week about Altoona.
Ask operations directly →Does airline catering cost the same for every movement at AOO?
Every quotation at AOO depends on the cabin count, the specification requested and the loading window booked, since we publish no fixed price list. Our desk returns a costed quote once those three are confirmed.
KAOO — how far in advance does an order need to be placed?
The sealed cart that leaves our kitchen is built to a lead time confirmed at booking, with the specification able to change closer to departure than most outstations allow. As a guide, the earlier a multi-leg rotation is flagged, the more of that window stays open for late changes.
How far does Altoona go in documenting halal, kosher and other special meals?
Halal and kosher sets, along with the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before leaving the kitchen. Every SPML request is logged per passenger, so the documentation travels with the tray rather than being reconstructed afterwards.
At what point does private jet catering reach an aircraft parked at Altoona airport?
The sequence starts at our kitchen, where the load is sealed and logged before it ever leaves for the ramp. From there it travels straight to the FBOs on the field or the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, so private jet catering and FBO catering here are never handled as an afterthought.
Outstation catering near Altoona
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Johnstown
United States · 44 km from Altoona
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SCE / KUNV
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
HGR / KHGR
Hagerstown
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Altoona (AOO)