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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
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Houston (KIAH / IAH)
IAH (IATA) · KIAH (ICAO)
A wide-body arriving on the 3658 m runway at Houston (KIAH) can be boarded on the same rotation it lands, three cabins loaded by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering here runs off one ops desk, with in-flight catering and inflight catering scheduled against the same loading sheet for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights.
3,658 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
5
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 (IAH)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Houston, United States
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Houston airport
At KIAH the sequence is fixed before the sealed cart ever leaves our flight kitchen, each stage timed against the galley door rather than against a general schedule. Ramp access is what makes the sequence work: our crews board directly from the apron, on wide-body stands, rather than staging trolleys at the foot of the aircraft for someone else to lift. Every cart is logged at handover and again at the catering uplift, so the cold chain from Houston's kitchen to the galley stays a documented, unbroken run rather than a series of separate handoffs.
Between our kitchen and the stand at KIAH sit screening, an escort through the ramp, and apron traffic crossing five runways of movements, and we plan every catering uplift against the worst of that rather than the average of it. The chain of custody starts at the seal on the cart and does not break until a name is on the handover sheet at the aircraft. Temperatures are logged twice, once when the load is sealed for galley catering and once again at the door, so the two readings can be checked against each other rather than assumed.
One name carries the load from the seal at our kitchen to the signature at the door.
Crew meals and pilot meals for KIAH / IAH departures
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Houston (IAH)
Airport catering at Houston runs from a facility built to handle hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof rather than split across contractors. That structure is what lets airport catering in Houston hold a HACCP standard across every rotation, from a single galley set to a full wide-body load working the five runways here. Flight kitchen output at IAH is planned to the loading sheet, not to a general run of stock.
Government flight catering at Houston is worked by the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool: security clearance on file, names on the access list, and training carried against household service standards rather than a general one. That crew is the one that also closes a sealed uplift with a signature at handover, so the paperwork and the people are the same across the five runways this station runs. Continuity, not headcount, is what a protocol desk is buying.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Houston
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Houston, United States
Inflight catering written for Houston starts from the cabin and the mission, then works back to what a wide-body galley can actually hold across five runways of departures. Local sourcing draws on Gulf coast seafood, Texas beef and orchard fruit worked into a rotating seasonal frame, never fixed to a single dish. Every set is labelled per passenger and per cabin, with allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements documented against the manifest before it leaves the kitchen. Special meal coding follows the same discipline as the main tray run, not a separate one.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at KIAH are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation is served the same way each time it lands at Houston.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Houston run multi-choice hot service to a fixed cabin specification, packed into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals at IAH are boxed separately from the passenger load, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals built to the roster rather than the seat count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at KIAH are produced on a separate line from the main tray run and sealed before it joins the load, with halal and kosher meals documented per passenger. Inflight catering at Houston carries the full range of IATA special meal codes, from religious and vegan to medical requirements, each one traceable back to a named seat.
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 IAH
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 KIAH
Across five runways, Houston works scheduled, charter, government and private movements on a wide-body reference code, and that mix sets three different problems for catering: a delegation is a documentation exercise, a peak departure wave is a capacity exercise, and a repeat charter rotation is a repetition exercise. Airline catering here is planned against whichever of the three is loading that day, not against a single fixed pattern.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand under airside delivery rather than a kerbside handoff, with ground handling on the apron and hi-loader access used to board straight to galley height. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at Houston run off one ops desk rather than three separate ones, so a single stand assignment carries the loading instruction through to the aircraft door.
One coordinator owns the rotation from sealed cart to signed handover, and airport catering at Houston is committed stand by stand rather than promised in general terms.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Houston (IAH)
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Government and state flight catering at IAH
A wide-body reference code means a delegation aircraft is worked on the same stand class as a scheduled service, so the loading plan has to sequence around escort and screening rather than around the tray count. Government flight catering at Houston covers state visits and head of state movements with protocol documented per passenger and security-cleared staff on every rotation.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Houston
The wide-body reference code held at Houston covers private airliners on the same stands as scheduled traffic, so a BBJ or ACJ rotation is boarded without a separate ramp arrangement. Royal flight catering here holds a royal household specification on file between movements, with VVIP and halal dietary requirements produced on request for repeat rotations.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at KIAH
Our kitchen stages a full three-cabin uplift against the wide-body reference code held at Houston, counting every tray against the loading sheet before the convoy leaves for the stand. Charter flight catering covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering at KIAH sequenced to the order the galleys are laid out on.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at IAH
Across five runways, Houston is worked as an outstation by carriers that never touch its gates on a home rotation, and that status is what drives the ad hoc side of the desk. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, AOG included, with tray sets and passenger meal boxes staged for a multi-leg rotation rather than a single sector.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Houston
A 3658 m runway serves the same ramp that the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal work from at Houston, so a business aviation movement sits on the same apron infrastructure as a wide-body rotation. Private jet catering here runs through our dedicated branch, with FBO catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, business aviation catering and business jet catering included.
Private jets →
FBOs at Houston
atlantic aviation
signature aviation
Charter flight catering reviewed at Houston, United States
Flight departments on jet catering at KIAH / IAH
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our team used the service at Houston (IAH/KIAH) for presidential flight catering with strict timing and handling requirements. Special meals and crew items were clearly separated, and the aircraft-side handover was smooth. We were very satisfied with the level of coordination. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Federico — Flight Experience Manager
“I handled the cabin order for a flight from Houston (IAH/KIAH) and needed BBJ catering. They followed our plating notes closely and made the final setup easy for the cabin crew. I would happily use them again on a VIP rotation. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Ella — Charter Flight Coordinator
“For a high-volume passenger flight at Houston (IAH/KIAH), 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. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
David — Airport Operations Lead
Airport catering profile for Houston (KIAH / IAH)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,658 m |
| Runways | 5 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | KIAH |
Airline catering services FAQ for Houston
Technical stop catering questions at Houston
What operations gets asked every week about Houston.
Ask operations directly →How far does airline catering reach airside at Houston, and how does the uplift get to the aircraft?
Clearance on our own badges is what makes airside delivery possible here, with the load boarded by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft.
IAH — how much does airline catering cost for a rotation here?
The hi-loader run and the cart configuration are what a quotation is built around, alongside cabin count, specification and the loading window; we publish no fixed price list, and the desk comes back with a figure once those are known.
With a wide-body reference code governing the stands, does KIAH handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering, and under what protocol?
There is a standing protocol file kept for VIP flight catering and government flight catering alike, covering security-cleared staff, sealed uplift and documentation carried per passenger rather than per flight.
Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Houston?
Yes, by running FBO catering on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, reaching every FBO on the field rather than a single counter.
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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 (IAH)