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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Mercury, United States
Mercury (KDRA / DRA): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
DRA (IATA) · KDRA (ICAO)
Off a single narrow-body reference code runway of 2291 metres, Mercury clears aircraft for scheduled, government and charter movements on one apron, with hi-loader boarding taking uplift directly to galley height rather than to the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering and in-flight catering run off one ops desk here, with wide-body-grade tray-set volume held to the same discipline as any commercial uplift.
2,291 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
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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 — Mercury
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at KDRA
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for Mercury airport departures
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at DRA
Trays, sectors and cabins leaving our kitchen for Mercury are tracked from seal to signature, not guessed at. Ramp access governs the sequence: the cart is staged for the apron before the aircraft is on stand, so the catering uplift moves the moment the crew clears it. Every load carries the same paperwork whether it is a scheduled sector or a single ad hoc rotation through DRA.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Mercury sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is the actual risk in any galley catering run, not the food inside it. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of those three, building the route and the timing around whichever is running slowest that day rather than around the food itself. Chain of custody is unbroken from the kitchen seal to the signature at the galley: temperature is logged when the cart is sealed and logged again at handover, and the loading crew signs for what they load.
One sealed cart, one signature, from our kitchen door to the galley at DRA.
Crew meals from the flight kitchen serving Mercury (DRA)
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at KDRA
Our production kitchen serving Mercury runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built so that airport catering here answers to one standard rather than several. HACCP governs every stage from receipt to seal, and airport catering at DRA is planned against that same standard whether the load is a single ad hoc uplift or a full rotation. The same kitchen feeds the flight kitchen output for scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements through KDRA without a second production line.
The team behind government flight catering at Mercury is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for one movement. Security clearance is held on file, access is limited to a fixed list, and each member is trained to royal household standards before a sealed uplift ever reaches the ramp. That continuity is what a protocol officer is actually checking when the file is reviewed ahead of a movement through DRA.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Mercury, United States
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Mercury airport
Menus for departures through Mercury are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for season, never the reverse. Where local sourcing applies, produce drawn from United States suppliers is worked into the standing specification without naming a single dish or a single farm. From passenger meal boxes to VVIP sets, inflight catering at DRA follows the cabin, the rotation and the calendar rather than a fixed seasonal list. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed, not adjusted after boarding.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at KDRA receive VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. Every plate is filed against the standing order before it leaves the kitchen, so the presentation on board matches what was signed off on the ground.
Business cabins
Business cabins through Mercury take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed as tray sets ready for the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately and rostered so each set reaches the right seat.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements for DRA departures are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, so inflight catering for one passenger never crosses another's tray.
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 and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at KDRA / DRA
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 Mercury
Mercury runs off a single narrow-body-rated runway of 2291 metres and one stand, which means every movement through it is worked individually rather than absorbed into a wave: a delegation is a documentation exercise, a diversion is a capacity exercise, and a repeat charter rotation is a repetition exercise, each planned on its own file. Airline catering in Mercury is scoped stand by stand rather than terminal by terminal because there is only the one to plan against.
Uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader, taken directly to galley height rather than left at the foot of the steps, on a route staged from our kitchen to the ramp before the aircraft is even on stand. Aviation catering at DRA and airport catering at KDRA share the same ramp crew and the same badges, so in-flight catering at DRA and inflight catering at KDRA are never split across two teams working the same stand.
What we commit to at Mercury is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to galley, and a signed handover at the door.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at KDRA
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Government and state flight catering at DRA
A 2291 m runway sets what can land at Mercury, and that in turn decides which movements are worked as government flight catering rather than routine charter traffic. Delegations and state visits through DRA have their protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff assigned, and the uplift for the head of state aircraft sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Mercury
Our kitchen holds household standards against the narrow-body reference code that governs Mercury, keeping the written specification on file between movements rather than rebuilding it each time. Royal flight catering at DRA covers private airliners including BBJ and ACJ types, with halal and other royal household dietary requirements produced on request under the same VVIP-grade sealed uplift.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at KDRA
Narrow-body reference code governs the single stand at Mercury, which is exactly the constraint that group charter and ACMI movements are scheduled against. Charter flight catering at DRA serves wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering in United States moves through this same file whenever DRA is the outstation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at DRA
A single narrow-body-rated stand at Mercury has to be worked around a fixed sequence rather than a fleet of gates, so every carrier using DRA as an outstation is scheduled against that one slot rather than a spread of them. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run through that same slot, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals boxed to the same roster at both KDRA and DRA.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Mercury
Business aircraft using the single stand at Mercury are worked under the same narrow-body reference code as any other movement through DRA, on the same ramp and the same badges. Private jet catering in Mercury reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Mercury airport
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Mercury (DRA)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged tour operator charter catering for the group at Mercury (DRA/KDRA) after a late schedule update. The meals were clearly labeled, portions were suitable for the group, and the delivery stayed on time despite a moving departure. The crew was happy with the organization. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Marta — Airport Services Manager
“We needed troop flight catering at Mercury (DRA/KDRA) for a time-sensitive operation. The team understood that reliability mattered more than complexity and stayed flexible until uplift. We appreciated the flexibility. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Fatima — Executive Flight Manager
“For a cargo sector from Mercury (DRA/KDRA), we arranged cargo airline catering for the operating crew. They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. Simple, efficient, and on time. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Leo — Charter Logistics Manager
Airport catering facts for Mercury (KDRA / DRA)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,291 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | KDRA |
Business jet catering questions at Mercury, United States
Pilot meals and loading questions at Mercury, United States
What operations gets asked every week about Mercury.
Ask operations directly →Given the single stand at DRA, how far in advance must an order be placed, and how late can the specification still change?
There is a standing lead time for a first order and a shorter cut-off for amendments to cabin count or special meal sets; for anything closer than that, our desk still takes a last minute airline catering request and confirms what can move against the loading window.
Whose file governs how much airline catering costs at KDRA?
For every quotation the specification, the cabin count and the loading window set the airline catering cost, so we publish no fixed price list; the desk returns a figure once those three are confirmed for the rotation.
Mercury: are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced, and how are they documented?
The sealed cart carries each set produced on its own line, covering halal and kosher requirements alongside the full range of SPML codes; every special meal is logged per passenger before the cart leaves the kitchen.
Does Mercury Airport receive airline catering delivered airside, boarded by hi-loader rather than left at the foot of the aircraft?
Every load at the single stand is taken by hi-loader to galley height as part of the airside delivery, with the crew signing for the handover at the door rather than on the tarmac below.
Outstation catering near Mercury
VGT / KVGT
Las Vegas
United States · 88 km from Mercury
Airline & VIP flight catering →
LAS / KLAS
Las Vegas
United States · 99 km from Mercury
Airline & VIP flight catering →
LSV / KLSV
Las Vegas
United States · 99 km from Mercury
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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