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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — El Palomar, Argentina
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at El Palomar (SADP / EPA)
EPA (IATA) · SADP (ICAO)
At a field built around one 2110 m runway, every rotation shares the single narrow-body reference code that governs how a hi-loader is staged against the wide-body-scale uplift we carry through it. Inflight catering here runs on one ops desk, boarded airside at galley height, with in-flight catering staged for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights alike.
2,110 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — El Palomar
Hi-loader aviation catering on the SADP apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at SADP / EPA
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at El Palomar (EPA)
From our sealed cart to the galley door, the loading window at El Palomar is worked as one measured sequence rather than a rough estimate. Ramp access is held on our own clearance rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft, so the catering uplift moves straight from kitchen seal to galley without a second handling point on the apron. That single run is what keeps a narrow-body turnaround inside its slot at SADP.
Between our kitchen and the stand at El Palomar sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is the actual risk in that run, never the food packed inside it. We build the schedule against the worst of those three, which is why the galley catering keeps its seal intact from kitchen to handover regardless of how the apron is running that day. Chain of custody is logged twice: once when the cart is sealed, once when it is opened at the galley, with a signature closing the load at both ends and a temperature record travelling with the catering uplift the whole way.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature — nothing changes hands unrecorded.
Crew meals and pilot meals for El Palomar (EPA) departures
Airline food supplier crews cleared for El Palomar, Argentina
The flight kitchen that provisions El Palomar keeps hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to run against a single narrow-body runway rather than a spread of wide-body stands. That layout is what lets airport catering here move on one schedule instead of several, with HACCP governing every stage from intake to the sealed cart. Airport catering at SADP is therefore a single production line matched to a single-runway field, not a facility sized for traffic this station does not carry.
The team that handles government flight catering at El Palomar is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained to the paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift. That consistency matters more here than the size of the kitchen, because a delegation or a state movement is a documentation problem before it is a volume one. The same crew signs the load whether the flight on the stand that day is scheduled, chartered or protocol-cleared.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at EPA
VVIP catering to a written specification at SADP / EPA
Menus at El Palomar are designed to the cabin and to the mission rather than to a fixed catalogue, adjusted for season and for the length of the rotation on the stand that day. Where the flight calls for it, produce sourced within Argentina carries the main-cabin and business trays, kept to dairy, fish and orchard fruit in general terms rather than to a named dish or a named grower. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is documented per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen, labelled against the loading sheet rather than left to memory. That documentation is what inflight catering at EPA is actually measured on, not the plate itself.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at El Palomar are plated to a written specification rather than to a chef's memory, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request against that same file. VIP flight catering here is filed, signed and repeated identically on the next rotation through SADP.
Business cabins
Business cabins at EPA run multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on the stand that day. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, tray sets and meal boxes loaded in the sequence the galley calls for.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at El Palomar are documented per passenger rather than assumed, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each is produced on a separate line at the kitchen and sealed before it leaves, which is the standard inflight catering at SADP holds for every household or religious request logged against a flight.
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 and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at SADP / EPA
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 El Palomar airport
El Palomar operates against a single 2110 m runway and a narrow-body reference code, which sets the traffic this field actually carries: scheduled and charter narrow-body movements alongside VIP and government flights that need documentation more than they need volume. That mix makes airport catering at EPA a sequencing exercise on one runway rather than a capacity exercise across several stands, and it is planned that way from the first booking.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, hi-loader lifted to galley door height rather than set down at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp for the whole run. Inflight catering in El Palomar, in-flight catering at EPA and aviation catering at El Palomar are handled off that single route, and airline catering at SADP is booked against the same slot the runway assigns the aircraft rather than against a separate catering schedule.
What we commit to at this station is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to galley, and a signed handover at the door.
Royal flight catering and scheduled uplifts at El Palomar, Argentina
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Government and state flight catering at El Palomar
A 2110 m runway is short enough that a head of state movement through El Palomar is planned around the same single-runway sequencing as everything else on the field, never around extra tarmac. Government flight catering here documents the protocol file per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift at EPA sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at SADP
Our crews hold a narrow-body reference code as the working standard for every rotation through El Palomar, private airliners included. Royal flight catering at this station covers BBJ, ACJ and other private airliners under a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at EPA
A narrow-body reference code governs every stand assignment at El Palomar, and it is what a charter or ACMI operator is scheduled against on arrival. Charter flight catering in Argentina covers wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at SADP is staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at El Palomar
A single 2110 m runway sets how tightly a diversion or a technical stop has to be sequenced against the scheduled traffic already booked through El Palomar. Ad hoc airline catering at EPA covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with AOG handled on the same line and crew meals in Argentina boxed to the roster across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at SADP
Business jets sharing the single 2110 m runway at El Palomar are worked from the same GA apron as the scheduled traffic, which keeps the FBOs on the field on the identical loading sequence. Private jet catering in El Palomar reaches the GA terminal and the ramp handler on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at El Palomar airport
Operators on commercial aviation catering at El Palomar
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our ops team used the service at El Palomar (EPA/SADP) as an airline catering partner. The response time was good and we did not have to manage several local suppliers ourselves. Very convenient for operational coverage. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Youssef — Airport Duty Manager
“We booked airline catering in El Palomar for a flight operating through EPA/SADP. Communication was responsive and the team handled a late timing change without any issue. A very easy service to use at this station. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Marco — Cabin Operations Lead
“Our passenger profile required halal airline meals at El Palomar (EPA/SADP), with several different dietary restrictions. The order arrived complete and the special requests were handled with the same presentation as the regular meals. That attention to detail makes a big difference onboard. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Hugo — Flight Operations Specialist
El Palomar (SADP / EPA): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,110 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | SADP |
Business jet catering questions at EPA
Diversion catering and ramp questions at EPA
What operations gets asked every week about El Palomar.
Ask operations directly →Is airline catering cost fixed at El Palomar?
The coordinator who plans your rotation builds a quotation from cabin count, specification and the loading window, since we publish no fixed price list. Airline catering cost at this station always comes back as a written quote against your actual flight.
How far in advance does El Palomar Airport need an order confirmed?
The lead time our kitchen works to depends on the specification on file and the security clearance a flight requires before uplift. Last minute airline catering is handled where the roster allows it, but the earlier the order lands, the more of the menu range stays open.
Where does airline catering reach the aircraft at EPA?
The sealed handover record shows the route: kitchen to hi-loader, hi-loader to galley door, with nothing set down on the ramp in between. Airside delivery at EPA is done this way for every cabin, not only for the forward one.
Who handles private jet catering across the FBOs at SADP?
Across every FBO on the field and the GA terminal, our own crew delivers on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift. FBO catering at this station is one route regardless of which handler works the aircraft.
Does El Palomar cater VIP, VVIP and government flights under protocol?
Every VIP flight catering and government flight catering order here runs on a documented protocol file, security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift signed at handover. Each movement is treated to that same standard whether it is a single aircraft or a full delegation.
Outstation catering near El Palomar
AEP / SABE
Buenos Aires
Argentina · 19 km from El Palomar
Airline & VIP flight catering →
EZE / SAEZ
Buenos Aires
Argentina · 25 km from El Palomar
Airline & VIP flight catering →
LPG / SADL
La Plata
Argentina · 77 km from El Palomar
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Inflight catering quote for El Palomar
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El Palomar (EPA / SADP)
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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 El Palomar (EPA)