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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — RNZAF Base Ohakea, New Zealand
VIP flight catering, airline catering and private jet catering at RNZAF Base Ohakea (NZOH / OHA)
OHA (IATA) · NZOH (ICAO)
A narrow-body reference code sets what boards at this base, and it still supports a full multi-class uplift across three cabins on every rotation worked here. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at RNZAF Base Ohakea (OHA), hi-loader boarded to galley height, wide-body procedures held ready, from a kitchen staged against the apron.
2,447 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
02
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 — RNZAF Base Ohakea
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for RNZAF Base Ohakea
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at RNZAF Base Ohakea
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at NZOH / OHA
Ramp access at RNZAF Base Ohakea is what turns a loading window into a fixed sequence rather than a guess: sealed carts move from our kitchen to the apron on a schedule the ground handler can plan against. Every catering uplift here is logged from the moment it leaves the kitchen door to the moment it clears the aircraft's own galley door, with no stop at the foot of the stairs in between. That single sequence is what a narrow-body rotation at OHA is built on, load after load.
Screening, escort and apron traffic sit between our kitchen and the stand at RNZAF Base Ohakea, and the convoy is where a loading window is actually won or lost, not the cooking. We plan the galley catering run against the busiest apron movement of the day, never against the quietest one, so the chain of custody holds even when the ramp is working three things at once. Every catering uplift is logged before the cart leaves the kitchen and logged again at the galley door, with a temperature reading taken at both ends and a single signature closing the load. That signature is what a handling agent or a protocol officer can point to afterwards.
One sealed cart, one route, one signature, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Crew meals and pilot meals for NZOH departures
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at NZOH / OHA
The flight kitchen that provisions RNZAF Base Ohakea runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, staged against the apron rather than off it. Airport catering here means every tray set leaves that one building sealed, logged and matched to a specific stand before the convoy moves, which keeps a narrow-body rotation running to the same clock as a larger one. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from the cold larder to the sealed cart, and airport catering at OHA is planned against that standard on every load, not just the ones that draw attention.
The team that handles government flight catering at RNZAF Base Ohakea is the same named crew every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for one movement. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, each name sits on the access list for the ramp, and each is trained to the household standards a protocol officer expects on arrival. That continuity is what keeps a sealed uplift accountable at every stage between the kitchen and the aircraft at NZOH.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at NZOH
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at RNZAF Base Ohakea
Menus at RNZAF Base Ohakea are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adapted to the season, drawing on New Zealand's dairy, orchard fruit and coastal fish as the base of a plated set rather than a fixed list. Inflight catering here moves from a VIP flight menu for a private airliner to a charter flight menu for a group movement without changing kitchen, standard or route to the stand. Every set is written against a specification held on file, so a repeat rotation sees the same tray twice rather than a new interpretation each time. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed, never worked out on the day.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at RNZAF Base Ohakea are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request against the standing order. VIP flight catering here is filed against that order before the cart leaves the kitchen, so the same presentation returns on every repeat rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins at NZOH run a multi-choice hot service built to galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft fitted for the rotation, boxed and labelled against the cabin plan. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same convoy, boxed separately and matched to the duty roster rather than the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at OHA are documented per passenger before the load is sealed, covering household, religious and medical requirements alongside halal and kosher sets built to the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line at the kitchen and sealed before it joins the main convoy to the stand.
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 RNZAF Base Ohakea (OHA)
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 RNZAF Base Ohakea (OHA)
RNZAF Base Ohakea works to a narrow-body reference code across two runways, which sets the pattern every rotation here is planned against: a delegation movement is a documentation problem before it is a catering one, and a repeat rotation is a repetition problem that rewards a fixed tray specification over a fresh one each time. Airline catering at NZOH is built around that pattern rather than around a peak-hour rush a base of this profile does not carry.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from a kitchen staged against the apron, moving by sealed cart under escort to the stand rather than being set down at the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at RNZAF Base Ohakea run off one ops desk that tracks every load from seal to signature, with the loading crew on the ramp rather than a separate delivery step in between. Airport catering in RNZAF Base Ohakea is planned stand by stand, with ramp access held on our own clearance.
One coordinator carries every rotation worked here, sealed carts and a signed handover close each load, whatever the mission behind it.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at NZOH / OHA
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Government and state flight catering at OHA
A 2447 m runway at RNZAF Base Ohakea supports the aircraft that carry state visits and official delegations through this base, and government flight catering here is built around that traffic rather than around it. A head of state movement gets its protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen at OHA.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at RNZAF Base Ohakea
A 2447 m runway serves the private airliners that carry royal and VVIP movements through this base, whether a BBJ, an ACJ or a wide-body VIP configuration. Royal flight catering at NZOH is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced against it on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at NZOH
A wide-body aircraft flying under charter or ACMI arrangement is boarded here to the same narrow-body reference code that governs every other movement, which keeps a group charter or a special mission on the same loading sheet as a scheduled service. Charter flight catering at OHA for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions runs a full three-cabin uplift staged in galley order for RNZAF Base Ohakea.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at OHA
A 2447 m runway at RNZAF Base Ohakea, long enough to hold scheduled and ad hoc airline work on the same apron used for larger movements. Ad hoc airline catering here covers carriers running this station as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster and crew meals boxed to the same rotation, AOG included, across a multi-leg schedule.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at RNZAF Base Ohakea
On a narrow-body reference code shared with every other movement at this base, the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field draw the same loading standard as a scheduled rotation. Private jet catering at NZOH reaches them directly, with FBO catering delivered on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as any airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at OHA
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at OHA
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into RNZAF Base Ohakea (OHA/NZOH), so we needed reliable diversion catering. Communication was fast and practical, which made a difficult turnaround much easier for our crew. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Luis — Flight Services Coordinator
“For an operation away from our normal base, we arranged off-station catering at RNZAF Base Ohakea (OHA/NZOH). Updates were concise and the delivery timing matched our handling plan. Very useful coverage for smaller or less familiar stations. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Ava — Freighter Operations Manager
“We compared options for RNZAF Base Ohakea (OHA/NZOH) and asked for an airline catering quote. The inclusions were easy to understand, lead time was realistic, and there were no surprises when the final order was confirmed. Good option when you need a fast and transparent answer. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Damian — Handling Manager
Airport catering data for RNZAF Base Ohakea (NZOH / OHA)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,447 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | NZOH |
Airline catering services FAQ for NZOH
Technical stop catering questions at NZOH
What operations gets asked every week about RNZAF Base Ohakea.
Ask operations directly →Whose hi-loader reaches the galley door for airline catering at NZOH?
For every rotation worked here, our own hi-loader crew handles airside delivery from the kitchen to the galley door, never a drop at the foot of the stairs.
At which point does airline catering cost get fixed for a rotation at RNZAF Base Ohakea?
First the cabin count, the specification and the loading window are set, and only then does a quotation follow; we publish no standing price list.
Given the household and religious sets flown through RNZAF Base Ohakea, are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced here?
There is a dedicated production line for halal, kosher and the full range of SPML codes, each set documented per passenger before it is sealed.
How late can a VIP flight catering or government flight catering order change before departure from OHA?
Security clearance and the protocol file that travels with a sealed uplift set the working window, and changes are taken up to the point the cart is sealed, whichever protocol governs the movement.
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
PPQ / NZPP
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Uplift at RNZAF Base Ohakea (OHA)