Aviation catering — Guapi, Colombia

Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Guapi (SKGP / GPI)

GPI (IATA) · SKGP (ICAO)

A 1297 m runway keeps Guapi worked as a narrow-body field, and that single reference code sets the plan for every uplift boarded through it. In-flight catering here runs from one kitchen to the galley door on the ramp, so inflight catering for scheduled, charter and government movements is loaded by hi-loader rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft.

A catering hi-loader box raised level with the open galley door of a wide-body, its platform bridged to the doorway.
1,297 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
01
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 — Guapi

Aviation catering with ramp access at Guapi, Colombia

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

Inflight catering order window for Guapi airport departures

Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at GPI

Between the sealed cart leaving our kitchen and the tray sets crossing the galley door, the catering uplift at Guapi is tracked stage by stage rather than promised as a single figure. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the convoy crosses the apron on a route agreed with the field rather than queued behind general traffic. That sequence is what a narrow-body reference code like Guapi's actually buys an operator: a shorter, more predictable run from kitchen to stand.

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 Guapi sit screening, an escort through the airside gate and whatever apron traffic is moving that hour, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of those three rather than the best. Every cart is sealed before it leaves the kitchen and the seal is checked again at the stand, closing the chain of custody the galley catering has to keep from production to handover. Temperatures are logged at both ends, and the loading crew signs the load off against the same sheet the cockpit and cabin crew see, so responsibility for the tray sets never sits with more than one named team at a time.

One sealed cart, one signature, from our kitchen to the galley door.

Pilot meals prepared for Guapi (GPI) rotations

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Airline food supplier crews cleared for SKGP

Airport catering in Guapi runs from a single production line rather than a network of outstations, so hot production, pastry, a cold larder and the protocol cell that handles sealed and dietary orders sit under one roof. That arrangement is what lets airport catering at GPI hold one specification across scheduled, charter and VIP rotations instead of varying it stand by stand. The flight kitchen at GPI runs to HACCP procedure through every stage between production and the cart leaving for the apron.

The team that handles government flight catering at Guapi is the same named crew every rotation, carried forward rather than rotated in from a wider pool for a single movement. Each member holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the airside route the convoy takes, and is trained to the household and protocol standards a sealed uplift travels under. That continuity is what keeps catering at SKGP answerable to one team rather than to whoever is on shift.

VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Guapi, Colombia

VVIP catering to a written specification at Guapi airport

Menus for Guapi are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for season, so a scheduled rotation and a one-off charter are never served from the same fixed cycle. Colombia's produce runs through the specification in general terms — dairy, fish, seasonal fruit — worked into the tray without naming a dish or a single grower. Inflight catering in Guapi carries allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets as standing entries, each documented per passenger and per cabin rather than added at the last stage. That documentation travels with the load, so a change of aircraft or a change of party does not mean a change of standard.

Rows of smoked salmon rolls on dark bread rounds, each finished with a spoon of caviar, staged on a white service tray.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP cabins at Guapi are plated to a written specification rather than to a cycle, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request against the same file. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the record on file rather than re-briefed 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 GPI run on multi-choice hot service, boxed to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft on the day. Crew meals in Guapi and crew meals in Colombia are boxed apart from the cabin trays, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals rostered separately so the flight deck order never depends on the cabin count.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Protocol and dietary requirements at Guapi are documented per passenger rather than assumed from the manifest, covering household, religious and medical categories on one file. Halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before that line closes, so inflight catering at Guapi keeps dietary orders apart from the general cabin run without slowing the loading window.

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.

02

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.

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Private Jet

Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments

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

Compliance

Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at SKGP

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 Guapi

A single 1297 m runway holds Guapi to narrow-body movements, which keeps the traffic mixed rather than banked into one wave: a scheduled rotation, a charter and an occasional government movement can sit close together on the same day, and each is a documentation task before it is a volume task. Airline catering in Guapi and aviation catering in Guapi both run off that same narrow-body plan rather than a wide-body one.

The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand by ground handling on the apron, sealed for the run and released only at the aircraft. In-flight catering at Guapi and airport catering at Guapi are staged this way stand by stand, with inflight catering at GPI planned against the loading sheet rather than against a general schedule.

One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, so responsibility for the load never splits between two desks mid-handover.

Commercial aviation catering for every mission at SKGP

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Government and state flight catering at SKGP
Working a single narrow-body stand means a delegation movement has to be sequenced around whatever else is booked that day rather than given a stand of its own. Government flight catering at Guapi for state visits and official delegations runs on protocol documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, with head of state movements handled on that same file.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at GPI
One narrow-body reference code, held for every stand at this field, still allows a private airliner to be worked to a household standard rather than a general one. Royal flight catering at Guapi covers BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VVIP movements against a written household specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and other royal household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
Charter flight catering first.
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Guapi
We hold Guapi's narrow-body stand to one loading sequence, so a group charter or an ACMI leg is staged against the same sheet as a scheduled service rather than a separate one. Charter flight catering in Colombia and charter flight catering at Guapi cover wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift counted against that sheet.
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.
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SKGP
At a field held to a single narrow-body reference code, a diversion or a technical stop changes the loading plan more than it changes the volume. Ad hoc airline catering at SKGP covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with crew meals at GPI and crew meals at Guapi boxed apart from the cabin trays across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at GPI
The 1297 m runway that sets Guapi's narrow-body limit also carries the business aviation movements worked from the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field. Private jet catering in Colombia reaches that terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering delivered stand-side rather than handed off at the gate.
Private jets →

Inflight catering trusted by operators at SKGP / GPI

Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Guapi (GPI)

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Government flight department

4.5.25 1.

Royal household

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Charter operator

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Scheduled airline

“We used football club charter catering at Guapi (GPI/SKGP) for a team charter and had a good experience. They handled the nutrition requests well and kept everything organized for fast distribution onboard. A good partner for sports charter operations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”

★★★★★

Scheduled airline

Olivier — Station Services Coordinator

“For an urgent mission at Guapi (GPI/SKGP), the team supported us with evacuation flight catering. The meals were practical, clearly packed, and easy for the crew to distribute during the flight. Strong support for a demanding operation. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”

★★★★★

Private jet operator

Naomi — Private Jet Operations Manager

“We used the team at Guapi (GPI/SKGP) for cargo airline catering on a night operation. The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. We would use them again for another cargo sector. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”

★★★★☆

Government flight department

Yara — Government Aviation Liaison

Airport catering data for Guapi (SKGP / GPI)

DatumValue
Longest runway1,297 m
Runways1
Aerodrome reference codenarrow-body
ICAOSKGP

Business jet catering questions at Guapi, Colombia

Diversion catering and ramp questions at Guapi, Colombia

What operations gets asked every week about Guapi.

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How far does protocol reach for VIP flight catering and government flight catering at Guapi?

The standard runs on security clearance and a sealed file that follows the passenger list, so VIP, VVIP and government flights are worked to one protocol rather than a case-by-case brief.

Who handles airside delivery for airline catering at GPI?

For every rotation booked through GPI, our own crew carries the load from kitchen to hi-loader and boards it at galley height, so airside delivery is never handed off mid-route.

At what point is airline catering cost confirmed for a movement through SKGP?

At the point the cabin count and the loading window are fixed, since airline catering cost depends on specification and timing rather than a published rate, and the desk returns with a figure once both are set.

Documented per passenger, are halal, kosher and special meal codes produced for flights through Guapi?

There are standing halal and kosher lines alongside the full set of SPML codes, each logged against the passenger list rather than assumed from the manifest.

Guapi's private jet catering — does it reach the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?

The same sealed cart used for an airline uplift carries private jet catering to the GA terminal and every FBO on the field, on one cold chain and one paperwork trail.

Do you take last minute airline catering changes at GPI?

Yes, within the loading window still open before the cart is sealed, so lead time depends on how far the flight is from that seal rather than on a fixed cut-off; ask how far in advance your rotation needs to lock its specification.

Jet catering at airports near Guapi

TCO / SKCO
Tumaco
Colombia · 127 km from Guapi
Airline & VIP flight catering →
PPN / SKPP
Popayán
Colombia · 144 km from Guapi
Airline & VIP flight catering →
PSO / SKPS
Chachagüí
Colombia · 147 km from Guapi
Airline & VIP flight catering →

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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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Step 1 of 4 · Flight

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Uplift at Guapi (GPI)