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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Fort Worth, United States
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Fort Worth (KAFW / AFW)
AFW (IATA) · KAFW (ICAO)
Wide-body is the reference code held at this Fort Worth field, which means multi-class widebodies board here on stands built for the type, not squeezed onto narrow-body parking. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering off one ops desk at KAFW, with hi-loader boarding to galley height and uplift staged for wide-body rotations across scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights.
3,391 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 — Fort Worth
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at Fort Worth airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at KAFW / AFW
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Fort Worth (AFW)
The loading window at AFW runs from a sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door on a wide-body stand, with ramp access held on our own credentials rather than a curbside handoff. Every stage between seal and signature is logged against the reference code this field carries, so a wide-body rotation is never queued behind a narrower one. That is the catering uplift discipline this station is built for.
Between our kitchen and the stand at KAFW sit screening, escort and apron traffic moving around two runways, and the convoy is the part of the job we plan against, not the food itself. A wide-body reference code means wider turning circles and longer taxi routes for the vehicles carrying the catering uplift, so the route is fixed before the cart is sealed, not worked out on the ramp. Temperatures are logged at sealing and again at handover, and the galley catering load is closed with a signature that ties the chain of custody to one named crew for that rotation.
One seal, one route, one signature: the convoy is managed, not the menu.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for Fort Worth, United States
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at KAFW / AFW
Production for AFW runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, built to feed a wide-body reference code rather than a narrow-body turnaround. Airport catering at KAFW is planned against that scale, with a flight kitchen at AFW sized for multi-class loads rather than single-cabin runs, and airport catering in Fort Worth carries the cold chain through to the cart seal. HACCP governs every stage from goods-in to the sealed trolley, and it is the one standard that never varies by cabin or by carrier.
The team behind government flight catering at this station is the same named crew every rotation, not a rota drawn from a general pool. Each member carries a security clearance on file, sits on the access list for airside movement, and is trained to household standards for the protocol work that travels alongside a routine wide-body load. Chain of custody runs from that crew's seal at the kitchen to the signature that closes the uplift at the aircraft.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at AFW
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at KAFW / AFW
From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, inflight catering at Fort Worth follows the cabin, the mission and the season rather than a single fixed carte. A VIP flight menu is written to a standing specification and refreshed against the household or the delegation it serves, while a charter flight menu is built to turn a full wide-body cabin set in one cycle. Local sourcing draws on the dairy, grain and orchard produce of the wider region around Fort Worth, worked into the seasonal rotation rather than named as a single dish. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is documented per passenger and per cabin before it reaches the galley.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Fort Worth carry VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a set course. Every presentation is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation through AFW is served to the same record, not reinvented each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at KAFW run multi-choice hot service to a written cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals in United States and pilot meals travel in the same tray sets, boarded together with the passenger load rather than as a separate errand.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at AFW are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical needs alongside halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering in Fort Worth produces these on a separate line and seals them before they leave it, keeping the record intact through to the galley.
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 standards for aviation catering at Fort Worth
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 Worth airport
Two runways and a wide-body reference code put AFW in the traffic mix of scheduled, charter and government movements rather than a single-purpose strip, and that mix sets the catering plan station by station: a delegation is a documentation problem, a peak wave a capacity problem, a repeat rotation a repetition problem to be held to one standard.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the apron for the full sequence. Airline catering at this station and inflight catering run off the one ops desk that plans the route before the cart is sealed.
Aviation catering in Fort Worth and airport catering at Fort Worth commit to one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts and a signed handover, the same in-flight catering discipline at KAFW whether the movement is a scheduled service or a single ad hoc call.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Fort Worth, United States
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Government and state flight catering at AFW
A 3391-metre runway at this Fort Worth field takes the aircraft that carry a head of state on official movement, and government flight catering here is built around that traffic rather than around a general charter load. Protocol is documented per passenger, staffed by cleared personnel, and the uplift is sealed before it leaves the kitchen for the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Fort Worth
Private airliners — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP types — are cleared onto the runway this station holds at 3391 metres, and royal flight catering here is written to that class of aircraft rather than adapted from a narrow-body menu. Household standards are held across repeat rotations from a 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 KAFW
At a station whose 3391-metre runway is built to a wide-body reference code, ACMI and wet-lease operators load a full three-cabin set rather than a partial one. Charter flight catering at KAFW and charter flight catering at Fort Worth cover group movements and special missions counted against the loading sheet, staged in the order the galleys are laid out on the stand.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at AFW
Two runways serve a wide-body reference code at KAFW, and carriers that treat this station as an outstation draw on the same kitchen as scheduled traffic. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off one duty roster here, AOG included, and crew meals at AFW travel on the same convoy across a multi-leg rotation as the passenger load.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Fort Worth
A wide-body reference code sets the ramp routing that a business jet movement has to work around at this field, sharing taxiways and stand sequencing built for larger aircraft. Private jet catering at AFW reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, run as FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Fort Worth
alliance aviation services
Charter flight catering reviewed at Fort Worth (AFW)
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Fort Worth
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged technical stop catering at Fort Worth (AFW/KAFW). They reacted quickly to revised timings and passenger numbers, and the handover was straightforward. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Jean — Charter Logistics Manager
“We needed outstation catering for a flight through Fort Worth (AFW/KAFW) and the process was much easier than expected. Updates were concise and the delivery timing matched our handling plan. A solid solution for outstation operations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Idris — Freighter Operations Coordinator
“The operations team needed an airline catering cost for Fort Worth (AFW/KAFW) with very little time to decide. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. Straightforward and professional from quote to delivery. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Elena — Dispatch Support Coordinator
Outstation catering data for Fort Worth (KAFW / AFW)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,391 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | KAFW |
Business jet catering questions at AFW
Diversion catering and ramp questions at AFW
What operations gets asked every week about Fort Worth.
Ask operations directly →Given the loading window at KAFW, how far in advance must an order be placed, and how late can the specification still change?
There is a standing lead time built around the loading window here, and last minute airline catering is handled by exception against a specification that can still move close to departure. How far in advance a full change of cabin count is possible depends on the rotation, but the standing order can flex later than a first booking suggests.
Whose budget absorbs the airline catering cost at Fort Worth, given no fixed price list is published?
For every quotation, the airline catering cost at this station is built from the cabin count, the specification and the loading window rather than a flat rate. Across scheduled, charter and VIP work the desk returns a figure once those three are set.
Does Fort Worth take airline catering delivered airside, direct to the aircraft?
Every uplift at this station moves by airside delivery rather than a stand-side handoff, boarded by hi-loader to galley height on the wide-body stands here. That hi-loader sequence is the same for a scheduled service and a single ad hoc call.
How far does private jet catering reach across the field at AFW?
Security clearance held by our crews covers the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal alike, so FBO catering at this station runs on the same paperwork and cold chain as an airline uplift rather than a separate process.
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Charter flight catering quote for Fort Worth airport
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Fort Worth (AFW / KAFW)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Fort Worth (AFW)