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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Macapá, Brazil
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Macapá (SBMQ / MCP)
MCP (IATA) · SBMQ (ICAO)
Macapá holds a single narrow-body reference code, so every rotation is worked to that geometry rather than to a wide-body one. In-flight catering here still moves by the same discipline: uplift boarded through the galley door, staged airside, and inflight catering planned to the aircraft type that will actually be on the stand.
2,100 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Macapá
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for Macapá, Brazil
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at SBMQ / MCP
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Macapá (MCP)
At Macapá the loading window is measured from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the moment it clears the galley door, not from when the aircraft parks. Ramp access is held on our own badges rather than requested case by case, which keeps the sequence the same on a scheduled service and on a diversion. Every catering uplift here is timed against the apron, and the apron sets the pace, not the kitchen.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Macapá sit screening, an escort through airside and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway apron, and we plan each catering uplift against the worst of the three rather than the average. Chain of custody runs from the seal placed on the cart to the signature taken at the galley, with nothing handled off that thread. Galley catering here is logged twice for temperature, once at dispatch and once at handover, so the record travels with the load rather than being reconstructed afterwards.
One seal, one route, one signature — the convoy is the risk we plan against.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving Macapá
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Macapá, Brazil
The flight kitchen behind SBMQ runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, provisioning the narrow-body traffic that moves through Macapá. HACCP governs every stage from intake to sealed cart, and the cold chain is held from the larder to the galley door rather than broken at the ramp. Airport catering at MCP and airport catering in Macapá draw on the same kitchen, so a scheduled tray and a charter tray leave the same line.
The team that handles government flight catering at Macapá 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. Security clearance is checked before the cart leaves the kitchen, not at the stand. Where household or delegation work requires it, that crew works to a written service standard rather than to the day's roster.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at MCP
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at SBMQ / MCP
Menus at Macapá are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed list, so a scheduled service, a charter flight menu and a VIP flight menu each draw on their own specification while sharing one kitchen. Where Amazonian produce is available locally, seasonal fruit and river fish are worked into the sourcing without naming a supplier. Inflight catering here is documented for allergen, halal and kosher requirements before it is written into a passenger's boarding record, not after. Every set is labelled per passenger and per cabin, so the tray that boards matches the record the desk holds.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Macapá carry VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte service available on request. Presentation is filed against the standing order held at MCP, so a repeat rotation is served to the same plate every time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SBMQ take multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft's own galley. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so crew meals at Macapá never share a tray with the passenger service.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at MCP, with halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line before sealing. Inflight catering under the IATA special meal codes is boxed and labelled to match the passenger record it was ordered against.
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 and cold chain for aviation catering at SBMQ
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 Macapá airport
Macapá carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single narrow-body stand, which turns every delegation into a documentation task rather than a capacity one: the aircraft type is fixed, so the variable is always the paperwork travelling with it. Aviation catering in Brazil at this scale means one desk planning against one geometry, not several.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by airside delivery from our kitchen to the stand, with ground handling on the apron and our own escort covering the route in between. Airline catering at Macapá and in-flight catering at SBMQ run off the same duty roster, so a scheduled tray and an ad hoc one are staged the same way. Airport catering at SBMQ is planned stand by stand rather than by terminal, because there is only the one to plan against.
On this station we commit to one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to galley, and a signed handover at the door.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Macapá, Brazil
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Government and state flight catering at SBMQ
A 2100 m runway is what a head of state aircraft on official movement through Macapá is worked against, and government flight catering here follows from that geometry rather than from the size of the delegation. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared before the cart leaves the kitchen, and the uplift is sealed ahead of the route to the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at MCP
A private airliner within the reach of Macapá's 2100 m runway is boarded to the same household specification kept on file between movements, whatever the interval between rotations. Royal flight catering at MCP covers BBJ and ACJ configurations alongside wide-body VIP movements diverted through this field, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request against catering at SBMQ.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Macapá
Against the single narrow-body stand at Macapá, a 2100 m runway sets the equipment that can be worked here and therefore the shape of every charter movement we provision. Charter flight catering at Macapá covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering in Brazil staged in the order the galleys are laid out and counted against the loading sheet before departure.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SBMQ
Our kitchen works to the single narrow-body reference code held at Macapá, which sets the tray and cart dimensions for every carrier we provision here. Ad hoc airline catering at MCP covers outstation catering for carriers running this station as a scheduled point, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, with crew meals at MCP and crew meals in Brazil boxed to the roster across a multi-leg rotation, and outstation catering in Macapá held to one tray standard year round.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at MCP
A single narrow-body reference code fixes the cart and lift dimensions that business aviation movements through Macapá have to be worked around, ahead of any question of schedule. Private jet catering in Macapá is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all run off that one route.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at SBMQ / MCP
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Macapá
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For a team flight from Macapá (MCP/SBMQ), we booked sports team flight meals with several dietary requests. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. The crew was happy with the organization. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Manuel — Flight Operations Supervisor
“We needed repatriation flight catering at Macapá (MCP/SBMQ) for a time-sensitive operation. The meals were practical, clearly packed, and easy for the crew to distribute during the flight. Reliable service when the mission does not allow delays. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Esther — Dispatch Support Coordinator
“For a cargo sector from Macapá (MCP/SBMQ), we arranged freighter crew meals for the operating crew. The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. A reliable option for cargo operations. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Sami — Duty Station Manager
Airport catering reference for Macapá (SBMQ / MCP)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,100 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | SBMQ |
Aircraft catering questions at MCP
Outstation catering and access questions at MCP
What operations gets asked every week about Macapá.
Ask operations directly →How does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at SBMQ?
At SBMQ the sealed cart moves from our kitchen to the stand under escort, and airside delivery ends at the galley door rather than at the foot of the aircraft; on this narrow-body geometry that route is worked without a hi-loader.
Where are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced for flights through Macapá?
The order record filed against each passenger is what proves it: halal and kosher sets are produced on a separate line at our kitchen serving Macapá, and every SPML code requested is boxed and labelled to match that record before it leaves the building.
What does airline catering cost at Macapá International Airport?
We price each quotation against cabin count, specification and the loading window requested, since no fixed list is published; the desk returns a figure once those three are confirmed.
When can private jet catering be delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at MCP?
Once a request reaches our desk with the stand or FBO confirmed, private jet catering is delivered to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Which method boards VIP, VVIP and government flights at SBMQ?
The sealed cart used for the standard rotation is the same one used under protocol: VIP flight catering and government flight catering both move by escorted cart to the galley door, with the paperwork adjusted rather than the route.
Is there a minimum lead time for an order placed for a flight through Macapá?
The coordinator assigned to the rotation confirms lead time at booking, and while advance notice keeps the full specification open, last minute airline catering can still be worked within the loading window held on the day.
Jet catering at airports near Macapá
MEU / SBMD
Almeirim
Brazil · 200 km from Macapá
Airline & VIP flight catering →
BEL / SBBE
Belém
Brazil · 330 km from Macapá
Airline & VIP flight catering →
ATM / SBHT
Altamira
Brazil · 390 km from Macapá
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Macapá (MCP / SBMQ)
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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 Macapá (MCP)