Aviation catering — Puerto Carreño, Colombia

Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Puerto Carreño (SKPC / PCR)

PCR (IATA) · SKPC (ICAO)

A single narrow-body runway and one paved stand set the working limit at Puerto Carreño: every uplift is sequenced rather than staggered across parallel gates. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering here on that constraint, boarding sealed carts by hi-loader to galley height so the wide-body-style discipline of the tray set holds on the narrower cabins this ramp actually takes.

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.
1,800 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Puerto Carreño

Inflight catering loaded to galley height at SKPC / PCR

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

Aircraft catering lead times at SKPC

Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Puerto Carreño

Ramp access at Puerto Carreño is held on our own clearance, so the sealed cart moves straight from the kitchen to the apron without waiting on a shared gate. What the timeline shows is a catering uplift measured stage by stage rather than promised as a single lead time. Each stage is logged where it happens, from the kitchen door to the galley door on the working 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 single working stand at Puerto Carreño sit screening, an escort onto the apron, and the narrow-body sequencing that a one-runway field imposes on every movement. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of that sequence rather than the best case, so a delay upstream does not reach the galley catering itself.

Chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the aircraft, with no unsealed handoff between. Temperature is logged when the load is sealed and logged again at handover, and the same log travels with the cart through the escort. A single named coordinator carries that record for the whole rotation.

Nothing on this route is delegated to a party outside that chain, and the paperwork closes only once the galley door does.

One seal, one signature: the chain of custody never leaves our hands.

Flight kitchen and crew meals for Puerto Carreño airport

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Pilot meals and cleared production crews for PCR

The flight kitchen that provisions Puerto Carreño runs hot production, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, feeding the single working stand rather than a spread of gates. Airport catering at SKPC is planned around that one stand, so the kitchen sequences loads instead of splitting them across parallel runs. Production holds to a HACCP standard throughout, and airport catering at Puerto Carreño moves off that same line for every mission type it serves.

The team that handles government flight catering at PCR is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access roster, and trained to the household standards a protocol movement demands. Catering at PCR is carried by that crew alone, never rotated out for a one-off booking. Their brief covers the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift as closely as the load itself.

VIP flight catering menus for Puerto Carreño (PCR) departures

VVIP catering to a written specification at SKPC

Menus at Puerto Carreño are written to the cabin and the mission, then adjusted for the season rather than fixed year-round. Inflight catering at Puerto Carreño draws where it can on regional produce - river fish, dairy and orchard fruit from the wider Orinoquía region - set alongside a standing international specification for crews working a longer rotation. Every set is documented for allergens, and halal and kosher requirements are built into the same production line rather than sourced apart from it. Medical and religious codes travel labelled per passenger and per cabin, so the paperwork matches the tray before it ever reaches the stand.

A sauced chicken breast on roast potatoes with two slaws and a shoot garnish, plated on white china.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP work at SKPC is plated to a written specification rather than improvised on the day, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request for a protocol movement. VIP flight catering here is documented per passenger, so a household's standing preferences carry from one rotation to the next.

A complete tray set on a black tray: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.

Business cabins

Business cabins at PCR run on multi-choice hot service, built to oven-ready formats sized for the galley fitted on board. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately from the passenger load and matched against the roster before the cart is sealed.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Protocol and dietary requirements at Puerto Carreño are documented per passenger, covering halal, kosher, vegan and gluten-free sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering produced against those codes runs on a separate line and is sealed before it joins the main load.

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.

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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 SKPC

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 SKPC / PCR

Puerto Carreño works a mixed traffic profile across its single narrow-body runway and one stand, so a scheduled rotation, a charter movement and an occasional government delegation share the same limited ramp rather than separate infrastructure. That mix turns catering at SKPC into a sequencing problem before it is a volume one: each load is timed against the one slot available rather than staggered across several.

The uplift reaches the aircraft by sealed cart, escorted onto the apron and lifted to galley height on arrival at the stand, with airport catering in Colombia typically built around exactly this kind of single-stand field. Inflight catering at PCR and aviation catering at Puerto Carreño both run off the same ops desk rather than separate booking lines, and in-flight catering at PCR is planned against that one stand well ahead of the slot rather than adjusted on the day.

Our commitment on this station holds regardless of mission type: one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts throughout, and a signed handover at the galley door, with airline catering in Colombia held to that same standard end to end.

Commercial aviation catering for every mission at PCR

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Government and state flight catering at PCR
Our kitchen sequences every load against the single 1800-metre runway and stand at Puerto Carreño, which is what lets a delegation movement be planned to the minute rather than fitted around other traffic. Government flight catering here covers state visits and official delegations, with protocol documented per passenger and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, extending to head of state movements on the same terms.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Puerto Carreño
The 1800-metre runway at Puerto Carreño accepts the private airliners this segment typically flies, including BBJ and ACJ types configured for a royal household or a wide-body VIP layout. Royal flight catering at SKPC is held to a written specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request from the same protocol line.
Royal & VVIP flights →
Charter flight catering first.
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at SKPC
A narrow-body reference code at Puerto Carreño lets ACMI and wet-lease aircraft, group charters and special missions work the single stand on the same terms as scheduled traffic. Charter flight catering at SKPC covers those movements with a full cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering in Puerto Carreño is staged in the order the galley is laid out rather than assembled on arrival.
Wide-body charter →
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.
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Airline and ad hoc catering at PCR
A single 1800-metre runway at Puerto Carreño sets what can divert or route through here, which makes ad hoc airline catering a standing capability rather than a rare booking. Carriers running this field as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Puerto Carreño
On a field built around one narrow-body runway and stand, business aviation at Puerto Carreño is worked through the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field rather than a separate apron. Private jet catering in Colombia from our dedicated branch reaches them there, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →

Inflight catering trusted by operators at SKPC / PCR

Ops desks rating airline catering services at Puerto Carreño airport

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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 needed an airline catering broker at Puerto Carreño (PCR/SKPC) and the support was excellent. The response time was good and we did not have to manage several local suppliers ourselves. It made the station much easier to manage. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”

★★★★☆

Scheduled airline

Victoria — Ground Handling Coordinator

“We used the service for private jet catering in Puerto Carreño on a VIP rotation through PCR/SKPC. 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. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”

★★★★☆

Scheduled airline

Pablo — Airport Duty Manager

“I requested kosher airline meals for passengers departing Puerto Carreño (PCR/SKPC) and the labeling was excellent. Each item was clearly identified, separated from the standard meals, and easy to check before boarding. We were happy with the accuracy of the order. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”

★★★★☆

Private jet operator

Anwar — Executive Aviation Coordinator

Airport catering profile for Puerto Carreño (SKPC / PCR)

DatumValue
Longest runway1,800 m
Runways1
Aerodrome reference codenarrow-body
ICAOSKPC

Business jet catering questions at Puerto Carreño (PCR)

Technical stop catering questions at Puerto Carreño (PCR)

What operations gets asked every week about Puerto Carreño.

Ask operations directly →
Can SKPC produce halal, kosher and IATA special meal sets, and how are they documented?

Yes, halal, kosher and the full set of SPML codes are produced on a dedicated line at Puerto Carreño and labelled per passenger before they join the main load.

How late can an order change for airline catering delivered airside at Puerto Carreño?

Airside delivery here runs on a sealed chain of custody held to the same clearance for every rotation, and changes are taken up to the point the cart is sealed and lifted to the aircraft by hi-loader.

Given the single stand at Puerto Carreño Airport, is VIP, VVIP and government flight catering handled under protocol here?

There is a named, security-cleared crew on file for exactly this work, covering VIP flight catering and government flight catering under a documented protocol for every delegation or household movement.

Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field at PCR?

Yes, through our dedicated branch, with FBO catering reaching every operator on the field on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.

Airline catering near Puerto Carreño

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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
CXA / SVCD
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Charter flight catering quote for SKPC / PCR

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Puerto Carreño (PCR / SKPC)

Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Puerto Carreño, not a brochure.

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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

Flight

The airport is already filled in. Change it if the uplift boards elsewhere.

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Offloading

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Uplift at Puerto Carreño (PCR)