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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Mojave, United States
Airside airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Mojave (KMHV / MHV)
MHV (IATA) · KMHV (ICAO)
Wide-body aerodrome reference code holds at Mojave, which means a hi-loader can board straight to galley height on the same stand set used for scheduled and charter work. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering from a kitchen positioned for that reach, with aviation catering handled on one ops desk for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights operating in-flight catering across United States.
3,811 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
3
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 — Mojave
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at Mojave, United States
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at KMHV
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Mojave
The wide-body reference code held at Mojave sets the loading sequence: a hi-loader raised to galley height, not a delivery left at the foot of the aircraft, which is what ramp access at this field is built to allow. Every catering uplift here follows a fixed order between the kitchen seal and the aircraft signature, checked against the sheet before the door closes. The apron is where that order is tested, not the paperwork behind it.
Between our kitchen and the stand at MHV sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is the risk the loading window is built to manage, not the food itself. We plan the galley catering run against the worst of that traffic rather than the average of it, so a hold on the apron does not become a hold on the aircraft. Chain of custody stays with one coordinator from seal to handover: temperature logged when the cart leaves the kitchen and logged again at the galley, with a signature closing the catering uplift at both ends.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the aircraft.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for Mojave
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at MHV
The flight kitchen that provisions Mojave runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard across every batch that leaves it. Airport catering at MHV moves on the cold chain from that kitchen to the ramp, and airport catering in Mojave draws on the same production floor rather than a satellite unit. Having pastry, larder and protocol work under one roof is what lets a wide-body rotation and a single VIP tray set leave the same building on the same schedule.
The team that handles government flight catering at KMHV is the same named crew every rotation, carrying security clearance on file and standing on the access list rather than rotating through general staff. They are trained to royal household standards as well as airline volume, so a sealed uplift for a state movement and a full wide-body tray run leave the same kitchen under the same procedure. Chain of custody sits with that crew from the moment the cart is sealed to the moment it is signed for at the aircraft.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Mojave (MHV)
VIP flight catering, specified per passenger at KMHV
From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, the inflight catering written at Mojave follows the cabin, the mission and the season rather than a single fixed set. Local sourcing draws on United States produce where the season allows it, dairy, orchard fruit and fish worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish. VIP flight menus and charter flight menus are built from the same kitchen, so a state movement and a wide-body charter can be provisioned in parallel without either being treated as the exception. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, filed against the standing order rather than assembled on the day.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Mojave carry VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single set menu. The presentation is filed against the standing order held at KMHV, so a repeat rotation reads from the same record every time it boards.
Business cabins
Business cabins at MHV run multi-choice hot service to a written cabin specification, oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft rather than a generic tray. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals in United States are boxed separately to the roster, produced alongside crew meals at Mojave on the same production line.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at KMHV documents household, religious and medical requirements per passenger, with halal and kosher sets produced against the full IATA special meal code list. Each set is built on a separate line and sealed before it leaves it, and inflight catering in Mojave carries that same documentation 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
Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at KMHV
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 KMHV / MHV
Mojave carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across three runways, and that mix turns catering into three separate problems at once: a delegation is a documentation problem, a peak wave is a capacity problem, and a repeat charter rotation is a repetition problem that has to read the same way every time. Airline catering and aviation catering here are planned against whichever of those three is active on a given day, not against a single average load.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader boarding to galley height on the wide-body stands, with airside delivery run on our own clearance rather than routed through a general handling queue. Inflight catering at Mojave and in-flight catering at MHV move off the same kitchen, and aviation catering at Mojave is planned stand by stand rather than terminal by terminal, so a charter and a scheduled rotation loading at the same time do not compete for the same cart.
Airport catering at KMHV and airline catering in Mojave both commit to the same standing arrangement: one coordinator, sealed carts, and a signed handover at the aircraft.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at MHV
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Government and state flight catering at KMHV
Wide-body aerodrome reference code lets Mojave take a head of state aircraft on the same stands used for scheduled traffic, without a separate apron built for the occasion. Government flight catering here covers state visits and official delegations with the protocol file documented per passenger and security-cleared staff sealing the uplift before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at MHV
Private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP aircraft, board at Mojave on stands rated for their size rather than a reduced VIP apron. Royal flight catering here holds a written household specification on file between movements, with royal household dietary requirements and halal VIP sets produced against that same record on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Mojave
Across the wide-body stands at Mojave, the 3811 m runway clears the aircraft that ACMI and wet-lease operators fly on group movements and special missions. Charter flight catering here runs a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, with charter flight catering staged in the order the galleys are laid out for multi-leg rotations.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at KMHV
Wide-body stands at Mojave take a scheduled rotation and an ad hoc diversion on the same ramp, which is what lets ad hoc airline catering run without a dedicated terminal move. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering here draw on one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation that can change its next leg without changing its kitchen.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at MHV
A wide-body reference code sets the loading method at Mojave, and business aviation movements are sequenced around the same hi-loader access rather than a separate light-aircraft process. Private jet catering here is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and paperwork as business aviation catering and business jet catering for an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at KMHV
Flight departments on jet catering at Mojave airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Mojave (MHV/KMHV), so we needed reliable diverted flight catering. Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. We would use them again for another short-notice stop. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Arjun — Flight Operations Supervisor
“We used the service at Mojave (MHV/KMHV) for airline catering at small airports on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. 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.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Nathan — Airport Services Coordinator
“The operations team needed an airline catering cost for Mojave (MHV/KMHV) with very little time to decide. They answered our questions without overcomplicating the process and kept the final cost aligned with the confirmation. We appreciated the transparency. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Olivia — Airport Duty Manager
Airport catering profile for Mojave (KMHV / MHV)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,811 m |
| Runways | 3 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | KMHV |
Inflight catering FAQ for MHV
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Mojave (MHV)
What operations gets asked every week about Mojave.
Ask operations directly →Who delivers private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at MHV?
For every FBO on the field and the GA terminal itself, we run FBO catering from the same kitchen and the same cold chain as an airline uplift, with no third party named on the docket.
Does KMHV cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
Every VIP flight catering and government flight catering order here runs under a documented protocol file, checked passenger by passenger before the cart is sealed.
How far in advance does Mojave need an order, and how late can the specification change?
Security clearance on the loading crew sets the outer limit; within it, lead time and how far in advance an order is placed both flex further than last minute airline catering usually allows.
Where does airline catering board airside at Mojave Airport?
The signed loading sheet is the record that proves it: airline catering here moves by airside delivery and hi-loader straight to the galley door, never left at the foot of the aircraft.
Is airline catering cost at MHV published as a fixed rate?
Our coordinator prices each order against cabin count, specification and loading window, since airline catering cost is never fixed to a published list.
At what point are halal, kosher and SPML meals produced and documented at KMHV?
The first step is the order record itself: halal, kosher and the full range of special meals under their SPML codes are logged there before production starts on a separate line.
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