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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Nogales, United States
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Nogales (KOLS / OLS)
OLS (IATA) · KOLS (ICAO)
The 2195 m runway at Nogales sets what a narrow-body operator can move through KOLS on a single rotation, and it shapes how our inflight catering is staged for that traffic. Uplift boards by hi-loader to galley height off one ramp desk, with in-flight catering sequenced through the aircraft door on a fixed handover.
2,195 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Nogales
Wide-body aviation catering at KOLS
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Nogales airport
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at OLS
The catering uplift at Nogales moves as a sealed sequence rather than a delivery: sealed at the kitchen, escorted across the ramp, handed over at the aircraft door. Ramp access at KOLS is held on our own clearance, so the convoy does not wait behind a general apron queue to reach the stand. Every step between the two points is logged, and the log travels with the load rather than staying behind at the kitchen.
Between our kitchen and the single stand worked at OLS sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the chain of custody is planned against the worst of those three rather than the average day. A catering uplift that meets a delay on the ramp still arrives sealed, because the route and the timing are built with that delay already assumed. Galley catering is logged at two points only: when the cart is sealed at the kitchen door, and again when it is opened at the aircraft. Both readings and the signature that closes them travel with the load to Nogales, not separately from it.
The convoy is the risk we plan against, never the food on the cart.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Nogales (OLS) departures
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at KOLS
The flight kitchen behind KOLS runs hot production, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, which lets a scheduled tray set and a sealed VIP order move through the same building without crossing paths. Airport catering at Nogales is planned from that single site rather than from a network of subcontracted kitchens, so one HACCP standard covers every load leaving for the ramp. Airport catering at OLS is built on that same production floor whatever the mission on the loading sheet.
The team that handles government flight catering at Nogales is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn from general staff. Each member holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for sealed loads, and is trained to the household standards a protocol movement requires. That continuity is what a chain of custody depends on: the same hands from seal to handover, rotation after rotation.
VIP flight catering menus for Nogales, United States departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Nogales airport
Menus at Nogales are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted to the season, so a scheduled sector and a charter departure draw from the same kitchen but not the same tray. Local sourcing follows what the region supplies in general terms, dairy and produce drawn from United States suppliers rather than a single named farm. Inflight catering here is documented per passenger for allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, labelled at cabin level before the cart is sealed. A VIP order and a main-cabin tray set are built on the same kitchen floor but carry separate paperwork through to the aircraft door.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Nogales are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request against that same file. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation can be replated without a new brief each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at OLS take multi-choice hot service built to a galley-ready tray set, sized to the aircraft fitted on that rotation. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the flight deck and the cabin draw from distinct sets on the same loading sheet.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Nogales are documented per passenger, covering halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes on the same order form. Inflight catering for those sets is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, keeping a household or medical requirement apart from the general run.
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 KOLS / OLS
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 Nogales
Nogales handles scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single narrow-body stand, which turns each rotation into a documentation task as much as a loading one: a delegation needs its protocol file ready before the cart is sealed, and a repeat sector needs its tray set matched to the same specification every time it lands. Airline catering, inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at KOLS all run off the one ops desk that plans against that stand.
Uplift travels from our kitchen to the ramp by sealed cart, boarded at the aircraft door once the stand is cleared for approach. Ramp access at Nogales is held on our own badges rather than a general pass, so the loading crew reaches the aircraft without waiting on a shared airside queue.
On every load we commit to one named coordinator, sealed carts from kitchen to door, and a signed handover that closes the record for that rotation, so airport catering at OLS carries the same accountability whatever the mission on the sheet.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at KOLS
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Government and state flight catering at KOLS
At the single stand worked at Nogales, government flight catering for delegations and state visits is planned around the same reference code that governs every other movement here, with the protocol file documented per passenger before the cart leaves the kitchen. A head of state aircraft is boarded by security-cleared staff on a sealed uplift, with the paperwork closed before the load leaves for the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at OLS
Sequencing a household order around one narrow-body stand means the loading plan has to hold the galley layout fixed while everything else on the rotation moves, which is what the reference code at KOLS forces on every VVIP and royal flight catering order here. Private airliners, including BBJ and ACJ configurations, are held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced against that same file on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Nogales
2195 metres, which is enough runway for the narrow-body charter and ACMI movements this stand is built to take without adjusting the loading plan between rotations. Charter flight catering at Nogales for wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions runs a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, with charter flight catering in Nogales staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at KOLS
A narrow-body sector routed through the single stand at OLS can be boarded on short notice, because the reference code held here matches the aircraft this traffic actually flies. Ad hoc airline catering and outstation catering for carriers running Nogales as a stopover sit on the same duty roster as diversion catering and technical stop catering, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals boxed separately at KOLS and ad hoc catering at OLS staged against whichever loading sheet the diversion produces.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at OLS
Our kitchen works the same 2195 metre stand approach for business aviation as for a narrow-body sector, holding private jet catering at Nogales to the cold chain and the paperwork an airline uplift already carries. Delivery reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal without a separate standard for either.
Private jets →
FBOs at Nogales
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Inflight catering trusted by operators at Nogales airport
Operators on inflight catering at Nogales (OLS)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used the team at Nogales (OLS/KOLS) for AOG catering after an unexpected operational change. Confirmation was quick, the order stayed clear despite several updates, and delivery reached the aircraft on time. A dependable option for irregular operations. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Lina — Mission Operations Manager
“We needed airline catering at small airports for a flight through Nogales (OLS/KOLS) and the process was much easier than expected. The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Alejandro — Trip Operations Manager
“We requested an airline catering cost per meal for Nogales (OLS/KOLS) and appreciated how clear the pricing was. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. The clear communication made the booking easy. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Anika — Cargo Duty Officer
Outstation catering data for Nogales (KOLS / OLS)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,195 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | KOLS |
Business jet catering questions at Nogales, United States
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Nogales, United States
What operations gets asked every week about Nogales.
Ask operations directly →Do you produce halal, kosher and SPML special meals at KOLS?
Yes, by running them on a separate production line from the general tray set, with halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes documented per passenger before the cart is sealed.
Given the single FBO on the field, do you deliver private jet catering to the GA terminal in Nogales?
There is one ramp route covering the whole field, so FBO catering and private jet catering reach the GA terminal and any FBO on it under the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Can a specification still change close to departure at Nogales Airport?
The lead time depends on the cabin count and the mission on the loading sheet, but how far in advance an order is placed decides how late a change to that same specification can still be accepted without resequencing the kitchen.
OLS: do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
The sealed cart is what carries a VIP flight catering or government flight catering order from kitchen to aircraft, with protocol documentation completed and filed before that cart leaves the building.
How far does the airline catering cost vary at KOLS?
It rests on the cabin count, the specification and the loading window booked for the rotation, since no price list is published; the desk returns a quotation once those three are set.
At what point does airline catering at Nogales move from the kitchen onto the aircraft?
The first step is the seal placed on the cart at the kitchen door, after which airside delivery moves it by ramp vehicle to the stand for hi-loader boarding to galley height.
Commercial aviation catering near Nogales
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
FHU / KFHU
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
TUS / KTUS
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Nogales (OLS)