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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Clovis, United States
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Clovis (KCVS / CVS)
CVS (IATA) · KCVS (ICAO)
A 3049 m runway at Clovis clears wide-body movements onto stands built for multi-class rotations, so an operator scheduling a scheduled, charter or government sector here can count on a single ops desk for the whole cabin set. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering from a kitchen staged for hi-loader boarding, uplifting three cabins to galley height with wide-body volume behind every rotation, inflight catering included on ad hoc notice.
3,049 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
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 — Clovis
Hi-loader aviation catering on the KCVS / CVS apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Clovis
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, CVS
The loading window at Clovis runs from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the signature at the galley door, and every minute of it is logged rather than promised. Ramp access on our own badges keeps the convoy moving straight onto the apron instead of queuing behind general traffic, which is what keeps a wide-body turn on schedule. That single measured sequence is what a catering uplift is checked against at handover, stand by stand.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Clovis sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and a chain of custody is only as strong as the weakest of the three, so we plan the galley catering convoy against the worst case rather than the average one. A delayed screening slot or a congested apron changes the route, never the standard the load travels under, and the same named team carries the catering uplift from seal to signature regardless. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed at KCVS and again at handover, and the paperwork that closes the load carries both readings plus the signature of whoever received it on the aircraft.
One sealed cart, one signature, from our kitchen door to the galley door.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for CVS
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at KCVS
The flight kitchen behind Clovis runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, which is what lets a wide-body rotation and a head-of-state movement be prepared side by side without either slowing the other down. Airport catering at KCVS is built on that layout rather than on a single production line stretched across every order, and airport catering in Clovis is scheduled so the protocol cell never competes with volume output for the same oven or the same cold room. Every tray produced there runs to HACCP standard before it is sealed for the ramp.
The team that handles government flight catering out of this kitchen is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assembled per booking. Each member carries a current security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp and the kitchen alike, and is trained to the household service standards a protocol officer expects before a single tray is packed. That continuity is what lets a repeat state movement be planned as a known quantity rather than briefed again from nothing each time.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Clovis, United States
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Clovis airport
From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, the range served out of Clovis follows the cabin, the mission and the season rather than a single fixed offer. Inflight catering at KCVS draws on produce sourced within the United States where the season allows it, kept general to dairy, orchard fruit, grain and cold-water fish rather than tied to a single farm or a named supplier. First, Business and main cabin each carry their own specification, so a wide-body rotation can run three distinct services from one kitchen output without duplicating the planning. Every dietary set produced against that range is documented per passenger and per cabin, covering allergen declarations, halal, kosher and the medical codes a manifest requires before departure.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Clovis are plated to a written specification rather than to a fixed menu card, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request against the standing order on file. VIP flight catering here keeps that specification current between rotations, so a repeat movement is served to the same standard without a fresh brief each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at CVS run multi-choice hot service built to the cabin specification, with oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft and packed as tray sets or meal boxes. Crew meals at Clovis and cabin crew meals follow the same production line, with pilot meals boxed separately to the roster so the flight deck is served on its own schedule.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements move through KCVS on a separate production line, sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so a household, religious or medical requirement never shares equipment with the general run. Halal and kosher sets are produced against the full range of IATA special meal codes, and inflight catering in Clovis documents every one of them per passenger before it reaches the cart.
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 KCVS / CVS
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 Clovis
The aerodrome reference code held at Clovis is wide-body, which sets the scale this station is built to handle rather than a narrow-body sideline: a delegation arriving on short notice is a documentation problem first, a peak wave of scheduled traffic is a capacity problem, and a repeat charter rotation is a repetition problem, and the kitchen behind KCVS is staffed to answer all three without treating any of them as an exception.
The uplift travels from that kitchen to the ramp under airside delivery, moving by hi-loader onto the wide-body stands rather than being set down at the foot of the aircraft, with our own loading crew escorting the convoy across the apron on badges cleared for the field. Airline catering and aviation catering here run off the same ops desk regardless of the flight type, and inflight catering in Clovis is scheduled against the stand allocation rather than against a fixed time of day.
What we commit to on this station is a single named coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to galley door, and a signed handover at the aircraft; in-flight catering at KCVS and airport catering in the United States both sit inside that one commitment, wide-body scale included.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at KCVS / CVS
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Government and state flight catering at Clovis
With the aerodrome reference code at Clovis set to wide-body, a head of state aircraft and its support flights are worked on the same stands as a scheduled rotation rather than on a separate apron. Government flight catering here carries the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at KCVS
A wide-body VIP movement through Clovis has to be sequenced around the same reference code that governs every scheduled rotation on the field, which is why the household specification for royal flight catering is kept on file between movements rather than rebuilt each time. Private airliners — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations — are served to that standing specification, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at CVS
3049 metres of runway at Clovis clears a fully loaded wide-body charter for departure, which is what keeps ACMI and wet-lease operators routing group movements through this field rather than around it. Charter flight catering here covers special missions and multi-leg group rotations alike, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged to the order the galleys are laid out; charter flight catering in the United States runs to that same sequence.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Clovis
The wide-body stands at Clovis take a scheduled widebody rotation and a diverted one on the same ramp, which is what lets ad hoc airline catering be confirmed here without a dedicated slot booked days ahead. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off one duty roster at KCVS, AOG included, across a multi-leg pattern that keeps the tray standard fixed while the menu cycle moves week to week.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at KCVS
We work the same 3049 m runway at Clovis for business aviation as for a wide-body rotation, delivering private jet catering to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal on request. FBO catering and business aviation catering here travel the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, and business jet catering in the United States is scheduled from the identical kitchen output.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at Clovis airport
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Clovis (CVS)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our flight at Clovis (CVS/KCVS) required tray set catering airline with clear service-by-service organization. Everything was labeled, compact, and easy to place directly into the aircraft without repacking on the ramp. The crew appreciated how easy it was to load. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Florian — Charter Logistics Manager
“We had an ACMI requirement at Clovis (CVS/KCVS) and the coordination was very smooth. The team stayed in contact with operations, adjusted to the new timing, and kept the aircraft handover simple. We appreciated how easy the coordination was. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Carlos — Airline Dispatch Manager
“I needed reliable business jet catering at Clovis (CVS/KCVS) for a same-day departure. The food arrived fresh and well presented, with clear labels and packaging that actually worked in our galley. Reliable, responsive, and easy to work with. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Chloe — Private Jet Operations Manager
Airport catering facts for Clovis (KCVS / CVS)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,049 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | KCVS |
Business jet catering questions at Clovis, United States
Technical stop catering questions at Clovis, United States
What operations gets asked every week about Clovis.
Ask operations directly →Do you produce halal, kosher and special meal codes at Clovis?
Yes, halal and kosher sets are produced against the full range of IATA SPML codes, with every special meal documented per passenger before it leaves the kitchen.
At what point does airline catering reach the aircraft at CVS?
The first step is a hi-loader lift from the sealed cart straight to galley height, so airside delivery here means boarding on the ramp rather than a handoff at the foot of the aircraft.
KCVS — do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
The hi-loader that lifts every cart to galley height carries VIP flight catering and government flight catering under the same protocol file, documented per passenger and sealed before departure.
How far in advance do you need an order at Clovis?
The HACCP standard the kitchen runs to sets the floor for turnaround, and airline catering cost at this station depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window rather than a fixed rate card, so the desk confirms both together.
Is there ramp capacity at Clovis for private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal?
There is a GA terminal and FBO catering served on the field, delivered on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Commercial aviation catering near Clovis
CVN / KCVN
Clovis
United States · 23 km from Clovis
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TCC / KTCC
Tucumcari
United States · 93 km from Clovis
Airline & VIP flight catering →
LBB / KLBB
Lubbock
United States · 160 km from Clovis
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Clovis (CVS)