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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Mariquita, Colombia
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Mariquita (SKQU / MQU)
MQU (IATA) · SKQU (ICAO)
A single 1800 m runway sets the traffic this narrow-body station can hold, and it shapes how our kitchen plans every uplift boarded from it. Inflight catering here runs on hi-loader access to galley height with in-flight catering staged airside for scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements alike.
1,800 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — Mariquita
Hi-loader aviation catering on the SKQU / MQU apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at SKQU
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Mariquita
The catering uplift at Mariquita is planned, not guessed at: a sealed cart leaves our kitchen on a schedule set against the stand assignment, not against the runway slot. Ramp access is held on our own clearance rather than requested flight by flight, so the apron crossing is never the variable that delays a departure. Every stage between the kitchen door and the galley door at SKQU is logged against that same plan.
Between our kitchen and the single stand at Mariquita sit screening, an escort and apron traffic that a narrow-body reference code still has to cross on foot or by cart. We plan the catering uplift around whichever of those three runs longest on a given rotation, rather than around an average that would miss the worst case. Chain of custody starts at the seal on the cart and closes only when a name is signed against the galley catering handover at the aircraft, with temperature logged at both ends so the record matches the load that actually boarded.
One coordinator owns the load from the seal to the signature, start to finish.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for MQU
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at MQU
Airport catering at Mariquita is produced under one roof that runs hot production, pastry and a cold larder alongside a protocol line for cleared work, rather than splitting those functions across separate sites. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake through to the sealed cart that leaves for the stand. Airport catering in Colombia is built to the same standard, so a rotation through Mariquita carries no different a specification than one through any other field on the same production line.
The team that handles government flight catering at Mariquita is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, on the access list, and trained to the household standards a royal or state movement requires. That continuity matters more than headcount on a narrow-body station with a single stand, because the same faces sign the same chain-of-custody paperwork every time. No booking here is worked by whoever is free that day.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Mariquita (MQU)
VIP flight catering, specified per passenger at SKQU
Menus at Mariquita are written to the cabin and to the mission rather than to a single fixed list, so a scheduled rotation and a VVIP movement leave the same kitchen on different specifications. Produce drawn from the surrounding Colombian region sits alongside imported stock where a menu calls for it, without either being named beyond that. Inflight catering in Colombia carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, each one labelled per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed. The tray standard travels with the flight; only the cycle changes week to week.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Mariquita are plated to a written specification rather than to a fixed printed menu, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the presentation can be checked against that record after boarding rather than only before it.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SKQU run on multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals travel in the same tray sets, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately and tagged to the roster rather than bundled together.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Mariquita are documented per passenger rather than assumed from the booking class, covering halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering built to those codes is produced on a separate line and sealed there before it joins the rest of the load.
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
Aircraft catering under HACCP control at Mariquita airport
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 SKQU / MQU
Mariquita's single runway and narrow-body reference code set a traffic profile built on scheduled and ad hoc movements rather than heavy widebody frequency, which turns airline catering at Mariquita into a documentation and repetition problem more than a capacity one: the same rotation, the same tray count, checked again each time it returns. Aviation catering in Mariquita is planned against that pattern, not against a peak that this stand does not see.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by sealed cart, carried across the apron under our own escort to the stand and loaded through the galley door by hi-loader. Airport catering at SKQU is staged against the stand assignment rather than the runway slot, with a loading crew on the ramp for every movement rather than only for the larger ones. In-flight catering in Mariquita and inflight catering at Mariquita both follow that same route, regardless of the operator on the booking.
On every rotation through this stand we commit to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover at the aircraft.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at SKQU / MQU
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Government and state flight catering at MQU
A narrow-body reference code means a single stand has to be sequenced and held clear for the duration of any official movement, and that constraint sits behind every delegation this card serves. Government flight catering at Mariquita covers state visits and head of state movements with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed at SKQU before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Mariquita
One narrow-body stand, and that single stand still takes a private airliner on the same terms as a scheduled rotation. Royal flight catering at Mariquita holds VVIP and royal household standards across repeat movements, from a written specification kept on file between them, covering BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP airframes with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at SKQU
Our kitchen works the narrow-body reference code at this stand as a fixed constraint on every load plan, staging a full three-cabin uplift in the exact order the galleys are laid out. Charter flight catering in Colombia covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering at MQU counted against the loading sheet before it leaves the ramp.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at MQU
With one 1800 m runway and a narrow-body reference code, Mariquita is worked as an outstation rather than a hub, which is exactly the traffic this card covers. Ad hoc airline catering in Mariquita serves carriers running diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, outstation catering included, with crew meals in Colombia boxed to the same roster across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Mariquita
The 1800 m runway at this field also takes the business aviation movements routed to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, alongside the scheduled and charter traffic covered above. Private jet catering at Mariquita reaches those aircraft on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, delivered by the ramp handler rather than left to a separate process.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at SKQU
Flight departments on jet catering at Mariquita airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged technical stop catering at Mariquita (MQU/SKQU). Confirmation was quick, the order stayed clear despite several updates, and delivery reached the aircraft on time. Exactly what we need when operations change with very little notice. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Kareem — Ad Hoc Operations Manager
“Mariquita (MQU/SKQU) was an outstation for us, and we booked catering for airlines without flight kitchen for the sector. The team confirmed everything clearly, handled the local coordination, and delivered the order ready for loading. A solid solution for outstation operations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Viktor — Air Freight Operations Lead
“For our flight at Mariquita (MQU/SKQU), we needed a quick airline catering cost before confirming the order. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. Good option when you need a fast and transparent answer. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Camila — Flight Assistance Manager
Outstation catering data for Mariquita (SKQU / MQU)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 1,800 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | SKQU |
Airline catering services FAQ for Mariquita (MQU)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Mariquita (MQU)
What operations gets asked every week about Mariquita.
Ask operations directly →What halal, kosher and special meal codes are produced for flights out of Mariquita?
We produce halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of SPML codes, each one documented per passenger and sealed on a separate line before it joins the load.
Which lead time does Mariquita airport need for a catering order?
The loading cart and its route to the stand are planned once the specification is confirmed, and last minute airline catering can still be accommodated closer to departure with a tighter loading window than a standard order allows; how far in advance you book still shapes how much choice remains on the menu.
Can you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at MQU under protocol?
A single stand and one narrow-body reference code mean every VIP flight catering or government flight catering movement is sequenced individually rather than slotted into a general schedule, with security clearance and the full protocol file held on the same named crew.
With one runway governing the ramp, is airline catering delivered airside at SKQU?
There is direct airside delivery to the stand at this station, with the sealed cart carried across the apron under escort and boarded through the galley door by hi-loader.
Inflight catering at other airports near Mariquita
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Mariquita (MQU)