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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Del Rio, United States
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Del Rio (KDRT / DRT)
DRT (IATA) · KDRT (ICAO)
With a single narrow-body reference code governing the field, our crews plan every uplift against that stand rather than a generic slot, and inflight catering here runs on one fixed sequence from seal to signature. We board the aircraft this ramp actually takes, moving trays by hi-loader to galley height so in-flight catering reaches the door already sequenced, cutting time on the wide-body work our aviation catering desk quotes elsewhere.
1,920 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — Del Rio
Aviation catering with ramp access at Del Rio, United States
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering lead times at DRT
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at KDRT / DRT
Ramp access at Del Rio is planned around the field's single working stand, so the catering uplift moves on one fixed sequence rather than a queue. Every cart is sealed at the kitchen, driven to the apron on that same route, and loaded by hi-loader to galley height before departure. Nothing in the sequence is estimated: each stage is logged at Del Rio as it happens.
Between our kitchen and the single stand at Del Rio sit screening, an escort onto the apron, and the ramp traffic that shares that one working slot. We plan the galley catering run against the worst of that traffic, not the average of it, so the chain of custody holds even when the apron is busy. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed and again at handover to the loading crew, and a signature closes the record on both ends. That signed handover, not the drive itself, is what a catering uplift is actually measured against here.
One stand, one sealed route, one signature closing the load at Del Rio.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving KDRT
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Del Rio
Airport catering at Del Rio runs from one kitchen with hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under a single roof, built to HACCP standard from intake to seal. Airport catering at DRT is therefore not split across separate suppliers: one facility carries the cold chain from prep to cart, then hands the sealed load to the ramp crew. That single line is what lets a flight kitchen at Del Rio hold one standard across a scheduled rotation, a diversion, or a government movement without changing kitchens.
The team behind government flight catering at Del Rio is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access badge roster, and trained to the household paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. Nobody outside that list touches a sealed cart between the kitchen and the stand, and the same names sign the handover record each time. That continuity, not a larger roster, is what a protocol officer is actually checking when a movement is booked here.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Del Rio airport
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at DRT
Menus at Del Rio are built to the cabin and the mission rather than to one fixed list, so a scheduled sector, a charter and a government movement each travel on their own specification. Inflight catering in Del Rio draws on regional produce where the route allows it, kept to plain, general categories such as dairy, orchard fruit and regional fish rather than a named dish or supplier. Seasonal adjustment is written into the cycle rather than left to the loading crew on the day. Every tray closes on a documented allergen, halal, kosher or medical set, labelled by passenger and by cabin before it is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins out of Del Rio are plated to a written specification rather than improvised on the day, with à-la-carte and VIP flight catering service available on request. The presentation is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation boards the same plate it boarded before.
Business cabins
Business cabins at DRT run on multi-choice hot service built to a galley-ready tray-set standard sized to the aircraft's fit. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the loading crew at KDRT can confirm counts against the manifest before the cart is sealed.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements at Del Rio are documented per passenger rather than batched, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line at KDRT and sealed before it joins the main uplift.
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 KDRT
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 Del Rio, United States
Del Rio's single narrow-body stand carries a traffic mix of scheduled sectors, charter movements and the occasional government flight, and that mix sets the planning problem: a delegation is a documentation task, a charter is a volume task, and a repeat scheduled rotation is a task of holding the same specification each time it lands. Airline catering at DRT is planned against that one stand rather than against a bank of gates. The uplift moves from our kitchen to the apron on a fixed route, boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew holding the cart from seal to handover. In-flight catering in United States terms means the same route every time; inflight catering at KDRT and aviation catering at Del Rio both run off that one ops desk. One coordinator owns the rotation from kitchen to stand, and airport catering in United States is committed on a signed handover, not a verbal confirmation.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Del Rio
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Government and state flight catering at KDRT
A narrow-body aircraft is what the reference code at Del Rio lets us board on the field's single stand, and that same stand carries delegations, state visits and official movements when they route through here. Government flight catering at Del Rio holds a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and an uplift sealed at the kitchen before it reaches the stand, extending without change to a head of state movement when one is booked.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at DRT
Across the 1920-metre runway at Del Rio, a written household specification is what stays constant between movements rather than being rebuilt each time. Royal flight catering here covers private airliners in the BBJ and ACJ class alongside wide-body VVIP work, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request and filed against that same standing specification for the next rotation through KDRT.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Del Rio
Sequencing a full three-cabin load onto one narrow-body stand is the constraint every charter movement at Del Rio works around, since the 1920-metre runway serves a single working position rather than a bank of gates. Charter flight catering here covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, staged in the order the galleys are laid out and counted against the loading sheet before departure, with charter flight catering in Del Rio and charter flight catering in United States held to that same sequence.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at KDRT
A single narrow-body reference code governs every stand at Del Rio, which is what lets carriers running this field as an outstation, and ad hoc airline catering requests alike, board off the same duty roster. Outstation catering and diversion catering share that roster with technical stop catering and AOG cover, sequenced across a multi-leg rotation while crew meals at Del Rio travel boxed to the same manifest, and ad hoc catering at DRT and diversion catering at DRT both close on the same signed handover as a scheduled sector, with ad hoc airline catering in United States held to no lower a standard.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at DRT
The 1920-metre runway at Del Rio takes narrow-body business jets onto the same single stand as scheduled and charter traffic, which keeps a business aviation movement on the same ramp routing rather than a separate one. Private jet catering at KDRT is handled through our dedicated branch, delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Del Rio
pico aviation
Charter flight catering trusted at DRT
Charter operators on flight catering at KDRT
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our ops team used the service at Del Rio (DRT/KDRT) as an airline catering broker. They coordinated locally, sent useful updates, and kept the final uplift aligned with our revised schedule. We would use the service again without hesitation. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Alexander — Flight Logistics Manager
“We used the service for private jet catering in Del Rio on a VIP rotation through DRT/KDRT. The order was confirmed quickly, delivered on time, and packed exactly as requested for the aircraft. I would use them again for another flight from Del Rio. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Jacob — Airline Operations Manager
“For our flight from Del Rio (DRT/KDRT), the cabin order included multiple SPML. All requirements were followed and the cabin crew could see immediately which meal belonged to which passenger. That attention to detail makes a big difference onboard. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Chris — Executive Charter Coordinator
Airport catering facts for Del Rio (KDRT / DRT)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 1,920 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | KDRT |
Business jet catering questions at Del Rio airport
Technical stop catering questions at Del Rio airport
What operations gets asked every week about Del Rio.
Ask operations directly →Where does the cost of airline catering at Del Rio come from?
Every quotation is built from the specification on file: cabin count, tray standard and the loading window booked for that rotation, since we do not publish a fixed price list.
At what point does an order need to be placed for DRT, and how late can it still change?
Confirming the manifest against the loading window is the first step, and specification changes can generally still be made after that as long as they land ahead of the sealing time for the rotation.
Whose meals are produced separately for halal, kosher and special meal codes at KDRT?
For every rotation through KDRT, halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML codes are produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before they join the main cart.
Does Del Rio see private jet catering delivered direct to the FBOs and the GA terminal?
Every FBO on the field and the GA terminal receive FBO catering on the same cold chain and the same sealed paperwork as a scheduled airline uplift.
Is government flight catering, VIP flight catering and VVIP work covered under protocol at Del Rio?
The same named coordinator who runs a scheduled rotation also runs government, VIP and VVIP movements here, with the protocol file documented per passenger and cleared staff holding the uplift from seal to handover.
When does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at DRT?
As soon as the cart clears screening and escort onto the apron, it is boarded by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
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