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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Cartagena, Colombia
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Cartagena (SKCG / CTG)
CTG (IATA) · SKCG (ICAO)
The 2600 m runway at Cartagena clears the wide-body movements that set the tone for everything boarded behind them, from scheduled sectors to a government or royal rotation staged on the same ramp. Inflight catering here runs on hi-loader boarding to galley height, with in-flight catering uplifted straight to the aircraft rather than staged at the foot of the stairs.
2,600 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
1
FBO on station
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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 — Cartagena
Wide-body aviation catering at Cartagena airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at SKCG
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Cartagena
Ramp access is what a wide-body reference code buys at this station: a hi-loader crossing the apron straight to the galley door, instead of a delivery left at the foot of the aircraft. The catering uplift is planned against the same wide-body movement that sets the stand, so the sealed cart and the aircraft are ready within the same window. Nothing here is estimated after the fact; it is tracked from the kitchen seal to the signature at handover.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at Cartagena sit screening, an escort onto the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway field working multiple movements. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of those, not the best, so the galley catering load still lands inside its window on a tight rotation. Chain of custody runs from the sealed cart at the kitchen door to the signature that closes the handover at the aircraft. Temperatures are logged at both ends, and the seal number travels with the load until it is broken at the galley.
One seal, one signature: the load is tracked from our kitchen to the galley door.
Crew meals from the flight kitchen serving Cartagena, Colombia
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for CTG
The flight kitchen behind Cartagena's wide-body stands runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, which is what lets a single facility cover an airline rotation and a government movement on the same day. Airport catering at this station follows HACCP throughout, from intake to the sealed cart, and that cold chain is held without a break between the kitchen and the aircraft. Airport catering in Colombia answers to the same standard here as at any other field we work, and the flight kitchen at CTG is built to carry it across a full wide-body uplift.
The team that handles government flight catering at Cartagena is the same named crew every rotation, kept small deliberately so that access does not have to be re-cleared movement by movement. Security clearance sits on file for each of them, alongside the access list that governs who reaches the sealed cart before it leaves the kitchen. They are trained to royal household standards as a matter of course, not only when a household movement is booked, and the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift is built into their routine rather than treated as an exception.
VIP flight catering menus for Cartagena (CTG) departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at SKCG
The menus boarded at Cartagena are built to the cabin they are flying in and to the mission behind the flight, from a single scheduled sector to a VVIP movement worked on the same day. Regional produce sets the base of the boarding menu wherever the flight allows it, drawing on the fish, dairy and orchard fruit of the Caribbean coast without naming a single dish or supplier on this page. Inflight catering at SKCG is planned to cabin, season and mission rather than to one fixed cycle, so a business rotation and a royal one are never served from the same standing menu. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that record rather than against memory.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Cartagena are plated to a written specification rather than to a general standard, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request for a private airliner or a head-of-state movement. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the operator, so a repeat rotation is served to the same brief every time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at CTG take a multi-choice hot service built to the galley fitted on the aircraft, with oven-ready formats sized to that specification rather than to a generic tray. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same load as the passenger boxes, boxed separately and matched to the roster.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements boarded in Cartagena are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes rather than a shortlist of the most common ones. Inflight catering produced against those codes runs on a separate line and is sealed before it leaves the kitchen, keeping every dietary or religious set apart from the standard boarding menu.
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
Airline catering services under HACCP at Cartagena, Colombia
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.
Aircraft catering delivered airside at SKCG / CTG
Cartagena's single wide-body-rated runway carries scheduled, charter and government traffic through the same limited set of stands, which turns a delegation into a documentation task and a peak departure wave into a capacity one rather than two separate problems. Airline catering at SKCG is planned stand by stand for exactly that reason, so a wide-body movement is never queued behind a smaller one it does not need to share a slot with.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader from our kitchen to the galley door, crossing the apron under ramp access held on our own badges rather than a delivery dropped at the foot of the stairs. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering in Colombia run off that same ops desk, with airport catering at SKCG staged against the loading sheet for each stand.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, with sealed carts and a signed handover closing every load leaving our kitchen for Cartagena.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Cartagena airport
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Government and state flight catering at CTG
At a field rated for wide-body movements, a head of state aircraft is boarded on the same stands and the same reference code as any scheduled service, which keeps a state visit from needing a separate ramp plan. Government flight catering here runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Cartagena
Loading a private airliner against a wide-body reference code means sequencing the galleys before the hi-loader ever reaches the door, since a BBJ or ACJ fit rarely matches a standard configuration. Royal flight catering at Cartagena is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced on request rather than assumed.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at SKCG
2600 metres of runway, and that is enough to bring a wide-body charter or ACMI aircraft onto the same stands worked by scheduled traffic here. Charter flight catering at Cartagena covers wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, the same discipline charter flight catering in Cartagena applies to a repeat rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at CTG
A wide-body aircraft working Cartagena as an outstation can be boarded on the same reference code that governs every stand here, which is what makes ad hoc airline catering practical on short notice rather than only on a published schedule. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation without a change of kitchen.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Cartagena
We uplift business aviation traffic at Cartagena across the same 2600 metres of runway that clears the wide-body movements sharing the field, delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal rather than staged separately. Private jet catering in Cartagena runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering following one duty roster regardless of which apron the aircraft is parked on.
Private jets →
FBOs at Cartagena
aerosupport fbo
Inflight catering rated by operators at Cartagena (CTG)
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Cartagena airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We needed an airline catering partner at Cartagena (CTG/SKCG) and the support was excellent. They coordinated locally, sent useful updates, and kept the final uplift aligned with our revised schedule. It made the station much easier to manage. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Valentina — Cabin Service Coordinator
“Our team needed airline catering in Cartagena for a short-notice flight at CTG/SKCG. The order was confirmed quickly, delivered on time, and packed exactly as requested for the aircraft. We had a smooth experience from order to delivery. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Antoine — Government Aviation Coordinator
“For our flight from Cartagena (CTG/SKCG), the cabin order included multiple SPML. All requirements were followed and the cabin crew could see immediately which meal belonged to which passenger. A good experience with complex dietary requests. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Bastien — Charter Planning Manager
Flight catering station reference for Cartagena (SKCG / CTG)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,600 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | SKCG |
Business jet catering questions at Cartagena (CTG)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Cartagena (CTG)
What operations gets asked every week about Cartagena.
Ask operations directly →How are halal, kosher and special meal codes documented for flights out of Cartagena?
Cartagena produces halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA SPML codes on a separate line, with every requirement logged per passenger before the tray sets are sealed.
Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at Cartagena Rafael Núñez International Airport?
Yes, under a protocol file documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff and VIP flight catering and government flight catering sealed before leaving the kitchen.
CTG — do you deliver airline catering airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
The hi-loader carries the sealed cart across the apron straight to the galley door, which is how airside delivery is completed here without a foot-of-aircraft handoff.
What is the lead time for an order at SKCG, and how late can the specification change?
We ask for standard orders with as much notice as the rotation allows, and we still take last-minute airline catering changes to the specification up to the loading window closing.
Inflight catering at other airports near Cartagena
BAQ / SKBQ
Barranquilla
Colombia · 94 km from Cartagena
Airline & VIP flight catering →
CVE / SKCV
Coveñas
Colombia · 117 km from Cartagena
Airline & VIP flight catering →
CZU / SKCZ
Corozal
Colombia · 126 km from Cartagena
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Cartagena (CTG / SKCG)
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Four steps
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Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Cartagena (CTG)