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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Cortez, United States
Cortez (KCEZ / CEZ): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
CEZ (IATA) · KCEZ (ICAO)
With a single narrow-body reference code governing every stand at Cortez, AERO GOURMET builds inflight catering around one runway and one uplift standard rather than a spread of gate types. That discipline shapes the in-flight catering here: hi-loader boarding to galley height, wide-body practice compressed onto a narrow-body ramp, uplift staged airside and carried to the aircraft rather than left at its foot.
2,196 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 — Cortez
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at CEZ
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at Cortez airport
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at CEZ
Every catering uplift bound for a Cortez stand is tracked from the moment the cart is sealed at our kitchen to the moment the galley door closes. Ramp access is held on our own clearance rather than requested gate by gate, so the convoy moves onto the apron the instant the aircraft is on stand. Nothing about the route is estimated: it is logged, checked and signed at each handover point between the kitchen and the aircraft.
Between the kitchen and a stand at KCEZ, the risk sits in the convoy, not in the galley catering itself: apron traffic, a security check at the airside gate, the escort that has to clear both before the cart moves. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of those, not the best, so a delay on the ramp never becomes a delay at the door.
Chain of custody runs unbroken from seal to signature: temperature is logged when the cart leaves the kitchen and logged again at handover, with a named individual signing for the load at both ends. Nothing travels without that pair of readings attached to it, and nothing is handed over without a name against it.
One sealed cart, one named signature, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Cortez airport departures
Airline food supplier crews cleared for KCEZ
Airport catering at Cortez is built around one production line rather than several scattered kitchens, which keeps hot production, pastry, a cold larder and the protocol cell answerable to a single HACCP standard. That single line is what makes airport catering in Cortez consistent rotation to rotation, since every tray set leaves the same cold chain and the same checkpoint. Flight kitchen output at CEZ is planned to that one line, not divided across sites.
Government flight catering at this station is worked by the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in as volume rises. Each member holds security clearance on file and sits on the access list before a cart is sealed, so no unlisted hand ever touches a royal or state load. That team is trained to household service standards as a matter of course, and the paperwork travelling with a sealed uplift is checked by the same people who packed it.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Cortez, United States
VVIP catering written per mission at Cortez airport
Menus at Cortez are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for season, so a First cabin specification and a group charter tray set never share a production line by accident. Inflight catering here draws on regional produce in general terms, dairy and orchard fruit worked into a seasonal rotation rather than a fixed cycle repeated year round. Every VIP flight menu and charter flight menu is filed against a written specification, plated or boxed to that document rather than to memory. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before they leave the kitchen and checked again at handover.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins routed through KCEZ receive VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. Presentation is filed against the standing order for the mission, not improvised on the day.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Cortez take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, alongside the tray sets carried for the passenger cabin.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at KCEZ are documented per passenger against the household, religious and medical file on record. Halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes are produced on a separate line and sealed before that inflight catering leaves it.
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 and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at KCEZ / CEZ
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 Cortez
Cortez runs a narrow-body reference code across its single runway, which means every rotation here is worked to one aircraft category rather than split between wide-body and narrow-body handling. For catering, that consistency turns into a documentation and timing exercise more than a volume one: a delegation adds paperwork to check, a charter wave adds carts to sequence, but the stand itself never changes shape between flights.
Uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by sealed cart, carried across the apron and boarded at the stand rather than left at its foot. Airline catering at CEZ is staged in the order the galleys are loaded, with our own crew on the ramp from seal to handover; aviation catering at Cortez and airport catering at CEZ both run off that same route rather than a separate one for each segment.
One coordinator owns the rotation from kitchen to signature, in-flight catering in United States handled the same way on every load: sealed carts out, a signed handover in, nothing passed on without both.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at KCEZ
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Government and state flight catering at Cortez
A 2196 m runway sets what can be worked on one rotation here, and that single figure allows a full protocol load to be planned rather than split across two movements. Government flight catering at Cortez for state visits and head of state movements is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared personnel, and sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at KCEZ
Our kitchen holds one narrow-body reference code as its working constraint and builds royal flight catering around it rather than around a wider aircraft category. Private airliners, BBJ and ACJ configurations among them, are held to a written royal household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other VVIP dietary requirements produced on request at CEZ.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at CEZ
A narrow-body reference code governs every charter movement through Cortez, and that single category is what lets ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions share one loading plan. Charter flight catering at Cortez covers a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, with charter flight catering at KCEZ staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Cortez
A 2196 m runway keeps Cortez working to a single narrow-body reference code, which forces every rotation through one loading plan rather than several parallel ones. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering for carriers running CEZ as an outstation, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, crew meals in Cortez boxed alongside AOG cover across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at KCEZ
Business jets and light aircraft working Cortez's single narrow-body reference code are boarded from the same ramp as scheduled traffic, since no separate wide-body infrastructure divides the field. Private jet catering at Cortez reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Cortez
cortez flying svc
Charter flight catering trusted at Cortez airport
Flight departments on jet catering at Cortez (CEZ)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We needed presidential flight catering at Cortez (CEZ/KCEZ) for a protocol-sensitive flight. Special meals and crew items were clearly separated, and the aircraft-side handover was smooth. A professional service for movements where discretion matters. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Ibrahim — Network Control Coordinator
“For a VIP rotation through Cortez (CEZ/KCEZ), we used the team for private airliner catering. They followed our plating notes closely and made the final setup easy for the cabin crew. Good quality and very practical for onboard service. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Ian — Cabin Operations Lead
“For a high-volume passenger flight at Cortez (CEZ/KCEZ), we needed reliable hajj charter catering. Packaging was practical for the cabin and the uplift arrived in good order for departure. We would use the service again for a similar charter. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Lina — Government Charter Coordinator
Airport catering data for Cortez (KCEZ / CEZ)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,196 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | KCEZ |
Aircraft catering questions at Cortez (CEZ)
Technical stop catering questions at Cortez, United States
What operations gets asked every week about Cortez.
Ask operations directly →Who handles private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Cortez Airport?
For every operator on the field, we deliver FBO catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal alike, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Is airline catering cost fixed at CEZ?
The coordinator on duty prices each order against cabin count, specification and loading window rather than a published rate, and returns a quotation before the order is confirmed.
Does KCEZ cater VIP, VVIP and government flights under protocol?
Every VIP flight catering and government flight catering order here runs under the same protocol file, security-cleared staff and sealed uplift regardless of mission.
How far in advance must an order be placed for Cortez?
Our lead time standard asks for as much notice as the mission allows, though how far in advance an order is placed varies less than how late a specification can still change before departure.
Where does airline catering board the aircraft at Cortez Airport?
The signed handover record proves that airline catering is delivered by airside delivery, carried to the stand and boarded by hi-loader rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
Aviation catering at airports near Cortez
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Farmington
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
DRO / KDRO
Durango
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
TEX / KTEX
Telluride
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Inflight catering quote for Cortez
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Uplift at Cortez (CEZ)