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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Point Mugu, United States
Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Point Mugu (KNTD / NTD)
NTD (IATA) · KNTD (ICAO)
Two runways and a wide-body reference code put this station's stands within reach of aircraft that most outstations cannot board, and our crews work the ramp accordingly. Inflight catering here is boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft, and in-flight catering for every cabin travels sealed from our kitchen to the aircraft door, airside, on a schedule fixed to the rotation.
3,384 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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 — Point Mugu
Hi-loader aviation catering on the Point Mugu, United States apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at NTD
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at KNTD / NTD
Between our kitchen and the aircraft door, the load is tracked rather than guessed at, on a wide-body reference code that sets how the hi-loader is positioned against the fuselage. Ramp access is held on our own credentials, so the convoy moves onto the apron without waiting on a borrowed pass, and each catering uplift is logged from the moment the cart is sealed. What reaches the galley at Point Mugu is what left the kitchen, in the order it was packed.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Point Mugu sit screening, an escort onto the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp; we plan the catering uplift against the worst of that, not the average of it. Every cart carries a temperature log opened at sealing and closed again at handover, so the chain of custody is documented rather than assumed. A named coordinator signs the load at the galley door, and that signature is what closes a galley catering run at this station, whatever the mission on the tail.
One coordinator, one seal, one signature, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Point Mugu
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at Point Mugu
The kitchen that provisions Point Mugu runs hot production, pastry and a cold larder under one roof, built to hold HACCP standards across a rotation rather than a single flight. Airport catering staged this way keeps the cold chain intact from the moment a tray is packed to the moment it clears the galley door, and airport catering scheduled around a wide-body reference code means loads are planned to the aircraft actually on the stand. Every batch that leaves the building is logged before the convoy moves.
The team assigned to government flight catering at this station is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating roster drawn from the wider kitchen. Each member carries a security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household and protocol standards a delegation or a royal movement requires. That team, not a general shift, is who signs the uplift at the galley door.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Point Mugu airport
VIP flight catering, specified per passenger at NTD
Menus for this station are built to the cabin and to the mission on the tail, not to a single fixed cycle, and they draw where they can on produce sourced within the United States rather than shipped in cold. A scheduled rotation, a delegation and a wide-body charter are given three different specifications, adjusted for season and for the length of the sector. Inflight catering across all three cabins is documented per passenger, so an allergen, a halal or a kosher requirement travels with the tray rather than being handled at the galley. Every specification is filed and reused on the next rotation, so a repeat customer is served to the same standard without repeating the brief.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Point Mugu are plated to a written specification rather than improvised at the galley, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same brief without a fresh set of instructions each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at KNTD run a multi-choice hot service built to galley-ready tray sets, sized to the aircraft actually on the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately against the roster, so cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel apart from the passenger load and clear the galley on their own count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at NTD are documented per passenger rather than handled as a general note, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering built this way is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so a household or medical requirement never shares a tray with the standard load.
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 KNTD
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 Point Mugu, United States
Point Mugu carries a wide-body reference code across two runways, which means the traffic this station is built to take runs heavier than a typical outstation and the catering plan is written stand by stand rather than by a fixed cycle. A delegation moving through raises a documentation load; a repeat scheduled rotation raises a repetition load instead, and the two are planned differently even on the same apron.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by hi-loader, boarded directly to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp for the load. Airline catering at NTD and in-flight catering for the cabins behind it run off the same ops desk, and aviation catering in United States more broadly follows the same sealed-cart method wherever we operate it.
What we commit to at this stand is one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover: inflight catering in Point Mugu is tracked end to end, and airport catering in Point Mugu is planned against the aircraft on the tail, not against a generic schedule.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Point Mugu, United States
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Government and state flight catering at NTD
A wide-body reference code held at this field lets a head of state aircraft take the same stand a scheduled carrier uses, which is the basis government flight catering at Point Mugu is built on. Delegations and official movements are handled with the protocol 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 Point Mugu
Across the 3,384 metres of runway held at this station, a private airliner such as a BBJ or an ACJ can be worked to the same wide-body standard as a scheduled aircraft, which is where royal flight catering at NTD starts. 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.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at KNTD
Sequencing a full three-cabin load against a single wide-body reference code is what a charter movement at Point Mugu has to work around, since the galleys are laid out to one aircraft type at a time. Charter flight catering here serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order; charter flight catering at NTD scales the same way whatever the operator on the tail.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at NTD
A wide-body reference code at this station opens its stands to aircraft that many outstations turn away, and that is what makes ad hoc airline catering here a routine call rather than an exception. Carriers running Point Mugu as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, with crew meals boxed separately across a multi-leg rotation and AOG covered on the same line.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Point Mugu
Two runways serve this field, and that gives business aviation traffic its own routing clear of the wide-body rotations using the main stands. Private jet catering at KNTD is delivered to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal by our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Inflight catering rated by operators at KNTD / NTD
Operators on commercial aviation catering at KNTD
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged technical stop catering at Point Mugu (NTD/KNTD). They reacted quickly to revised timings and passenger numbers, and the handover was straightforward. A dependable option for irregular operations. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Sebastian — Network Operations Coordinator
“We used the service at Point Mugu (NTD/KNTD) for off-station catering on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. It felt like working with a regular station supplier even though this was not one of our usual airports. A solid solution for outstation operations. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Carmen — Operations Control Officer
“The operations team needed an airline catering cost for Point Mugu (NTD/KNTD) with very little time to decide. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. Good option when you need a fast and transparent answer. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Romain — Private Aviation Manager
Aviation catering data for Point Mugu (KNTD / NTD)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,384 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | KNTD |
Business jet catering questions at Point Mugu airport
Crew meals, lead times and access at Point Mugu airport
What operations gets asked every week about Point Mugu.
Ask operations directly →Which FBOs on the field at Point Mugu do you deliver private jet catering to?
The loader and cart route we use reaches every FBO on the field and the GA terminal directly, with FBO catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift rather than a separate standard.
How much does airline catering cost at NTD?
NTD pricing is quoted per rotation rather than published as a list, since the airline catering cost depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window requested. Our desk returns a written quotation once those three are confirmed.
Can you deliver airline catering airside at KNTD?
The two runways and the wide-body reference code held at KNTD are what make airside delivery routine here: airline catering is boarded by hi-loader directly to galley height, not staged at the foot of the aircraft.
When are halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes produced for a flight through Point Mugu?
Once the passenger manifest and its special meal codes, SPML, halal or kosher requirements are confirmed, that portion of the load is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, documented per passenger.
Inflight catering at other airports near Point Mugu
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Oxnard
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
VNY / KVNY
Van Nuys
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
SMO / KSMO
Santa Monica
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for Point Mugu, United States
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Point Mugu (NTD)