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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers, United States
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers (KXNA / XNA)
XNA (IATA) · KXNA (ICAO)
A 2683 m runway and a wide-body reference code let Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers hold scheduled, charter, government and private jet movements on one certified field, which is the base our ops desk works from for every uplift. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering here with hi-loader boarding straight to galley height on the wide-body stands, so the uplift never waits at the foot of the aircraft.
2,683 m
Longest runway
Wide-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 — Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at KXNA / XNA
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at KXNA / XNA
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, XNA
At Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers the sequence between our kitchen and the aircraft is planned stand by stand, on the ramp access held under our own clearance rather than a passenger route. Each catering uplift moves as a sealed convoy across the apron to the wide-body stand assigned that rotation, cleared by the same escort each time. What the timeline below shows is that movement measured end to end, not an estimate offered in advance.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers sit screening, an escorted apron crossing and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp, and the chain of custody is planned against the worst case rather than the average one. Every catering uplift travels as a sealed cart, logged at the kitchen door and logged again at the galley catering handover, with the seal number checked at both ends. A named coordinator signs the load onto the aircraft, closing the record that began the moment it left the flight kitchen.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the aircraft, nothing open between them.
Airline food supplier for Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers (XNA) rotations
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at KXNA
The kitchen behind Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to hold airport catering to a wide-body volume without splitting the specification across shifts. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake to the sealed cart, and the same cold chain that protects a scheduled rotation protects a diplomatic one. Airport catering at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers is planned from that single facility rather than from a shared or rotating kitchen, which keeps the tray standard constant across a multi-leg schedule.
The team behind government flight catering at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for the day. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for that movement, and is trained to the household standards a royal or state uplift is measured against. The paperwork travels with the sealed load, so the chain of custody that starts in the kitchen is unbroken by the time it reaches the aircraft.
Halal airline meals and special meals at KXNA / XNA
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at KXNA / XNA
Menus at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers are built to the cabin and the mission first, and to the season second, with the same specification held across a repeat rotation. Produce from the surrounding Arkansas region, dairy, orchard fruit and grain, is worked into main-cabin and premium sets without naming a single dish or a single supplier. Inflight catering at XNA covers documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, each one labelled per passenger and per cabin rather than issued as a generic tray. From a boxed main-cabin service to a plated VVIP course, the specification is filed before the aircraft is boarded, not decided on the ramp.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers are plated to a written specification rather than improvised on the day, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order and checked before it leaves the kitchen, so the presentation on approach matches the one signed off in advance.
Business cabins
Business cabins at KXNA run a multi-choice hot service built to galley-ready tray sets, sized to the fitted aircraft rather than to a generic format. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so a full set of crew meals at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers never competes with the passenger load for space or time.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at XNA are documented per passenger before the aircraft is boarded, covering household, religious and medical requests as a matter of record rather than exception. Halal and kosher sets, along with the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before they leave it, which is what inflight catering at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers is built to guarantee.
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
Aircraft catering under HACCP control at KXNA
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 Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers
Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across two runways rated to a wide-body reference code, a mix that sets three different catering problems at once: a delegation is a documentation problem, a peak wave is a capacity problem, and a repeat rotation is a repetition problem the specification has to survive unchanged. Airline catering at KXNA is planned against whichever of those three is on the ramp that day, never against a single default case.
The uplift travels from our flight kitchen to the wide-body stand under ground handling arranged for that movement, with airside delivery held on escorted access rather than a passenger route. Inflight catering in United States stations of this profile depends on that same sequence: sealed cart, escorted crossing, signed handover at the stand, in-flight catering at KXNA following it every time without a shortcut.
What we commit to at this station is one coordinator named to the rotation, carts sealed at the kitchen door, and a signed handover at the aircraft, which is the same standard aviation catering in Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers runs to on a quiet Tuesday as on a government movement, and it is what airport catering in Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers is measured against.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at XNA
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Government and state flight catering at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers
At a field rated to a wide-body reference code, a head of state aircraft boards under the same clearance system built for any large-body movement, which is what makes government flight catering at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers repeatable rather than improvised. State visits and official delegations move through a protocol file documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at KXNA
A wide-body reference code forces a loading plan to sequence a large-cabin household movement against the rest of the ramp rather than treat it as a standard turnaround, and that sequencing is what royal flight catering at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers is built around. Private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations alike, are held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request at catering at XNA.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at XNA
2683 metres of runway, and a full wide-body charter can be worked off this field without splitting the load across two rotations. Charter flight catering in Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are fitted.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers
A wide-body aircraft boards here because Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers holds an aerodrome reference code rated for it, and that same code is what lets a carrier run this station as an outstation rather than a one-off stop. Ad hoc airline catering at XNA covers outstation catering at XNA for a resident schedule, diversion catering when a rotation lands unplanned, and technical stop catering and AOG cover across a multi-leg routing, with crew meals at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers and crew meals at KXNA boxed to the same standard whichever case applies.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at KXNA
Our kitchen works the same 2683 m field that clears a wide-body arrival to provision the business aviation traffic on it, delivering private jet catering at XNA to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal. Business aviation catering, FBO catering and business jet catering here run on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with no separate standard for a smaller cabin.
Private jets →
FBOs at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers
regional jet center inc
Charter flight catering trusted at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers (XNA)
Charter operators on flight catering at KXNA / XNA
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our team used the service at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers (XNA/KXNA) for government flight catering with strict timing and handling requirements. Special meals and crew items were clearly separated, and the aircraft-side handover was smooth. We would trust the team again for a similar movement. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Nadia — Charter Operations Manager
“For a VIP rotation through Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers (XNA/KXNA), we used the team for VIP 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 order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Alain — Air Cargo Operations Manager
“For a high-volume passenger flight at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers (XNA/KXNA), we needed reliable pilgrim flight catering. Meal counts were accurate, halal requirements were clearly managed, and the delivery was organized for a quick uplift. 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.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Nadia — Flight Services Manager
Outstation catering data for Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers (KXNA / XNA)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,683 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | KXNA |
Business jet catering questions at KXNA / XNA
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers
What operations gets asked every week about Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers.
Ask operations directly →How far does private jet catering at XNA reach the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
Every FBO catering order on the field is worked from the same kitchen and cleared onto the same apron, so the GA terminal gets the identical cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Does airline catering at KXNA deliver airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
Every load moves airside by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than to the foot of the aircraft, with airside delivery held on our own clearance across the wide-body stands.
Given a multi-leg schedule, how far in advance does Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers need an order placed, and how late can the specification change?
There is a standing lead time for a first order and a shorter window for a specification change on a confirmed rotation, and last minute airline catering is worked against whichever of those two applies.
Whose figures decide what airline catering costs at Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers?
On every quotation the airline catering cost depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window requested, and the desk returns a figure once those three are set rather than publishing a fixed price.
XNA produces which special meal sets, and how are they documented?
The sealed cart carries halal, kosher and the full range of IATA SPML special meal codes on a separate line, each one logged per passenger before it leaves the kitchen.
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