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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Cody, United States
Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Cody (KCOD / COD)
COD (IATA) · KCOD (ICAO)
Our kitchen boards Cody's wide-body reference stand from a hi-loader, taking every uplift straight to galley height rather than leaving it at the foot of the aircraft. That access shapes how we run inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering here: one ops desk, sealed carts, and a route from oven to galley door that scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights can all rely on, day or night.
2,520 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
2
FBOs 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 — Cody
Aviation catering with ramp access at Cody, United States
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at COD
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at KCOD / COD
Cody's wide-body reference code sets the loading window we plan around: ramp access is booked before the sealed cart leaves the kitchen, not arranged once it reaches the apron. Every catering uplift here follows the same sequence, cart by cart, so the window holds whether the rotation is a single stand turnaround or a longer ground time. That discipline is what lets us commit to a galley-ready handover rather than an estimate.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at KCOD, the convoy is the risk, not the food: screening, escort and apron traffic all sit on the route before a single cart reaches the aircraft. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of those delays rather than the average of them, because a rotation held at the checkpoint costs more than one held in the galley catering line. Chain of custody runs the same way on every load: a named handler at the kitchen, a named handler at the aircraft, and nothing in between that is not logged.
Temperature is read and recorded at the moment each cart is sealed, and again at the moment it is handed over at the galley, so the cold chain has two timestamps rather than one. The handover carries a signature at both ends, which is what turns a delivery into a documented uplift.
One coordinator owns the load from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the aircraft.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Cody
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Cody
Airport catering in United States starts from a kitchen built to run hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, rather than as separate contracts stitched together for each flight. That single-roof model is what airport catering in Cody depends on for a wide-body rotation: nothing crosses a second gate or a second security check between the larder and the loading dock. Production runs to HACCP throughout, so a tray set leaving the flight kitchen at COD carries the same documented standard whichever cabin it is built for.
The crew that handles government flight catering at KCOD is the same named team on every rotation, rather than whoever is on shift that day. Each member carries a current security clearance, sits on the access list for the ramp side of the kitchen, and is trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects. That continuity is what keeps the chain of custody intact between a sealed uplift and the aircraft it is built for.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Cody airport
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at COD
Menus at Cody are built to the cabin and the mission, not to a single fixed offer: a First and Business specification differs from a main-cabin tray set, and both differ again on a charter or a government rotation. Where local sourcing applies, our kitchen draws on the country's dairy, orchard fruit and regional produce in general terms, folded into a cycle that turns over by season rather than staying static. From passenger meal boxes to VVIP service, the inflight catering built here is documented before it is boarded, not decided at the galley door. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are labelled per passenger and per cabin, so the paperwork travels with the tray rather than trailing behind it.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Cody take 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. The presentation is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same plate and the same sequence each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at COD run on multi-choice hot service, built to a cabin specification and finished in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to that aircraft. Crew meals travel alongside the cabin trays, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately to the roster rather than pulled from the passenger set.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at KCOD covers household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger before boarding, not resolved on the aircraft. Halal and kosher sets are produced on a separate line, alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes, and each tray is sealed before it leaves that line, which is how inflight catering here keeps every dietary set traceable back to the passenger it was built for.
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 KCOD
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 Cody, United States
Cody's single wide-body stand carries scheduled, charter and government traffic rather than a high-frequency commercial bank, which turns catering here into a documentation and readiness problem more than a volume one: each movement gets full attention rather than sharing a loading window with several others. That mix is also why airline catering in Cody is planned rotation by rotation, with the specification confirmed well before the aircraft is on the stand.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader, raised from a sealed cart to galley height rather than left at the foot of the stand, on a route timed from our kitchen to the apron edge. Airport catering at Cody is worked from that same stand every time, so the ramp routing, the checkpoint and the handover point do not change between rotations. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at COD all run off that one route and one ops desk.
What we commit to on this station is simple: one named coordinator for the load, sealed carts from kitchen to aircraft, and a signed handover at the galley door.
Government, royal and charter flight catering at Cody
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Government and state flight catering at Cody
A wide-body aircraft on a state visit or an official delegation is boarded from the same reference-code stand as a scheduled rotation, which keeps government flight catering at KCOD on one documented route rather than a separate arrangement. Protocol is filed per passenger, staff on the load carry security clearance, and the uplift for any head of state movement is sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at KCOD
At Cody's wide-body stand, the runway length that admits a private airliner is the same 2520 metres that clears a scheduled wide-body, so royal flight catering here runs on infrastructure built for full-size aircraft rather than a business-jet workaround. BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP movements are held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at COD
A full three-cabin uplift has to be sequenced against a single wide-body stand at Cody, which is the constraint that governs every charter rotation here rather than a matter of choice. Charter flight catering at Cody serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, and charter flight catering in Cody follows that same stand-by-stand sequence on every leg.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Cody
Cody's wide-body reference code covers a single stand built for full-size aircraft rather than a bank of narrow-body gates, which is what makes ad hoc airline catering practical here on short notice. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with AOG covered across a multi-leg rotation and the tray standard held constant even as the menu cycle moves week to week.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at KCOD
Cody's 2520-metre runway admits business jets on the same movement as wide-body traffic, which means private jet catering in United States is worked off the identical kitchen route rather than a separate arrangement. Delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, FBO catering here runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as any airline uplift, through our dedicated business aviation catering branch.
Private jets →
FBOs at Cody
ascension fbo network
beacon air group
Inflight catering trusted by operators at KCOD / COD
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at KCOD
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We arranged tour operator charter catering for the group at Cody (COD/KCOD) after a late schedule update. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. We would book them again for another team movement. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Thomas — Presidential Flight Coordinator
“We needed troop flight catering at Cody (COD/KCOD) for a time-sensitive operation. The meals were practical, clearly packed, and easy for the crew to distribute during the flight. Strong support for a demanding operation. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
John — Flight Services Coordinator
“We used the team at Cody (COD/KCOD) for freighter crew meals on a night operation. The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. Good service for freighter crews and odd-hour schedules. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Adriana — Cargo Flight Dispatcher
Airport catering facts for Cody (KCOD / COD)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,520 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | KCOD |
Business jet catering questions at Cody airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Cody airport
What operations gets asked every week about Cody.
Ask operations directly →Does Cody deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
Every business aviation movement on the field is reached through FBO catering delivered to the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Who documents halal, kosher and the special meal codes at COD?
Across every cabin, halal, kosher and the full range of IATA SPML codes are produced on a separate line and labelled per passenger before boarding.
Where does airline catering cost at KCOD come from, since no price list is published?
The written specification confirmed with the ops desk sets the figure, driven by cabin count, menu complexity and the loading window booked for that rotation.
Is VIP, VVIP and government flight catering handled at Cody, and under what protocol?
A named coordinator runs each load under a documented protocol, with security-cleared staff on VIP flight catering and government flight catering movements alike.
At what point does an order need to be placed at Cody, and how late can the specification change?
The sealed-cart booking comes first and sets the lead time; within that window a specification can still be adjusted before the cart is sealed for the stand.
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