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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Yigo, Guam
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Yigo (PGUA / UAM)
UAM (IATA) · PGUA (ICAO)
A 3409 m runway at Yigo clears wide-body movements onto stands where inflight catering is boarded by hi-loader straight to galley height, not staged at the foot of the aircraft. In-flight catering in Yigo runs from a kitchen positioned for that reach, with inflight catering timed to the ramp so uplift, cabin count and departure hour line up before the hold closes.
3,409 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 — Yigo
Hi-loader aviation catering on the PGUA apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for PGUA / UAM departures
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Yigo (UAM)
The loading window at Yigo tracks a sealed cart from our kitchen through ramp access to the galley door, not an estimate rounded up for the schedule. Every catering uplift crossing PGUA airside is logged at handover, so a delay on the apron shows on the record rather than in the cabin. That sequence is what a multi-leg rotation or a diverted aircraft needs most: a fixed point it can be measured against.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Yigo sit screening, escort clearance and apron traffic, and none of the three moves at a fixed pace on any given day. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of those three, not the average of them, because a government flight catering rotation does not get a second attempt at the loading window. Every cart is logged at sealing and again at the galley catering handover, and the load closes only once both temperatures and a signature are on file.
One coordinator carries the load from the kitchen seal to the signature at the aircraft.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Yigo (UAM)
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Yigo, Guam
Airport catering at PGUA is planned around a single production line rather than split across outstation kitchens, so a delegation and a scheduled rotation are worked from the same cold room on the same afternoon. Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell sit under one roof, which keeps airport catering at UAM inside one HACCP standard from raw intake to sealed cart. That structure is what lets the flight kitchen at UAM answer a late cabin-count change without opening a second site.
The team handling government flight catering at Yigo is a named crew held to the same roster every rotation, not rotated in from general production. Each member carries security clearance on file and sits on the access list for airside movement, trained to the paperwork a sealed uplift travels with as much as to the load itself. That crew, not a rostered stand-in, is who signs off the handover at PGUA.
Halal airline meals and special meals at UAM
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at PGUA / UAM
Menus at Yigo are written to the cabin first and the mission second: a First or Business specification differs from a main-cabin tray set long before either reaches the galley. Inflight catering here draws on regional produce where the route allows it, working dairy, fish and orchard fruit into the specification rather than a fixed printed card. Every dietary set carries documentation per passenger and per cabin, covering allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements against the standing order. Seasonal changes move the menu cycle; the tray standard behind it does not move at all.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Yigo carry VIP flight catering plated to a written specification rather than a fixed printed card, with à-la-carte service available on request through the same protocol line. The presentation is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation through PGUA is served to the same standard each time it lands.
Business cabins
Business cabins at UAM run multi-choice hot service built to galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft fitted, so cabin crew load in the sequence they serve. Crew meals at Yigo travel in the same rotation, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately to the duty roster.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at PGUA are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering at UAM produces these on a separate line and seals them before they leave it, so a mixed cabin travels on one paperwork trail rather than several.
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 compliance at PGUA / UAM
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.
Airport catering delivered airside at Yigo airport
Yigo carries wide-body movements across two runways, and that reference code shapes how catering is planned here: a delegation lands as a documentation task, a peak wave as a capacity task, a repeat rotation as a repetition task, and each is worked differently from the first call. Airline catering at Yigo and aviation catering in Guam both route through the same ops desk rather than separate lines, so a charter added late does not wait behind a scheduled block.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by sealed cart, staged for hi-loader boarding directly to the galley door rather than handed off at the foot of the steps. In-flight catering at PGUA moves airside once ramp access is confirmed, with our own crew on the apron for the load rather than a handover mid-route. Airport catering in Guam is planned stand by stand, inflight catering in Yigo sequenced to the exact turnaround it serves.
One coordinator runs each rotation from kitchen seal to aircraft signature, with sealed carts and a documented handover closing the load.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at PGUA
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Government and state flight catering at Yigo
Across the wide-body stands at PGUA, a delegation aircraft is planned as a protocol file first and a menu second. Government flight catering at Yigo covers state visits and official movements with the file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff assigned to the rotation, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for any head of state movement on the schedule.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at PGUA
Fitting a private airliner into the same wide-body sequence as a scheduled block means the loading plan is built around the aircraft's own cabin layout rather than a standard tray count. Royal flight catering at UAM covers BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP movements, held to a written royal household specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and VVIP dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at UAM
A 3409 m runway at Yigo takes a full wide-body charter without a payload restriction on the loading plan. Charter flight catering at Yigo covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and multi-leg special missions, with charter flight catering in Yigo built as a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged to match the galley layout.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Yigo
A wide-body movement using the reference code held at PGUA can be worked as a scheduled block or dropped in without notice, and both routes close through the same duty roster. Ad hoc airline catering at UAM covers carriers running this station as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering available alongside AOG, all sequenced across a multi-leg rotation without disturbing crew meals in Yigo or crew meals in Guam already loaded.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at PGUA
Our kitchen provisions the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field from the same production line that loads the wide-body stands off the 3409 m runway at Yigo. Private jet catering in Guam runs as FBO catering and business aviation catering under our dedicated branch, with business jet catering carried on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Yigo airport
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Yigo
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For a team flight from Yigo (UAM/PGUA), we booked sports team charter catering with several dietary requests. The meals were clearly labeled, portions were suitable for the group, and the delivery stayed on time despite a moving departure. A good partner for sports charter operations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Leo — Flight Support Executive
“We arranged repatriation flight catering at Yigo (UAM/PGUA) for a non-routine passenger movement. The team understood that reliability mattered more than complexity and stayed flexible until uplift. We appreciated the flexibility. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Emma — Charter Logistics Manager
“For a cargo sector from Yigo (UAM/PGUA), we arranged cargo airline crew catering for the operating crew. The crew received the correct quantities and the handover was quick, which is exactly what we needed. We would use them again for another cargo sector. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Ian — Station Operations Supervisor
Outstation catering data for Yigo (PGUA / UAM)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,409 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | PGUA |
Business jet catering questions at UAM
Diversion catering and ramp questions at UAM
What operations gets asked every week about Yigo.
Ask operations directly →Whose FBO catering covers the GA terminal at PGUA?
For every operator on the field, our private jet catering branch reaches all the FBOs and the GA terminal from the same kitchen that loads the wide-body stands, on one cold chain.
Where does airline catering reach the aircraft airside in Yigo?
The handover record shows the route: airline catering at Yigo moves by sealed cart to the ramp, then boards by hi-loader through airside delivery straight to the galley door.
Is there a fixed airline catering cost at Yigo Airport?
The coordinator assigned to your rotation builds a quotation from cabin count, specification and loading window rather than a published airline catering cost, and the desk returns it directly.
Does UAM handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering under protocol?
Every rotation carrying VIP flight catering or government flight catering at UAM runs under the same protocol file, security-cleared staff and sealed handover as a head of state movement.
How far in advance does PGUA need a catering order confirmed?
The standard our kitchen works to sets the lead time: how far in advance a specification is confirmed depends on cabin count, though last minute airline catering can still be sequenced against an open loading window.
Commercial aviation catering near Yigo
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
ROP / PGRO
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
TIQ / PGWT
Tinian Island
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for Yigo airport
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Yigo (UAM / PGUA)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Yigo, not a brochure.
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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 Yigo (UAM)