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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Fort Lauderdale, United States
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Fort Lauderdale (KFLL / FLL)
FLL (IATA) · KFLL (ICAO)
Two runways and a wide-body reference code let Fort Lauderdale take widebody airframes onto hi-loader stands rather than truck-fed ones, so inflight catering here boards straight to galley height instead of stopping at the foot of the aircraft. AERO GOURMET runs that uplift as in-flight catering and aircraft provisioning together, one ops desk covering scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet movements out of the same kitchen.
2,743 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
4
FBOs 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 — Fort Lauderdale
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at KFLL
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at FLL
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, KFLL / FLL
Two runways and a wide-body reference code put the working stands close enough to the kitchen door that the catering uplift at Fort Lauderdale is planned as one continuous move rather than a series of separate trips. Ramp access is secured before the cart leaves the kitchen, and the same clearance carries it across the apron to the aircraft. Nothing is queued at the foot of the steps: the load goes from sealed cart to galley door in one pass.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stands at Fort Lauderdale sit screening, an escort and the ordinary apron traffic of two working runways, and the convoy is where a catering uplift is actually put at risk, not the galley catering itself. We plan the route against the busiest of those three before the cart is sealed, so the chain of custody holds even when the apron is working at pace. Temperature is logged at the kitchen door and again at the aircraft, and the load is signed over stand by stand rather than left at the bottom of the airstairs.
One coordinator owns the load from the sealed kitchen door to the signed galley handover.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Fort Lauderdale
The flight kitchen at FLL runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard from intake to load-out. That single-site model is what airport catering at Fort Lauderdale is built around: nothing is subcontracted between the fridge and the cart, so the cold chain is unbroken from the moment a tray is sealed. It is also what keeps airport catering in United States comparable station to station, whatever the mission on the stand that day.
The team that handles government flight catering at Fort Lauderdale is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for the occasion. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, alongside the access list that names who is permitted on the ramp, and each is trained to the household service standards a royal or state movement expects. That continuity is what lets a sealed uplift travel with paperwork a protocol officer recognises before the cart is even opened.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Fort Lauderdale airport
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at FLL
Menus at Fort Lauderdale are built to the cabin and the mission first, and to the season second, drawing on the produce of the surrounding United States coast and country rather than a fixed national card. Inflight catering in Fort Lauderdale runs from a First and VVIP tray set through to a full main-cabin meal box, each written to the aircraft type and the length of the sector rather than to a single house standard. Dairy, citrus and seafood sourced regionally sit alongside a standing pantry of pantry staples that travels on every rotation regardless of season. Every dietary and allergen set is documented per passenger and per cabin before it reaches the aircraft, never assembled loose on the day.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Fort Lauderdale are plated to a written specification rather than improvised on the day, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request for VIP flight catering. The presentation is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served the same way each time it lands at KFLL.
Business cabins
Business cabins at FLL run a multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to fit the galley of the aircraft assigned. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel as separate tray sets from the same load, boxed to the roster rather than folded into the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at KFLL are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical requests including halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each is produced on a separate line at the kitchen and sealed before that line's output ever meets the main inflight catering load.
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 food safety at Fort Lauderdale (FLL)
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 Fort Lauderdale, United States
Fort Lauderdale carries scheduled, charter, VIP and government traffic across two runways rated to a wide-body reference code, and that mix sets three different catering problems rather than one: a delegation is a documentation task, a charter wave is a capacity task, and a repeat airline rotation is a repetition task that has to look identical every time it lands. Airline catering and airport catering here are planned stand by stand rather than by aircraft type alone, because the wide-body stands take priority sequencing that a narrow-body movement does not need.
Uplift leaves our kitchen on sealed carts and crosses the apron under escort to the assigned stand, where it is loaded by hi-loader directly to the galley door rather than handed up from ground level. Aviation catering and inflight catering run off the same duty roster here, in-flight catering included, so a diversion or a late change of stand does not mean a second phone call to a second desk.
On every movement we commit to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover at the galley door, whatever the segment on the stand that day.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Fort Lauderdale
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Government and state flight catering at Fort Lauderdale
With a wide-body reference code held on two working runways, Fort Lauderdale takes a head of state aircraft onto the same stands used for scheduled wide-body traffic, without a separate ramp being built for the occasion. Government flight catering here runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen at FLL.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at KFLL
A wide-body reference code forces the loading plan to sequence around the largest airframe on the stand that day, which is exactly the constraint a private airliner movement has to be worked into rather than around. Royal flight catering at KFLL covers BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP aircraft, held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at FLL
The longest runway here measures 2,743 metres, which keeps a fully loaded wide-body charter within its take-off distance on departure from Fort Lauderdale. Charter flight catering at Fort Lauderdale covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order for charter flight catering in Fort Lauderdale runs of any length.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Fort Lauderdale
A wide-body arriving unplanned still finds a stand rated to take it at Fort Lauderdale, which is what makes ad hoc airline catering possible here on short notice rather than only on the printed schedule. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off the same duty roster as the scheduled programme, AOG covered, crew meals boxed separately, across a multi-leg rotation without a second call to a second desk.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at KFLL
We size a rotation to the same 2,743 metre runway that a wide-body movement uses, then run the private jet catering side of that same rotation to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field rather than to a separate ramp. Private jet catering in United States terms means one cold chain and one paperwork trail, whether the aircraft is parked on a wide-body stand or at a business aviation ramp.
Private jets →
FBOs at Fort Lauderdale
fontainebleau aviation
national jets
sheltair
signature aviation
Aviation catering reviews from operators at Fort Lauderdale airport
Flight departments on jet catering at KFLL
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used the team at Fort Lauderdale (FLL/KFLL) for technical stop catering after an unexpected operational change. They reacted quickly to revised timings and passenger numbers, and the handover was straightforward. Exactly what we need when operations change with very little notice. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Boris — Station Operations Supervisor
“We used the service at Fort Lauderdale (FLL/KFLL) for airline catering at outstations on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. Updates were concise and the delivery timing matched our handling plan. We would be comfortable using the service there again. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Nora — Private Jet Operations Manager
“The operations team needed an airline catering cost for Fort Lauderdale (FLL/KFLL) with very little time to decide. The inclusions were easy to understand, lead time was realistic, and there were no surprises when the final order was confirmed. We appreciated the transparency. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Alain — Mission Operations Manager
Station data for aviation catering at Fort Lauderdale (KFLL / FLL)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,743 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | KFLL |
Business jet catering questions at Fort Lauderdale airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Fort Lauderdale airport
What operations gets asked every week about Fort Lauderdale.
Ask operations directly →Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at Fort Lauderdale, and under what protocol?
Yes, VIP flight catering and government flight catering both run on a documented protocol file, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Can you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at FLL?
Two working runways and the wide-body stands both feed the same kitchen, so private jet catering reaches every FBO on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain as an airline uplift, with FBO catering handled by category rather than by name.
Given the wide-body stands at KFLL, how much does airline catering cost there?
There is no published price list for airline catering cost, because a quotation depends on cabin count, the specification chosen and the loading window requested for the rotation.
How are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes handled in Fort Lauderdale?
Fort Lauderdale production includes halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of SPML special meal codes, each documented per passenger and produced on a separate line before it joins the main load.
What lead time do you need to place an order at Fort Lauderdale, and how late can it change?
We ask for the specification as far in advance as the schedule allows, and we still take last minute airline catering changes on cabin count or dietary sets up to the loading window itself.
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Uplift at Fort Lauderdale (FLL)