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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Nuku Hiva (NTMD / NHV)
NHV (IATA) · NTMD (ICAO)
A single narrow-body reference code governs every stand at Nuku Hiva, so the ramp plans one aircraft class rather than a mixed programme. That constraint sets the method: inflight catering and in-flight catering are boarded by hi-loader to galley height, not left at the foot of the aircraft, with uplift moved airside on our own schedule rather than the terminal's.
1,700 m
Longest runway
Narrow-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 — Nuku Hiva
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at NTMD / NHV
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at NTMD
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Nuku Hiva
When a rotation is called at Nuku Hiva, the sealed cart leaves our kitchen on a fixed sequence rather than an estimate, timed against the stand assignment rather than the clock on the wall. Ramp access is held on our own schedule, so the convoy crosses the apron without waiting on a shared slot. The result is a loading window that is measured at NHV, not promised, and repeatable on every rotation the same way.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Nuku Hiva sit screening, escort and the apron traffic that a single-runway field still generates at peak movements, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of that, not the average. The convoy carries the risk here, not the galley catering itself, so the routing is fixed before the cart is sealed and it does not change once the escort has cleared it through.
Temperature is logged at the seal and again at the handover at the galley door, and a signature closes the load on both ends. Chain of custody runs unbroken from the kitchen to the aircraft, with one name accountable for the cart at every point along it.
One sealed cart, one named handover, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving Nuku Hiva airport
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for NHV
The flight kitchen that provisions NHV 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 Nuku Hiva depends on that single production line rather than several scattered points, since the narrow-body reference code held here keeps the rotation to one stand at a time. Held on the same cold chain throughout, airport catering output is sealed at the kitchen and never reopened before the galley door.
The team that handles government flight catering at Nuku Hiva is the same named crew every rotation: security clearance on file, on the access list, and trained to the household standards that a royal or state movement expects. Chain of custody runs with the cart rather than the shift, so the crew that seals a load is the crew accountable for its handover. No specification changes hands without that same team's signature attached to it.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Nuku Hiva (NHV)
VVIP catering to a written specification at NTMD
Menus at Nuku Hiva are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a fixed catalogue, and inflight catering here draws on the produce of French Polynesia where the specification allows it — orchard fruit, dairy and fish sourced regionally rather than named as a dish. A VIP flight menu is built the same way a charter flight menu is, from a written brief rather than a set list, and it is revised as the mission changes rather than reissued from scratch. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, never assumed from a general list. Every set is labelled before it leaves the kitchen, so the cabin crew boards a tray they can check against the manifest.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Nuku Hiva are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed card, with à-la-carte service available on request against the standing order. VIP flight catering here is filed and reissued only when the brief changes, never improvised at the galley.
Business cabins
Business cabins at NTMD receive multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed as tray sets against the roster. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately from the passenger load, so the flight deck and the cabin crew meals never share a tray with the manifest they are serving.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Nuku Hiva are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Household, religious and medical requirements are produced on a separate line from the main inflight catering run and sealed before it leaves that line.
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
Airline catering services under HACCP at Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia
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.
Catering uplift coordination at Nuku Hiva (NHV)
Nuku Hiva runs a narrow-body traffic profile off a single runway, which turns catering into a repetition problem rather than a capacity one: the same specification has to hold rotation after rotation on one stand rather than flex across several. Aviation catering here is planned around that single working stand, so the sequence is fixed well before the aircraft calls in.
Uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp for the crossing. In-flight catering and airport catering at NTMD both run off that same route, so nothing changes hands between the seal and the galley door that is not logged.
Airline catering at NHV is committed to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover on every movement.
Aviation catering for five mission types at NTMD / NHV
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Government and state flight catering at Nuku Hiva
The 1700 m runway at Nuku Hiva sets the aircraft class this field can turn around, and government flight catering here is built to that same constraint rather than to a longer field elsewhere. Protocol for a head of state movement is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crew, and sealed at the kitchen before the catering leaves for NHV.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at NTMD
A private airliner sized to the narrow-body reference code held at Nuku Hiva can be boarded here on the same 1700 m runway that sets every other movement. Royal flight catering and VVIP work for BBJ and ACJ types follow a written household specification kept on file between visits, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request rather than assumed.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at NHV
On the single runway at Nuku Hiva, the 1700 m length is the figure that decides which charter and ACMI types the ramp can turn around. Charter flight catering at Nuku Hiva covers wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering at NTMD staged to the loading sheet in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Nuku Hiva
We work the single narrow-body reference code held at Nuku Hiva as a fixed constraint on every rotation booked through it. Ad hoc airline catering at NHV covers outstation catering for carriers that treat this field as a regular call, diversion catering and technical stop catering for the unplanned ones, and crew meals in French Polynesia are boxed to the same duty roster whichever case applies, with ad hoc catering at NHV run off one desk rather than several.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at NTMD
A single narrow-body reference code limits the aircraft types a loading plan can sequence at Nuku Hiva, and business aviation is worked within that same limit rather than around it. Private jet catering at NHV reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at NTMD
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Nuku Hiva airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We were looking for a dependable airline catering broker in Nuku Hiva (NHV/NTMD) and the process was straightforward. The response time was good and we did not have to manage several local suppliers ourselves. It made the station much easier to manage. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Elena — Air Freight Operations Lead
“We used the service for airline catering in Nuku Hiva on a VIP rotation through NHV/NTMD. The menu selection was good and all special requests were clearly identified. Good local support for a VIP operation. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Sophie — Dispatch Support Coordinator
“Our passenger profile required SPML at Nuku Hiva (NHV/NTMD), with several different dietary restrictions. Each item was clearly identified, separated from the standard meals, and easy to check before boarding. That attention to detail makes a big difference onboard. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Sebastian — Ground Services Manager
Airport catering profile for Nuku Hiva (NTMD / NHV)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 1,700 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | NTMD |
Inflight catering FAQ for NTMD
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Nuku Hiva (NHV)
What operations gets asked every week about Nuku Hiva.
Ask operations directly →When does airline catering cost get confirmed for a rotation through NTMD?
When the cabin count, the specification and the loading window are set, the desk returns a quotation built on those three factors rather than a published price list.
Whose lead time governs an order placed for Nuku Hiva?
For a standard rotation the specification is locked well ahead of the loading window, but a last minute airline catering change can still be worked provided it reaches the kitchen before the cart is sealed.
Does Nuku Hiva produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes?
Every SPML request, including halal and kosher, is produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before it joins the main load.
Are FBOs on the field at NHV reached for private jet catering?
The same coordinator who runs an airline uplift routes FBO catering to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal, on one cold chain and one set of paperwork.
Where is the protocol record kept for VIP flight catering and government flight catering at NTMD?
The sealed manifest and the security clearance file travel with the cart itself, so a royal household or a government desk can check both against the load at handover.
Jet catering at airports near Nuku Hiva
AUQ / NTMN
Hiva Oa Island
French Polynesia · 172 km from Nuku Hiva
Airline & VIP flight catering →
FGU / NTGB
Fangatau
French Polynesia · 784 km from Nuku Hiva
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TKX / NTKR
Takaroa
French Polynesia · 818 km from Nuku Hiva
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Nuku Hiva (NHV / NTMD)
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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 Nuku Hiva (NHV)