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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Santa Rosa, United States
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Santa Rosa (KSTS / STS)
STS (IATA) · KSTS (ICAO)
A narrow-body reference code and two runways at Santa Rosa mean turboprop and regional jet rotations board here on a tight schedule, with hi-loader access holding every tray at galley height. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and wide-body-standard aviation catering run off the same ops desk, airside, uplifted straight to the door rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft.
1,829 m
Longest runway
Narrow-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 — Santa Rosa
Aviation catering with ramp access at STS
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering lead times at KSTS / STS
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Santa Rosa (STS)
Catering uplift at Santa Rosa runs on the turnaround, not on a fixed clock: the cart is sealed at our kitchen, escorted across ramp access held on our own badges, and handed over at the aircraft door. Two runways and a narrow-body reference code keep the apron compact, which shortens the walk from stand to galley but sharpens the sequencing against other ground traffic. Every load at STS is timed from seal to signature, so the window is a measured event, not an estimate given in advance.
Between our kitchen and the stand at KSTS sit screening, an escort across the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a narrow-body ramp, and we plan every catering uplift against the busiest of those rather than the easiest. Chain of custody starts the moment the cart is sealed, not when it reaches the aircraft, so nothing that leaves galley catering unaccounted for is allowed to pass unlogged between those two points. Temperature is logged at sealing and again at handover, and the load is closed with a signature that ties the two readings to the same cart and the same crew.
One coordinator owns the load from the sealed cart to the signed handover.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving Santa Rosa
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at KSTS / STS
Airport catering at Santa Rosa runs from a production kitchen built around hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, held to HACCP throughout. The cold chain starts at that kitchen and does not break until the cart reaches the galley door, which is what airport catering at STS is actually measured on. A narrow-body reference code keeps rotations tight, so tray sets and passenger meal boxes leave the flight kitchen at STS staged to the loading sheet rather than picked at the stand.
The team that handles government flight catering at Santa Rosa is the same named crew every rotation: security clearance on file, on the access list, and trained to household dietary standards rather than rotated in for a single movement. That continuity is what protocol officers actually check before a delegation moves, more than any single figure on a spec sheet. Paperwork travels sealed with the cart, so the chain of custody from kitchen to cabin door never depends on memory.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at STS
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at KSTS / STS
Menus at Santa Rosa are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed cycle, so a scheduled rotation and a one-off charter do not share a specification by accident. Produce and dairy sourced from the surrounding region sit alongside standing tray-set formats, adjusted by season rather than reinvented each time. Inflight catering here runs from a VIP flight menu plated to order through to a charter flight menu built for volume, on the same kitchen line. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before they leave the kitchen rather than sorted at the stand.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Santa Rosa are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than assumed by default. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for every rotation, so presentation is repeatable and not improvised stand-side.
Business cabins
Business cabins at STS run multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed as tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals in United States rotations are boxed the same way, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals kept separate on the loading sheet.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at Santa Rosa, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering built to those codes is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves it, so a dietary tray never shares a cart with the standard 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
Aircraft catering under HACCP control at Santa Rosa, United States
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.
Airside airport catering at Santa Rosa airport
With a narrow-body reference code and two runways, Santa Rosa runs a compact mix of scheduled, charter and general aviation movements rather than a bank of simultaneous wide-body arrivals. That profile turns catering into a sequencing problem more than a capacity one: each rotation gets its own loading slot rather than sharing a wave.
Airline catering at Santa Rosa moves from our kitchen to the stand under airside delivery, cleared through ramp access held on our own badges rather than a shared gate pass. Inflight catering, in-flight catering in Santa Rosa and aviation catering at STS all run off the same ops desk, so a diversion or an ad hoc uplift is handled by the crew already on the ramp rather than a second call-out.
On every rotation at KSTS we commit to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover, which is the part of airport catering that does not change from one station to the next.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at STS
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Government and state flight catering at KSTS
A narrow-body reference code narrows the stand and taxiway sequencing a delegation movement has to work around, which is exactly where government flight catering at Santa Rosa starts its planning. Protocol is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared personnel, and the uplift for any head of state movement is sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at STS
Narrow-body is the reference code held here, and it governs which private airliners this ramp handles rather than what the household specification demands. Royal flight catering at Santa Rosa runs to a written household standard kept on file between movements, covering BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Santa Rosa
We work a narrow-body reference code at this field, which sets the stand and the loading sequence for every charter movement rather than a wide-body bank. Charter flight catering at KSTS covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and charter flight catering in United States rotations staged in galley order for multi-leg routing.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at KSTS
With a 1829 m runway setting the traffic this field can take, Santa Rosa carries scheduled and regional airline work rather than long-haul banks, and ad hoc airline catering here answers to that same rhythm. Carriers running this station as an outstation get outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals boxed to the same roster as the cabin trays.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at STS
The 1829 m runway at Santa Rosa sets the ceiling for the business aviation traffic this field takes, and that traffic is worked through the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field rather than a commercial gate. Private jet catering at KSTS is handled by our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with business aviation catering and business jet catering delivered to the ramp on request.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at KSTS
Flight departments on jet catering at Santa Rosa
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“I asked for airline meal boxes at Santa Rosa (STS/KSTS) because we had limited time to reset the galley. Everything was labeled, compact, and easy to place directly into the aircraft without repacking on the ramp. Very cabin-friendly catering. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Eric — Freighter Duty Manager
“Our operation through Santa Rosa (STS/KSTS) included a tech stop request at short notice. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. We appreciated how easy the coordination was. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
William — Trip Planning Manager
“We used the team for FBO catering at Santa Rosa (STS/KSTS) on a VIP trip. They followed my notes closely, kept me updated, and delivered at the time agreed with the FBO. Reliable, responsive, and easy to work with. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Rafael — Station Services Coordinator
Flight catering station reference for Santa Rosa (KSTS / STS)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,829 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | KSTS |
Aircraft catering questions at Santa Rosa (STS)
Technical stop catering questions at STS
What operations gets asked every week about Santa Rosa.
Ask operations directly →At what point do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at KSTS?
FBO catering is delivered airside to whichever FBO or the GA terminal handles the movement, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Does airline catering cost the same for every flight through Santa Rosa?
Every quotation is priced against the unit that drives the cost — cabin count, specification and loading window — since we publish no fixed price list; the desk returns a figure once those are known.
How far in advance can special meal codes be confirmed for a flight through Santa Rosa Airport?
HACCP-run production accepts halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML codes, documented per passenger and produced on a separate line before sealing.
Is airline catering delivered airside at STS, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
The loading coordinator manages the whole route, with the cart escorted across the apron and boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
Who signs off VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at KSTS?
For any government flight catering or VVIP movement, a named security-cleared coordinator carries the protocol file and signs the handover under the same access-list control every time.
Santa Rosa — how far in advance do you need an order, and how late can it still change?
The loading cart carries the final specification, and while standard orders are set well ahead, last minute airline catering changes can still be worked up to the sealing point of that cart.
Commercial aviation catering near Santa Rosa
UKI / KUKI
Ukiah
United States · 76 km from Santa Rosa
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SUU / KSUU
Travis Air Force Base
United States · 82 km from Santa Rosa
Airline & VIP flight catering →
CCR / KCCR
Concord
United States · 88 km from Santa Rosa
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Santa Rosa (STS)