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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Waco, United States
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Waco (KACT / ACT)
ACT (IATA) · KACT (ICAO)
Two runways and a narrow-body reference code set what boards at Waco: our crews work inflight catering onto every scheduled and charter rotation the field takes, cabin by cabin. In-flight catering here runs from a hi-loader to the galley door, staged airside on our own schedule so wide-body diversions and standard narrow-body uplift move through the same disciplined sequence.
2,166 m
Longest runway
Narrow-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 — Waco
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at Waco
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for KACT / ACT departures
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Waco (ACT)
Catering uplift at Waco is tracked as a sequence of checkpoints, not a single delivery time: the sealed cart leaves the kitchen, crosses apron traffic under escort, and reaches the aircraft through ramp access rather than a kerbside handoff. Each checkpoint is logged so a delay on one leg of the route is visible before it reaches the stand. That is what lets a narrow-body turnaround at KACT hold its schedule even when the wider airfield around it is busy.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Waco sit screening, an escort through apron traffic, and the final approach to the galley door, and we plan the catering uplift against the slowest of those steps rather than the fastest. Every cart is sealed at the kitchen and the seal is checked again at handover, with temperature logged at both ends so the cold chain is provable, not assumed. That chain of custody record travels with the galley catering itself, signed off crew to crew rather than left on a loading sheet at ACT.
The convoy is the risk we plan for, never the food on the cart.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for KACT
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Waco, United States
The flight kitchen at KACT runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard from intake to loading. That single-site layout keeps the cold chain unbroken between prep and cart-seal, which matters more at airport catering stations with a narrow-body reference code than at hub-scale operations with room to spread the load. Airport catering at Waco is therefore run as one continuous process rather than a chain of handoffs between separate units.
The team that handles government flight catering at Waco is the same named crew on every rotation, carrying security clearance on file and a place on the access list rather than being rotated in ad hoc. They are trained to household service standards for royal and state work, and to the paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift from kitchen to galley. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, before any menu detail.
Halal airline meals and special meals at ACT
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at KACT / ACT
Menus at Waco are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed list, moving from passenger meal boxes on a narrow-body rotation to a full VVIP specification on a private airliner. Inflight catering here draws on produce sourced through United States where the route allows it, with seasonal changes built into the cycle rather than left to a one-off substitution. Every set is documented for allergens, and halal and kosher requirements are produced as separate, labelled lines rather than adapted from a standard tray. That documentation travels per passenger and per cabin, so a mixed booking never depends on memory at the point of loading.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Waco are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than fixed to a single set menu. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard without re-briefing the kitchen.
Business cabins
Business cabins at ACT run multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, with tray sets and meal boxes staged to the loading sheet. Crew meals travel on the same cart run, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately to the roster rather than pulled from the passenger set.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at KACT are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each of those inflight catering sets is produced on its own line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, kept apart from the standard cabin run rather than adapted from it.
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 control for flight catering at KACT
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 Waco airport
Waco holds a narrow-body reference code across two runways, which sets the traffic this station actually works: scheduled narrow-body services, charter movements and the occasional government flight rather than routine wide-body wide-cabin waves. That mix makes documentation the recurring problem here, not raw volume, since a delegation or a diplomatic movement brings paperwork that a standard rotation does not.
Aircraft catering at ACT moves from our kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, with the loading crew working ramp access rather than a kerbside drop, and airport catering in Waco planned stand by stand so each rotation is met at the same point in its turnaround. Aviation catering at ACT and in-flight catering at KACT run off the same duty roster, keeping the sequence identical whether the flight is scheduled or ad hoc. Airline catering in United States more broadly varies station to station, but this field is worked to one fixed sequence regardless of what else is moving on the apron that day.
One coordinator owns the rotation from kitchen to signature, with sealed carts and a handover record closing every load.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Waco, United States
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Government and state flight catering at ACT
A narrow-body aircraft on a state visit boards at Waco through the same ramp access as a scheduled service, which is what lets government flight catering here run without a dedicated wide-body stand. Delegations and official movements get their protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the loading crew, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, whatever aircraft a head of state travels on that day, with catering at ACT tracked the same way each time.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Waco
Across a 2166 m runway, a private airliner on a royal household movement clears the same ramp as any other narrow-body arrival at Waco, which keeps the loading method identical between routine and VVIP traffic. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering private airliners such as a BBJ or ACJ, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request rather than adapted at short notice.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at KACT
A 2166 m runway sets what a charter operator can bring into Waco, which means loading plans here are built around narrow-body group movements rather than wide-body block space. Charter flight catering at ACT covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering in United States on the same wider network staged to the loading sheet in the order the galleys are laid out on board.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at ACT
A narrow-body reference code governs every stand at Waco, which keeps ad hoc airline catering and scheduled uplift on the same loading method rather than splitting the two by aircraft size. Carriers that run this station as an outstation get diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with crew meals in Waco boxed separately and menu cycles that move week to week while the tray standard itself does not, covering outstation catering at ACT across a multi-leg rotation and crew meals in United States on the same terms.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Waco
The runway at Waco measures 2166 metres, which keeps this field within reach of most business jet types using the FBOs on the field rather than the main terminal ramp. Private jet catering in Waco is delivered to the GA terminal by our dedicated branch, with FBO catering carried on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as any airline uplift here.
Private jets →
FBOs at Waco
freeman jet center waco
Charter flight catering reviewed at ACT
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Waco
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used tour operator charter catering at Waco (ACT/KACT) for a team charter and had a good experience. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. We would book them again for another team movement. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Fernando — Private Jet Operations Manager
“For an urgent mission at Waco (ACT/KACT), the team supported us with evacuation flight catering. They kept the menu simple, respected the special requirements, and delivered exactly when the aircraft was ready to receive it. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Sofia — Charter Dispatch Manager
“Our freighter crew needed cargo airline crew catering at Waco (ACT/KACT) during a short turnaround. The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. Good service for freighter crews and odd-hour schedules. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Antoine — Operations Control Officer
Inflight catering station profile for Waco (KACT / ACT)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,166 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | KACT |
Business jet catering questions at ACT
Technical stop catering questions at ACT
What operations gets asked every week about Waco.
Ask operations directly →Which factors set what airline catering costs at KACT?
The loader, the cart count and the loading window set the airline catering cost, since we quote against cabin count, specification and turnaround rather than a fixed list. Send the rotation details and the desk returns a quotation, not a published price.
When can Waco handle VIP flight catering and government flight catering under full protocol?
Once a movement is confirmed, VIP flight catering and government flight catering at Waco run under the same protocol file: security-cleared staff, per-passenger documentation, and a sealed uplift from kitchen to aircraft.
Where does private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal at Waco Regional Airport?
The handover record shows delivery direct to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with private jet catering and FBO catering carried on the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
Does ACT require long notice, or can a specification still change close to departure?
Every rotation has its own lead time, and how far in advance an order should be placed depends on cabin count and complexity; last minute airline catering is handled where the loading window still allows a safe changeover.
Commercial aviation catering near Waco
TPL / KTPL
Temple
United States · 54 km from Waco
Airline & VIP flight catering →
GRK / KGRK
Fort Cavazos
United States · 83 km from Waco
Airline & VIP flight catering →
FWH / KNFW
Fort Worth
United States · 130 km from Waco
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
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Uplift at Waco (ACT)