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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Lewiston, United States
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Lewiston (KLWS / LWS)
LWS (IATA) · KLWS (ICAO)
Two runways and a narrow-body reference code set what boards at Lewiston, where the longest strip runs 1985 metres and every uplift moves from kitchen to galley on a documented route. AERO GOURMET provides inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering here, with hi-loader boarding to galley height on the stands this field works, and a wide-body-trained crew keeping the uplift sealed from apron to cabin door.
1,985 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
1
FBO 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 — Lewiston
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Lewiston
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at KLWS
Airport catering, one seal from kitchen to cabin at Lewiston
The loading window at Lewiston is measured, not estimated, from the sealed cart to the galley door, with ramp access held on our own credentials rather than a third party's. Catering uplift here moves on one route, timed from seal to signature, so a rotation is never left waiting on an escort that has not been booked. Every stage between the kitchen and the apron at KLWS is logged, and the log is what a handling agent checks first.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Lewiston sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of those three, not the average. A chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the aircraft, covering every cart that leaves the galley catering line before it reaches the ramp.
Temperatures are logged twice: once when the load is sealed, once again at handover, and the same document carries both readings through to the signature that closes it. Nothing on that route is informal, because nothing on that route is allowed to be.
One sealed route, one signature, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Lewiston airport departures
Airline food supplier crews cleared for LWS
The flight kitchen that provisions Lewiston runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, held to the same standard whether the manifest is one aircraft or a full wave. Airport catering at Lewiston depends on that single site holding HACCP discipline across every line, from tray sets to passenger meal boxes, without a break in the cold chain between them. Airport catering in United States is built on the same model: one kitchen, one standard, applied consistently to whatever boards next.
The team that handles government flight catering at Lewiston is the same named crew every rotation, security clearance on file, on the access list, and briefed on the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. They are trained to royal household standards as a matter of course, not assigned to that work as an exception, because the access list does not change between a state movement and the one that follows it. Continuity, not headcount, is what a protocol officer is actually checking for.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Lewiston (LWS)
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at KLWS
Menus at Lewiston are written to the cabin and the mission first, and to the season second, carried from First through to the main cabin without a change in standard between them. Produce drawn from United States sourcing runs through the larder in general categories, dairy, orchard fruit, fish, rather than as a fixed dish, so the specification can move with what the season actually offers. Inflight catering in United States is documented the same way at every station we work: allergen sets, halal, kosher and medical requirements labelled per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed. Nothing leaves the kitchen without that label attached, because the label is what the cabin crew checks against the manifest.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Lewiston: VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. The presentation is filed against the standing order at KLWS, so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard as the first.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LWS: multi-choice hot service built to a written cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same tray sets, boxed separately and matched to the roster at Lewiston.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at KLWS, with halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen. Inflight catering here carries the full range of IATA special meal codes, SPML included, matched against the manifest before boarding.
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 Lewiston (LWS)
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 KLWS / LWS
Lewiston works a mix of scheduled, charter and government traffic across two runways, and that mix sets the catering plan as much as any single rotation does: a delegation movement is a documentation problem first, a peak wave is a capacity problem, and a repeat charter rotation is a repetition problem that rewards a fixed routine. The narrow-body reference code held here means every stand is planned for cabin count and sequence rather than for sheer volume.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the stand by a fixed route, loaded by hi-loader to galley height under escort where the ramp requires it, with a named coordinator responsible for the load from seal to signature. Airline catering at Lewiston, inflight catering at LWS, in-flight catering at KLWS and aviation catering in Lewiston all run off that same route and the same duty roster, not off separate arrangements for separate segments.
What we commit to at this station is one point of contact, sealed carts on every cart that leaves the kitchen, and a signed handover at the stand.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at LWS
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Government and state flight catering at Lewiston
At KLWS, the narrow-body reference code that governs every stand also governs how a delegation movement is planned: cabin by cabin, not by volume. Government flight catering for state visits and official delegations is documented per passenger, worked by security-cleared staff, and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, with head of state movements handled on the same access list as any other cleared uplift at catering at LWS.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at KLWS
Sequencing a private airliner uplift at Lewiston has to work around the narrow-body reference code held here, which sets the cabin count and the stand assignment before anything else is planned. Royal flight catering for BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP movements is held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request under the same VVIP standard the royal household expects on every leg.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LWS
The runway here runs 1985 metres, which sets the aircraft this stand can take and therefore the scale a charter rotation can be planned around. Charter flight catering at Lewiston for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions covers a full three-cabin uplift, counted against the loading sheet and staged to the order the galleys are laid out; charter flight catering in United States runs the same way at every stand we work.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Lewiston
A narrow-body scheduled service at Lewiston boards under the same reference code that governs every stand here, which is what makes ad hoc airline catering practical on short notice rather than a special request. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with AOG covered across a multi-leg rotation, and crew meals in United States boxed to the same roster as the cabin. Ad hoc airline catering in United States, crew meals at KLWS, ad hoc catering at LWS and diversion catering at LWS all move through that single desk.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at KLWS
Our kitchen works the same 1985-metre runway that the airline schedule uses, which is what lets a business aviation movement be provisioned on the same cold chain rather than a separate one. Private jet catering at Lewiston reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal directly, with FBO catering and business aviation catering carried under the same paperwork as an airline uplift, and business jet catering handled by the same crews.
Private jets →
FBOs at Lewiston
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at LWS
Flight departments on jet catering at Lewiston airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged diversion catering at Lewiston (LWS/KLWS). Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Laura — Mission Operations Manager
“Lewiston (LWS/KLWS) was an outstation for us, and we booked catering for airlines without flight kitchen for the sector. Updates were concise and the delivery timing matched our handling plan. We would be comfortable using the service there again. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Esther — Network Operations Coordinator
“The operations team needed an airline catering quote for Lewiston (LWS/KLWS) 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. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Victor — Cargo Flight Dispatcher
Aircraft catering station data for Lewiston (KLWS / LWS)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,985 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | KLWS |
Aviation catering FAQ for Lewiston airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Lewiston (LWS)
What operations gets asked every week about Lewiston.
Ask operations directly →Which method gets airline catering airside at Lewiston?
The hi-loader takes the sealed cart directly to galley height, so airside delivery reaches the aircraft without a stop at the foot of the stairs.
Are private jet catering orders delivered to the FBOs and GA terminal at LWS?
Our coordinator routes every order to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, running FBO catering on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
When is airline catering cost confirmed for a rotation at KLWS?
Once cabin count, specification and loading window are set, our desk returns a quotation built on those three factors rather than a published price list.
Does Lewiston produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes?
Each cabin's requirements are documented per passenger, with halal, kosher and the full SPML range produced on a separate line and sealed before departure.
Who confirms the lead time and how late a specification can still change at Lewiston?
For a standard rotation the desk asks for the specification well ahead of departure, but a diversion or a technical stop is worked to whatever lead time remains, right up to the loading window itself.
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Inflight catering quote for Lewiston, United States
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Lewiston (LWS / KLWS)
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Uplift at Lewiston (LWS)