Aviation catering — Cochrane, Chile

Airside airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Cochrane (SCHR / LGR)

LGR (IATA) · SCHR (ICAO)

One runway and a narrow-body reference code set the scale of every rotation here, so uplift is planned to the airframe rather than to a generic bay. Hi-loader boarding still lifts wide-body carts to galley height when the mission calls for it, and inflight catering, in-flight catering and every uplift from our kitchen reach the aircraft airside, not at the foot of the stand.

A catering hi-loader raised to the forward galley door of a wide-body on stand, the platform level with the doorway and the truck squared up beneath it.
1,020 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
02
VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
03
24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
04
Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
A catering hi-loader raised to the aft galley door of a wide-body on stand, its platform level with the doorway and a second truck waiting below.

On the apron — Cochrane

Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at Cochrane airport

Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.

Aircraft catering lead times at Cochrane (LGR)

Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at SCHR

The catering uplift for this narrow-body field is planned against the single runway that sets its rotation pace, not against an assumed slot. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the convoy moves from kitchen to stand without waiting on a shared gate. Every load that reaches the apron at Cochrane is logged at the point it leaves the kitchen and again at the point it is handed over.

Four branded catering carts latched side by side in an aircraft galley, each door closed on a coloured seal.

Between our kitchen and the stand at SCHR sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the plan for each rotation is built against the worst of those three, not the average. A single-runway field concentrates every movement onto one ramp routine, so the galley catering convoy is scheduled with a fixed escort rather than an ad hoc one. Chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen door to the signature at the aircraft, with the catering uplift logged at both ends and nowhere in between. Nothing leaves the galley door unaccounted for on the way to Cochrane.

One coordinator owns the load from the kitchen seal to the aircraft signature.

Flight kitchen and crew meals for Cochrane, Chile

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Airline food supplier crews cleared for Cochrane airport

Airport catering in Chile is provisioned from a kitchen built to feed a narrow-body reference code rather than a wide-body cycle, which keeps production matched to the aircraft this field actually takes. Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell sit under one roof, run to HACCP standards from intake to seal. That single site is what makes airport catering at Cochrane and flight kitchen output at LGR a matter of one line, not several.

The team that handles government flight catering at Cochrane is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access roster, and trained against the standing service specification rather than against a one-off brief. Because the field runs a single runway, that crew works one ramp routine repeatedly, which keeps the protocol handover consistent movement after movement. Nothing about their work changes with who is on board.

Halal airline meals and special meals at SCHR / LGR

Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Cochrane (LGR)

From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, inflight catering in Cochrane is built to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a fixed cycle. Produce drawn from the surrounding Chilean region — orchard fruit, dairy, river and coastal fish — sits alongside items sourced further afield when a mission specification calls for them. Every set is written first to the airframe boarding here and its narrow-body galley, then adjusted for the operator's own standing order. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and travel sealed with the load.

A grilled medallion under hollandaise with piped potato, beetroot puree and vine tomatoes on white china.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP cabins at Cochrane: VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. The presentation is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation through LGR is served to the same brief each time.

A complete tray set on a black tray: sliced beef fillet in gravy with piped mash and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.

Business cabins

Business cabins at SCHR: multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the narrow-body galley fitted here. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, alongside tray sets built for the cabin count this airframe carries.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger for inflight catering at SCHR, with halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line before sealing. The full range of IATA special meal codes is worked from the same protocol cell that handles the rest of the uplift, so nothing crosses lines within the kitchen.

The three books

A tray set on a stainless steel bench: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a bread roll with herb butter, and a berry dessert in a glass.

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Royal & Government Flights

Royal households · government · state operations

  • Plated service · First to main cabin
  • Protocol handling · security clearance
Chefs plating a long line of identical main courses under heat lamps, with loaded catering trolleys waiting at the end of the line.

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Charter & Commercial

Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc

  • 400 passengers · one uplift
  • HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
A business jet cabin credenza laid with chilled sparkling wine in a bucket, bottled drinks, a nut dish and folded napkins on a silver tray, beside a single passenger seat.

03

Private Jet

Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments

  • From 8 covers · plated forward
  • Reheat sequence specified per dish

Compliance

HACCP standards for aviation catering at Cochrane

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 LGR

Cochrane runs a single runway and a narrow-body reference code, which means the traffic mix here is dominated by scheduled and charter movements sized to that airframe rather than by wide-body waves. That profile turns airline catering in Chile into a scheduling problem more than a capacity one: the same rotation repeats, and the same tray specification has to hold across it. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at LGR all run off the one kitchen described above, with airport catering at SCHR planned stand by stand against the reference code this field holds. The uplift moves from kitchen to ramp under our own escort, loaded through the galley door at the height this airframe sets, with ground handling on the apron working to the same loading sheet we do. We commit to one named coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to stand, and a signed handover at the aircraft door.

VVIP catering and commercial flights at Cochrane airport

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Government and state flight catering at SCHR
A 1020 m runway is what this field offers a head of state aircraft or delegation movement, and it is enough to plan a full protocol uplift against. Government flight catering at Cochrane covers state visits and official delegations with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Cochrane
A private airliner sized to this field's narrow-body reference code — BBJ, ACJ or a comparable VIP conversion — is what the runway here is built to receive, and royal flight catering at SCHR is planned against exactly that airframe. Household standards are held across repeat rotations from a written specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary sets produced on request. Catering at SCHR for this segment never varies with who is travelling.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at SCHR
Onto the single runway at this field, a 1020 m strip sets the airframe class every charter movement here is planned around. Charter flight catering at LGR serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering in Chile built to a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order.
Wide-body charter →
A complete tray set on a black tray: a hot egg and ham dish, cut fruit, breads, a pastry, a set yoghurt and a portion of preserve.
04
Airline and ad hoc catering at LGR
The narrow-body reference code held at this field sets the airframe every rotation is planned around, and our crews build the tray standard to that specification rather than to a generic one. We run ad hoc airline catering at SCHR for carriers using this station as an outstation, with outstation catering and diversion catering worked off the same duty roster. Technical stop catering follows the identical loading sheet, across a multi-leg rotation, whatever the reason for the stop.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Cochrane
A single runway and a narrow-body reference code mean every business aviation movement here is sequenced against the same ramp routine as the rest of the traffic, with no separate bay to fall back on. Private jet catering in Cochrane is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal by our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, covering business aviation catering, business jet catering and FBO catering alike.
Private jets →

Charter flight catering reviewed at Cochrane (LGR)

Flight departments on jet catering at Cochrane, Chile

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Government flight department

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Royal household

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Charter operator

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Scheduled airline

“We used the team at Cochrane (LGR/SCHR) for urgent airline catering after an unexpected operational change. Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. Exactly what we need when operations change with very little notice. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”

★★★★★

Scheduled airline

Nabil — Turnaround Coordinator

“We used the service at Cochrane (LGR/SCHR) for airline catering at outstations on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. Updates were concise and the delivery timing matched our handling plan. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”

★★★★☆

Private jet operator

Emily — Cabin Services Manager

“The operations team needed an airline catering quote for Cochrane (LGR/SCHR) with very little time to decide. They answered our questions without overcomplicating the process and kept the final cost aligned with the confirmation. We appreciated the transparency. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”

★★★★★

Charter operator

Karim — Charter Logistics Manager

Airport catering facts for Cochrane (SCHR / LGR)

DatumValue
Longest runway1,020 m
Runways1
Aerodrome reference codenarrow-body
ICAOSCHR

Airline catering services FAQ for SCHR / LGR

Diversion catering and ramp questions at SCHR / LGR

What operations gets asked every week about Cochrane.

Ask operations directly →
What does airline catering cost at Cochrane?

We publish no price list because a quotation depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window booked; our desk returns a figure once those are set.

When can you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Cochrane?

Once a movement is confirmed on this field, FBO catering is scheduled to any FBO on the field and to the GA terminal, on the same cold chain as an airline uplift.

How is airline catering delivered airside at LGR?

LGR takes the uplift by airside delivery straight to the stand, with hi-loader boarding used where the airframe calls for it, so nothing is handed over at the foot of the aircraft.

Which protocol governs VIP flight catering and government flight catering at SCHR?

The sealed cart route from our kitchen to the stand is the same for every mission class; VIP flight catering and government flight catering both travel under one documented protocol from seal to signature.

Commercial aviation catering near Cochrane

CCH / SCCC
Chile Chico
Chile · 100 km from Cochrane
Airline & VIP flight catering →
PMQ / SAWP
Perito Moreno
Argentina · 145 km from Cochrane
Airline & VIP flight catering →
BBA / SCBA
Balmaceda
Chile · 163 km from Cochrane
Airline & VIP flight catering →

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Cochrane (LGR / SCHR)

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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

Step 1 of 4 · Flight

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Uplift at Cochrane (LGR)