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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Riohacha, Colombia
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Riohacha (SKRH / RCH)
RCH (IATA) · SKRH (ICAO)
A narrow-body reference code sets what boards here, and it still runs a full inflight catering programme rather than a reduced one. Wide-body volume is not the game at Riohacha; hi-loader boarding to galley height, disciplined uplift and in-flight catering held to one written standard are, and that is what scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements get on every rotation.
1,650 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Riohacha
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at SKRH / RCH
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at Riohacha (RCH)
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, SKRH
A single runway and a narrow-body reference code keep the rotation tight at Riohacha, so the catering uplift is timed rather than guessed. Every cart is sealed at the kitchen, escorted across the ramp access route to the stand, and boarded before the galley door closes for departure. Apron movement is the variable we plan against, not the food.
Between our kitchen and the stand at SKRH sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the chain of custody is planned against whichever of those runs longest on a given rotation. That is what the catering uplift is measured on here: not a promised hour, but a sealed cart that moves without a gap in its record. Every galley catering load is logged at sealing and again at handover, with a signature closing each stage of the route to Riohacha.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature — from our kitchen to the galley door.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving Riohacha, Colombia
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Riohacha airport
Airport catering in Riohacha is provisioned from a single production kitchen rather than split across satellite units, which keeps hot production, pastry, a cold larder and the protocol line under one roof and one HACCP standard. That matters more than distance on a narrow-body field: airport catering in Colombia often runs on tighter turnarounds than a wide-body hub allows, and one kitchen removes a handover between sites. Flight kitchen output at RCH is sealed and dispatched as one load, not assembled from several.
The team that handles government flight catering at Riohacha is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for the occasion. Security clearance is held on file, each member sits on the access list for the ramp, and each is trained to the household service standards a protocol movement is checked against. That continuity is what a repeat delegation or a standing royal booking is actually paying for.
Halal airline meals and special meals at SKRH / RCH
VVIP catering to a written specification at Riohacha (RCH)
Menus at Riohacha are written to the cabin and the mission rather than issued as one fixed list, so a scheduled service, a charter and a government movement can share a kitchen without sharing a specification. Where produce is drawn from the surrounding region, it is worked into the seasonal set in general terms rather than named as a supplier or a dish. Inflight catering at RCH covers everything from passenger meal boxes to a plated First set, with allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements documented and labelled per passenger and per cabin. Nothing leaves the kitchen without that documentation attached.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Riohacha are plated to a written specification rather than improvised on the day, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order that governs every repeat rotation, so the presentation does not vary between one movement and the next.
Business cabins
Business cabins run on multi-choice hot service, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft working out of Riohacha. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cockpit and cabin crew in Colombia receive sets matched to their duty pattern rather than a shared tray.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements are documented per passenger rather than left to a verbal note: household, religious and medical sets, including the full range of IATA special meal codes, halal and kosher among them. Inflight catering in Colombia produced to these codes is built on a separate line at SKRH and sealed 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 compliance at Riohacha 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 RCH
Riohacha works a narrow-body traffic profile off a single runway, which means catering here is planned around tight turnarounds rather than parallel wide-body loads, and a delegation or a charter arriving off schedule is a sequencing problem before it is a volume one. Aviation catering at SKRH is built to absorb that variability without adding a second kitchen run.
Uplift reaches the aircraft by airside delivery from our kitchen to the stand, sealed and escorted rather than dropped at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew holding the ramp access badges for the route. Airline catering in Riohacha runs on that same route for every operator working the field, scheduled or ad hoc, and airport catering at Riohacha is planned stand by stand rather than assumed. In-flight catering in Colombia depends on that discipline more than on kitchen size.
What we commit to on this station is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to galley, and a signed handover at the aircraft.
Charter flight catering and state missions at Riohacha airport
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Government and state flight catering at RCH
A 1650 m runway is enough to bring a head of state aircraft onto this field, and catering at RCH for that movement is treated as a protocol job from the first call. Government flight catering here means the file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the ramp, and the uplift sealed at the kitchen before it ever reaches the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Riohacha
A private airliner — BBJ, ACJ or a wide-body VIP configuration — is worked on the same 1650 m runway that clears every other movement through Riohacha, and it is that clearance which lets a royal flight catering booking sit on the schedule without special routing. Household standards are held on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at SKRH
On the same runway that carries the field's scheduled traffic, a 1650 m length sets the working assumption behind every charter flight catering booking at Riohacha. ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions get a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, with charter flight catering at SKRH staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at RCH
Our kitchen works to the narrow-body reference code held at Riohacha, which keeps a scheduled rotation and an unplanned one on the same loading standard rather than two different ones. Carriers running RCH as an outstation get outstation catering and ad hoc airline catering off the same duty roster that covers diversion catering and technical stop catering, with crew meals at SKRH and crew meals at RCH boxed separately across a multi-leg pattern.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Riohacha
Sequencing around a single runway is the constraint any business aviation movement has to work into its slot at Riohacha, and a narrow-body reference code means that sequencing is tight rather than generous. Private jet catering at SKRH reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all run off the one kitchen.
Private jets →
Aviation catering trusted by operators at Riohacha
Flight departments on jet catering at Riohacha, Colombia
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We had a last-minute schedule change into Riohacha (RCH/SKRH) and needed urgent airline catering. They reacted quickly to revised timings and passenger numbers, and the handover was straightforward. A dependable option for irregular operations. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Clara — Station Services Coordinator
“Riohacha (RCH/SKRH) 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. Very useful coverage for smaller or less familiar stations. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Ryan — VIP Account Manager
“The operations team needed an airline catering quote for Riohacha (RCH/SKRH) with very little time to decide. The inclusions were easy to understand, lead time was realistic, and there were no surprises when the final order was confirmed. The clear communication made the booking easy. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Diego — Air Transport Operations Officer
Station data for airport catering at Riohacha (SKRH / RCH)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,650 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | SKRH |
Inflight catering FAQ for SKRH
Diversion catering and ramp questions at SKRH / RCH
What operations gets asked every week about Riohacha.
Ask operations directly →Is airline catering cost fixed at Riohacha?
The desk prices each quotation on cabin count, specification and the loading window rather than a published rate, so airline catering cost at RCH is confirmed once those details are set.
At what point are halal, kosher and special meal codes confirmed at Riohacha Airport?
The special meal codes, including SPML, halal and kosher, are confirmed at booking and produced on a separate line, so each request is documented before it reaches the aircraft.
Does RCH handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering under protocol?
Every movement in that category runs under the same protocol file: security clearance on the crew, VIP flight catering and government flight catering both sealed and logged before departure.
Who delivers private jet catering to the FBOs and GA terminal at SKRH?
Across the field, our own crew delivers to every FBO and the GA terminal on the same cold chain as an airline uplift, with FBO catering handled to the same paperwork throughout.
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