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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Houston, United States
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Houston (KCXO / CXO)
CXO (IATA) · KCXO (ICAO)
Two runways and a narrow-body reference code set what boards here, and it is inflight catering built for tight turnarounds rather than idle wide-body dwell. Scheduled, charter, government and private movements draw on the same hi-loader boarding to galley height, with in-flight catering staged airside so the cabin is sealed before pushback.
2,286 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
2
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 — Houston
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Houston airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at CXO
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at KCXO / CXO
Ramp access at Houston is what a loading window is actually measured against, from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the galley door closing at the stand. Apron traffic at CXO moves on a tighter cycle than a wide-body field, so the catering uplift here is timed to the turnaround rather than to a long dwell. That timing is fixed before the aircraft blocks in, not worked out once it has.
The convoy between our kitchen and the ramp at KCXO is the part of the operation with the most variables, not the galley catering itself: screening, escort and apron traffic all sit between the seal and the stand. We plan the catering uplift at Houston against the busiest version of that route, so a delay on the apron does not become a delay at the aircraft door. Chain of custody runs from the moment the cart is sealed to the moment it is signed for.
Temperature is logged twice on every load bound for CXO: once when the cart is sealed at the kitchen, once again at handover on the ramp. Both logs travel with the load and are signed off before the galley door closes.
One coordinator carries the load from seal to signature, every rotation.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for KCXO
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Houston
The airport catering built for Houston runs from one production kitchen holding hot production, pastry and a cold larder under a single roof, feeding the ramp at CXO on a fixed cycle rather than on standing stock. HACCP governs every stage from receiving to sealing, and the cold chain is held from that point until the cart reaches the aircraft. Airport catering at KCXO is planned to the turnaround, so tray sets are built and sealed in the sequence the boarding order calls for them.
The team behind government flight catering at Houston is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in as volume demands. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access to the ramp is limited to that named list, and training covers royal household service standards alongside the standing paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift. That continuity is what protocol officers actually check before catering at KCXO is cleared to move.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Houston airport
VIP flight catering, specified per passenger at CXO
Menus written for Houston move with the cabin, the mission and the season rather than sitting on one fixed cycle, and inflight catering here draws on regional dairy, orchard fruit and produce from across the wider Gulf Coast supply base where it fits the specification. A VIP flight menu is built to a household or protocol brief; a charter flight menu is built to the group and the sector length; a scheduled rotation runs on a shorter cycle turned over week to week. Every set is documented before it leaves the kitchen: allergen flags, halal and kosher status, and any medical requirement, labelled per passenger and per cabin. Nothing boards at CXO without that paperwork attached to the cart.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins out of Houston are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than fixed to one set menu. VIP flight catering here is checked course by course against that specification before the cart is sealed for the ramp.
Business cabins
Business cabins at CXO run on multi-choice hot service, built into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft rather than to a generic tray. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately against the roster, keeping flight deck sets apart from the cabin crew run.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger for every departure out of Houston, produced on a line kept apart from the main run and sealed before it joins the rest of the load. Halal and kosher sets sit alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes, so inflight catering here answers a protocol brief without slowing the main cabin cycle.
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
Food safety records for aviation catering at Houston
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 Houston, United States
Houston runs a scheduled and charter mix across two runways, with a narrow-body reference code that sets the pace: shorter turnarounds, tighter apron slots, and less room to absorb a delayed cart than a wide-body field allows. That profile makes timing the catering problem here, not capacity — airline catering in Houston is planned around the turnaround rather than around a long overnight dwell.
Uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand by ramp vehicle, cleared onto the apron on our own badges rather than handed off at a perimeter gate. Aviation catering in Houston and inflight catering at KCXO both run off the same route, so a government movement and a scheduled rotation are loaded to the same standard on the same afternoon. In-flight catering at CXO is staged in the order the boarding sequence calls for it, cart by cart.
One coordinator holds the load from seal to signature on every stand worked at CXO, and airport catering at CXO is never handed over without that signature on file.
Royal flight catering and scheduled uplifts at Houston
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Government and state flight catering at Houston
A 2286 m runway at Houston takes the aircraft that carry state visits and official delegations without needing a longer strip elsewhere in the region. Government flight catering here documents the protocol file per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, ready for a head of state movement on short notice.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at KCXO
A private airliner on a BBJ or ACJ platform can work the ramp at Houston on the same reference code that clears a narrow-body rotation. Royal flight catering here holds household standards across repeat movements, drawing on a written specification kept on file between visits, with halal and other household requirements produced on request at CXO.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at CXO
Across the apron at Houston, a 2286 m runway supports the ACMI, wet-lease and group movements that make up most charter flight catering demand here. Charter flight catering at CXO covers special missions and group charters alike, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged to the galley layout.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Houston
A narrow-body reference code at Houston keeps turnarounds tight, and our kitchen builds its rotation around that pace rather than around a long dwell. Carriers running CXO as an outstation draw on outstation catering and ad hoc airline catering for scheduled cover, with diversion catering and technical stop catering held ready for anything unplanned, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at KCXO
A narrow-body reference code at Houston still has to fit business aviation movements around the same scheduled and charter slots, so FBO deliveries are sequenced rather than treated as an afterthought. Private jet catering at CXO reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, business aviation catering and business jet catering both held to the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Houston
galaxy fbo
general aviation jet center
Charter flight catering trusted at CXO
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at KCXO
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used the team at Houston (CXO/KCXO) for diverted flight catering after an unexpected operational change. Confirmation was quick, the order stayed clear despite several updates, and delivery reached the aircraft on time. 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.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Samuel — OCC Coordinator
“Houston (CXO/KCXO) was an outstation for us, and we booked catering for airlines without flight kitchen for the sector. The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. A solid solution for outstation operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Julien — Cabin Operations Lead
“The operations team needed an airline catering cost for Houston (CXO/KCXO) with very little time to decide. They answered our questions without overcomplicating the process and kept the final cost aligned with the confirmation. The clear communication made the booking easy. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Alain — Protocol Operations Officer
Airport catering facts for Houston (KCXO / CXO)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,286 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | KCXO |
Business jet catering questions at Houston airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Houston airport
What operations gets asked every week about Houston.
Ask operations directly →Given the turnaround pace at KCXO, how far in advance must an order be placed, and how late can the specification still change?
There is a standard lead time for a first order, with the cabin count and specification fixed early and smaller changes to the tray plan accepted closer to departure; ask the desk for the cut-off on a given rotation, as last minute airline catering is handled case by case rather than refused outright.
Does Houston take airline catering delivered airside, straight to the aircraft?
Every load bound for a stand at Houston is delivered airside by ramp vehicle and boarded by hi-loader to galley height, never handed off at a perimeter gate for someone else to carry on.
How far does private jet catering reach across the field at Houston?
Clearance to the ramp covers the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal alike, so FBO catering at Houston runs on the same cold chain and paperwork as any airline uplift, with no gap between the two.
Whose specification decides how much airline catering costs at CXO?
For every quotation at CXO, the cabin count, the menu specification and the loading window set the price; we publish no fixed list, and the desk comes back with a figure once those three are known.
At which point does a VIP, VVIP or government movement move onto protocol handling at KCXO?
The step that comes first is clearance of the crew and the paperwork before the cart is packed, and from there VIP flight catering and government flight catering both run under a documented protocol through to a signed handover at the stand.
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Aircraft catering quote for Houston, United States
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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 Houston (CXO)