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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Tumaco, Colombia
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Tumaco (SKCO / TCO)
TCO (IATA) · SKCO (ICAO)
The 1600 m runway at Tumaco sets the frame for every uplift we load here, matching narrow-body rotations to a fixed loading window rather than an open-ended promise. In-flight catering moves from our kitchen to the galley door by hi-loader, airside, and inflight catering for scheduled, charter and government flights is boarded to the same standard, rotation after rotation.
1,600 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
02
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 — Tumaco
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for Tumaco (TCO)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Tumaco, Colombia
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at SKCO
Every catering uplift at Tumaco starts sealed at our kitchen and ends with a signature at the galley door, and nothing in between is left to guesswork. Ramp access is held on our own badges, so the route across the apron is fixed before the cart ever leaves the kitchen. That sequence is what governs the loading window at SKCO, not an estimate offered on the day.
Between our kitchen and the stand at TCO sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is what carries the risk on any catering uplift, not the food itself. We plan the route against the worst case each of those steps can throw up, so the chain of custody holds even when the apron is busy. Every galley catering load is logged at sealing and logged again at handover, with a signature closing the record at the aircraft.
The convoy is the risk on any uplift; the galley door is where that risk ends.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Tumaco, Colombia departures
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Tumaco airport
Airport catering at Tumaco is provisioned from a kitchen built around hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof. That HACCP-run structure is what lets airport catering here move from sealed trolley to galley door without a break in the cold chain. Everything boarded at TCO passes through that single facility before it reaches the ramp.
The team that handles government flight catering at Tumaco is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned on the day. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household and protocol standards that travel with a sealed uplift. That continuity is what a protocol desk checks first when it books SKCO.
VIP flight catering menus for SKCO / TCO departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Tumaco (TCO)
Menus at Tumaco are written to the cabin and the mission first, and only then to the season, so a scheduled rotation and a state movement never share a specification by accident. Inflight catering here draws on regional produce where the flight plan allows it, dairy, fish and orchard fruit worked into a tray set rather than a fixed dish list. Every plate is built against a written specification, not a memory of what worked last time. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, filed against the same rotation record as the rest of the load.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Tumaco are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than assumed by default. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the aircraft, so a repeat rotation reads the same brief twice.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SKCO run multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately and matched to the roster, tray sets and meal boxes staged together for one loading pass.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Tumaco are documented per passenger, covering halal, kosher, and the full range of IATA special meal codes rather than a fixed shortlist. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
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
Food safety records for aviation catering at TCO
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 TCO
Tumaco handles scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single narrow-body reference code, which keeps a delegation, a peak wave and a repeat rotation all working off the same stand rather than competing for separate infrastructure. That mix means catering here is planned as a documentation problem for state movements and a repetition problem for scheduled service, not as a capacity race.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the aircraft by a fixed airside route, sealed before departure and escorted across the apron to the stand. Ground handling on the ramp coordinates with our own crew rather than a shifting roster, so the same route is worked every time regardless of who else is moving on the field.
At SKCO, aviation catering, in-flight catering, inflight catering and airport catering all run off one ops desk, one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover closing every load.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Tumaco airport
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Government and state flight catering at SKCO
At a station built to a narrow-body reference code, a head of state aircraft is planned on the same stand infrastructure as any scheduled arrival, which makes the paperwork the variable rather than the ramp. Government flight catering at Tumaco documents the protocol file per passenger, with security-cleared staff sealing the uplift before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at TCO
Working a narrow-body reference code forces a private airliner into the same sequencing as scheduled traffic, so the loading plan has to be fixed before the aircraft is even on the stand. Royal flight catering at Tumaco holds a written household specification on file between movements, covering BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP arrivals, with halal and other household requirements produced on request under royal household protocol, VVIP throughout.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Tumaco
The runway measures 1600 metres, which sets the class of charter and ACMI aircraft this ramp works and the pace at which a full three-cabin uplift has to be staged. Charter flight catering at SKCO covers wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering in Colombia routed through the same loading sheet and galley sequence on every rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SKCO
A narrow-body reference code at Tumaco is what lets a scheduled aircraft use this stand as an outstation rather than a one-off diversion. Carriers running SKCO on a fixed rotation get outstation catering built into the schedule, while ad hoc airline catering in Tumaco covers the flights that were never on it: diversion catering, technical stop catering and AOG, all worked off the same duty roster across a multi-leg pattern.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at TCO
Our kitchen works to the same 1600 m operating window as the rest of the field, which is what lets private jet catering at Tumaco run on the identical schedule as a scheduled uplift. Delivery reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline load.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Tumaco, Colombia
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Tumaco, Colombia
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We requested aviation catering packaging at Tumaco (TCO/SKCO) and the packaging worked very well onboard. Presentation stayed good while the setup remained practical for a fast aircraft turnaround. Exactly what we need for a quick galley setup. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Gabriel — Flight Dispatch Coordinator
“For a changing schedule at Tumaco (TCO/SKCO), we needed flexible tech stop. The uplift was organized around our revised departure and reached the aircraft without delaying the turn. We appreciated how easy the coordination was. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Antonio — Airport Services Manager
“We used the team for FBO catering at Tumaco (TCO/SKCO) on a VIP trip. The food arrived fresh and well presented, with clear labels and packaging that actually worked in our galley. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
David — Cabin Service Coordinator
Airport catering facts for Tumaco (SKCO / TCO)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,600 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | SKCO |
Airline catering services FAQ for SKCO / TCO
Diversion catering and ramp questions at SKCO / TCO
What operations gets asked every week about Tumaco.
Ask operations directly →Is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Tumaco?
Our coordinator routes every order to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, running FBO catering on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Does Tumaco Airport produce halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes?
Every special meal, halal, kosher or coded under SPML, is produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before it is sealed for boarding.
Which method delivers airline catering airside at TCO?
The hi-loader carries the sealed load from our kitchen to galley height, so airside delivery ends at the door rather than at the foot of the aircraft.
Who sets the lead time for an order placed at SKCO?
For a standard rotation the specification can still change close to departure; ask how far in advance your mission type needs to be filed, since last minute airline catering is worked case by case.
When is the cost of airline catering at Tumaco confirmed?
Once cabin count, specification and loading window are set, our desk returns a quotation built on those three, since no price list is published in advance.
Where is the protocol recorded for VIP flight catering at Tumaco Airport?
The sealed handover record documents government flight catering and VIP flight catering together, filed against the same protocol standard on every movement.
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Tumaco (TCO / SKCO)
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Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Tumaco (TCO)