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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Portsmouth, United States
Portsmouth (KPSM / PSM): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
PSM (IATA) · KPSM (ICAO)
A 3451 m runway and a wide-body reference code let this station clear a full three-cabin rotation without splitting the load, which is what inflight catering here is built around. From the hi-loader to the galley door, in-flight catering reaches the aircraft at boarding height, and the uplift moves airside from kitchen seal to signature without a foot-of-stairs handoff along the way.
3,451 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — Portsmouth
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at Portsmouth airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Portsmouth (PSM)
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at KPSM
The hi-loader platform does the work between our kitchen and the aircraft here, carrying the sealed uplift to galley height without a stand-side transfer. Ramp access is held on our own badges, so the cart moves across the apron on a route we control from seal to signature. That is the catering uplift measured at Portsmouth: one handoff, not several.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Portsmouth sit screening, an escort and ordinary apron traffic, and the convoy is the part of a catering uplift most likely to slip. We plan the route against the worst of that traffic rather than the best of it, holding the chain of custody from the kitchen seal to the aircraft door. Temperatures are logged twice for every galley catering run at PSM: once when the cart is sealed, once again at handover, with a signature closing each load.
One coordinator owns the load from kitchen seal to aircraft signature, start to finish.
Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for Portsmouth, United States
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Portsmouth airport
Across from Portsmouth's single wide-body stand, our flight kitchen runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard from intake to seal. Airport catering at KPSM moves off that one site rather than a network of subcontracted lines, which keeps the cold chain unbroken between the cold larder and the cart. That structure is what lets airport catering at Portsmouth handle a wide-body rotation and a single VIP movement from the same kitchen, on the same day.
The team that handles government flight catering at Portsmouth is the same named crew every rotation, carrying security clearance on file and standing on the access list rather than rotating in from a general pool. They are trained to household service standards and to the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift, so a delegation movement and a routine turnaround are worked by people who already know the form. No rotation is handed to whoever is free that shift.
Halal airline meals and special meals at KPSM / PSM
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Portsmouth (PSM)
Menus at this station are written to the cabin and to the mission rather than to a single fixed list, moving from a main-cabin tray set to a plated First and Business specification without changing kitchens. Inflight catering at KPSM draws on the produce of the wider United States region in general terms, dairy, orchard fruit and seasonal vegetables worked into a cycle rather than a single sitting. Every set is written against the loading window it has to meet, so a change of cabin count or mission type changes the specification and not the kitchen behind it. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and travel sealed with the tray set they belong to.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Portsmouth are plated to a written specification rather than assembled to a general standard, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the presentation is repeatable across rotations rather than reinvented each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at KPSM run multi-choice hot service in galley-ready formats sized to the fitted galley, boxed into tray sets rather than loose trays. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the cabin service and the flight deck never compete for the same tray.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Portsmouth are documented per passenger rather than assumed at boarding, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. All of it is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, so inflight catering for a household or medical requirement never shares a tray with a standard set.
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 records for aviation catering at KPSM / PSM
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 PSM
Portsmouth's single wide-body stand carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across the same apron, so a delegation movement is a documentation problem here and a peak wave is a capacity one, worked on the same 3451 m runway rather than a second one. Airline catering at Portsmouth is planned stand by stand rather than gate by gate, because the reference code holds wide-body without a second stand to split the load onto.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the aircraft by hi-loader, boarded directly to galley height with our own crew on the ramp rather than handed off at the foot of the stairs. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at KPSM run off one ops desk, so a diversion or a late change is worked by the same coordinator who planned the original load rather than passed between desks.
What we commit to on this station is one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover on every load, whatever the mission behind it.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at Portsmouth airport
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Government and state flight catering at Portsmouth
One wide-body stand at KPSM means a delegation movement is worked without competing for apron space, which is what government flight catering here depends on. A head of state aircraft is met by a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and an uplift sealed at the kitchen before it ever reaches the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Portsmouth
Our kitchen holds a wide-body reference code specification on file between movements, so royal flight catering at Portsmouth repeats the same household standard on every rotation rather than rebuilding it each time. Private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations, are boarded to that written specification, with halal and other household requirements produced on request at PSM.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at KPSM
Wide-body counts as the reference code held at this stand, and that code is what lets a full three-cabin charter load here without a second aircraft splitting the uplift. Charter flight catering at PSM covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, staged in the order the galleys are laid out and checked against the loading sheet before doors close, with charter flight catering at KPSM running to the same standard whichever operator is flying.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at PSM
A 3451 m runway holds the approach speed and payload that let a wide-body divert into Portsmouth without special handling, which is exactly the case ad hoc airline catering here is built to absorb. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering move off the same duty roster, crew meals boxed alongside the cabin load for a multi-leg rotation that was never on the original schedule.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Portsmouth
A business jet using this field is cleared by the same wide-body reference code that governs the main stand, which is why private jet catering at KPSM runs off the same kitchen rather than a separate line. Delivery goes to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at Portsmouth airport
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Portsmouth, United States
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We had a last-minute schedule change into Portsmouth (PSM/KPSM) and needed diversion catering. They reacted quickly to revised timings and passenger numbers, and the handover was straightforward. A dependable option for irregular operations. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Adam — VIP Flight Operations Manager
“We used the service at Portsmouth (PSM/KPSM) for outstation catering 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. We would be comfortable using the service there again. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
David — Presidential Flight Coordinator
“We compared options for Portsmouth (PSM/KPSM) and asked for an airline catering cost. They answered our questions without overcomplicating the process and kept the final cost aligned with the confirmation. The clear communication made the booking easy. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Michael — Charter Dispatch Manager
Station data for airport catering at Portsmouth (KPSM / PSM)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,451 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | KPSM |
Airline catering services FAQ for KPSM / PSM
Crew meals, lead times and access at KPSM / PSM
What operations gets asked every week about Portsmouth.
Ask operations directly →Given the single wide-body stand at KPSM, do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
There is a dedicated private-jet routing from our kitchen to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal, run as FBO catering on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Do you produce halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes for flights out of Portsmouth?
Yes, by running halal and kosher sets on a separate production line and labelling every SPML code per passenger before it is sealed into its tray set.
Can an order still change close to departure at Portsmouth Airport?
A specification can move right up to the loading window itself, though the earlier a cabin count or mission change reaches the kitchen, the less it disturbs the rest of the rotation.
How much does airline catering cost at PSM?
The standard held on every rotation, cabin count, specification and the loading window, is what a quotation is built against, since no price list is published; the desk comes back with a figure once those three are known.
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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 Portsmouth (PSM)