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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Pocatello, United States
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Pocatello (KPIH / PIH)
PIH (IATA) · KPIH (ICAO)
Two runways and a wide-body reference code put Pocatello ahead of stations its size, letting a hi-loader reach galley height on a full-size uplift rather than a ramp cart. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and wide-body uplift here from one kitchen, boarding scheduled, charter, government and private aircraft off the same apron without the food ever touching the ground.
2,761 m
Longest runway
Wide-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 — Pocatello
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at KPIH
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Pocatello airport
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Pocatello (PIH)
Ramp access is what the loading window at PIH actually measures, from the moment a sealed cart leaves our kitchen to the moment it clears the galley door on the apron. There is no kerb stage and no ramp cart handover: the hi-loader takes the load direct, so the clock runs on one movement instead of two. Every catering uplift here is timed against that single transfer, not against an estimate written before the aircraft is on stand.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Pocatello sit screening, an escort through the security perimeter and whatever apron traffic the wave brings, and chain of custody is planned against the busiest of those, not the average. A galley catering run that meets a queue at the checkpoint still lands on schedule because the escort and the slot are booked ahead of the cart leaving the kitchen. Every catering uplift is sealed at departure, logged again at the galley, and closed with a signature that ties the load to the flight it boarded.
One coordinator owns the load from the kitchen seal to the galley signature.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving Pocatello
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Pocatello, United States
The flight kitchen that provisions PIH runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, holding the cold chain from the moment a tray is sealed to the moment it reaches the hi-loader. Airport catering at Pocatello depends on that single-site arrangement: nothing is subcontracted between the mixing bowl and the aircraft door, so a HACCP standard set at the start of production still applies at handover. Airport catering at PIH is planned around that continuity rather than around a network of subcontractors passing the load between them.
The team that handles government flight catering at Pocatello is the same named crew every rotation, carrying a standing security clearance rather than a one-off pass issued per flight. Household service standards, the access list and the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift are trained into that crew rather than briefed fresh each time a movement is confirmed. Catering at PIH for this tier is staffed by people who already hold the clearance, not by whoever is free that shift.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at PIH
VVIP catering to a written specification at KPIH / PIH
Menus at Pocatello are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed card, drawing on general regional sourcing where dairy, orchard fruit and grain are seasonal rather than year-round. A scheduled rotation and a single VVIP movement are planned from the same kitchen but to separate specifications, one built for volume and one for a household standard held on file. Inflight catering here documents allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets per passenger and per cabin, sealed on a separate line before it joins the rest of the load. Nothing served on any cabin leaves the kitchen without that label attached to the tray it belongs to.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at KPIH are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request and filed against the standing order. VIP flight catering here is presentation held to that document, not to a chef's memory of the last rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Pocatello run multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft fitted that day, boxed and loaded by the same hi-loader as the rest of the uplift. Crew meals at Pocatello, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel separately, boxed to the roster rather than mixed into the passenger count, with crew meals at KPIH held to the identical cold chain.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at PIH, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes rather than a shortened list. Inflight catering in United States for this tier is produced on a separate line and sealed before it ever leaves that line, so the dietary set reaches the aircraft exactly as ordered.
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-compliant aircraft catering at KPIH / PIH
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 Pocatello airport
Two runways and a wide-body reference code put scheduled, charter and government traffic on the same apron at Pocatello, and that mix sets the catering plan more than the schedule does: a delegation arriving on short notice is a documentation problem before it is a cooking one, and a peak wave of the same type is a capacity problem that has to be staged, not improvised.
Sealed carts leave our kitchen and go straight to the hi-loader rather than to a ramp cart, so the uplift reaches the stand as one movement instead of a handover between two vehicles. Airline catering at PIH runs off that same route whether the flight is a scheduled service or a single diversion, with our own crew on the ramp for the transfer rather than a passed-along handler.
Aviation catering at PIH and in-flight catering at PIH sit on one coordinator's desk, and airport catering in United States for this station is committed the same way every time: one named coordinator, a sealed cart, and a signed handover that closes the load against the flight it boarded.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at KPIH / PIH
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Government and state flight catering at KPIH
A 2761 m runway at Pocatello takes the aircraft type a delegation typically flies, which is why government flight catering here is built around protocol rather than around runway limits. Head of state movements, state visits and official delegations travel with the file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at PIH
Private airliners built on wide-body platforms, including BBJ and ACJ configurations, are what the runway length at Pocatello was built to take, and that is what makes royal flight catering practical here rather than routed elsewhere. Household standards are held across repeat rotations from a written specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced on request and catering at KPIH carried by the same named crew each time.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Pocatello
On the wide-body stands at Pocatello, charter flight catering for ACMI and wet-lease operators runs a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet rather than estimated on arrival. Group movements and special missions are staged in the order the galleys are laid out, and charter flight catering in United States at this station is planned the same way whether the aircraft is on a single rotation or a repeat charter schedule.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at KPIH
Two runways at Pocatello carry the scheduled base load that makes ad hoc airline catering worth staffing here, rather than treating this as an occasional diversion stop. Carriers running PIH as an outstation call on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals in United States boxed to the roster and ad hoc catering at PIH held to the identical tray standard between one menu cycle and the next.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at PIH
A single wide-body reference code shared across the field means a business jet is sequenced around the same stands and the same hi-loader schedule as a wide-body rotation, rather than worked from a separate corner of the ramp. Private jet catering at PIH reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, run by our dedicated business aviation branch.
Private jets →
FBOs at Pocatello
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Charter flight catering reviewed at KPIH / PIH
Flight departments on jet catering at Pocatello
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“I asked for airline meal boxes at Pocatello (PIH/KPIH) because we had limited time to reset the galley. Presentation stayed good while the setup remained practical for a fast aircraft turnaround. Exactly what we need for a quick galley setup. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Olivia — Charter Services Manager
“For a changing schedule at Pocatello (PIH/KPIH), we needed flexible ad hoc catering. The uplift was organized around our revised departure and reached the aircraft without delaying the turn. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Sami — Station Services Coordinator
“I needed reliable private jet menu at Pocatello (PIH/KPIH) for a same-day departure. The food arrived fresh and well presented, with clear labels and packaging that actually worked in our galley. I would definitely order from them again. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Amir — VIP Operations Controller
Station data for airport catering at Pocatello (KPIH / PIH)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,761 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | KPIH |
Outstation catering questions at PIH
Diversion catering and ramp questions at PIH
What operations gets asked every week about Pocatello.
Ask operations directly →At PIH, are halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes produced and documented?
The tray set carrying each order is labelled at the point of sealing, so halal, kosher and the full range of SPML special meals travel documented per passenger rather than grouped by cabin.
At which point does KPIH catering shift onto VIP, VVIP or government protocol?
The first step is the security clearance check on the crew assigned to the load, run before the kitchen begins production; VIP flight catering and government flight catering then follow a sealed, single-coordinator handling chain through to the aircraft.
How far does private jet catering reach across the field at Pocatello?
The security clearance held by our crew covers the whole field, so FBO catering and GA terminal delivery run on the same standard as an airline uplift rather than a separate lighter process.
Does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at Pocatello Regional Airport?
Every uplift moves by hi-loader from our kitchen straight to the galley door, with no kerbside handover and no ramp cart stage in between.
Who sets the airline catering cost for a rotation through PIH?
For every quotation, cabin count, specification and the loading window set the cost, since no fixed price list is published; the desk returns a figure once those three are known.
Given the loading window at KPIH, how far in advance must an order be placed?
There is a standing lead time for a first order and a shorter window for a specification change on a confirmed rotation, with last minute airline catering handled case by case against the loading window still open before departure.
Aviation catering across the Pocatello region
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
LGU / KLGU
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Pocatello (PIH)