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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Tarapoa, Ecuador
Airside airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Tarapoa (SETR / TPC)
TPC (IATA) · SETR (ICAO)
One runway and a narrow-body reference code set the working scale at Tarapoa, which keeps every rotation planned stand by stand rather than across a wide-body apron. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and hi-loader boarding to galley height from a kitchen positioned for uplift on short notice, wherever a wide-body diversion or a fixed rotation calls for it.
1,570 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 — Tarapoa
Aviation catering with ramp access at TPC
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Catering uplift timing at Tarapoa (TPC)
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at SETR
The catering uplift at Tarapoa moves on a fixed sequence rather than a guessed one: sealed at the kitchen, escorted across the apron, boarded through the galley door. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, not borrowed from a third party, so the convoy is never waiting on someone else's badge. That sequence is what a narrow-body rotation at SETR is actually timed against.
The convoy is the risk here, not the food: apron traffic and the single runway at Tarapoa set the pace of every movement between our kitchen and the stand, and we plan the galley catering run against the worst of it rather than the average case. Screening and escort are worked into the same sequence, never bolted on afterwards, which is what keeps a narrow-body turnaround at SETR from slipping. Temperature is logged when the load is sealed and logged again at handover, and the chain of custody closes on a signature at the aircraft rather than at the kitchen door.
One sealed load, one route, one signature: that is the whole loading window.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for Tarapoa airport
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Tarapoa airport
The flight kitchen provisioning Tarapoa keeps hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to run against a single narrow-body reference code rather than a mixed wide-body apron. Airport catering at SETR is planned on that same footprint, and airport catering in Ecuador more broadly is worked to HACCP standards through the same cold chain from sealing to handover. Every tray set that leaves the door is built to the cabin plan filed for that rotation.
The team behind government flight catering at Tarapoa is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating roster pulled in for the day. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects. That continuity is what keeps chain of custody intact between the kitchen door and the aircraft at SETR.
Halal airline meals and special meals at SETR / TPC
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Tarapoa (TPC)
Menus at Tarapoa are written to the cabin and the mission, not to a single fixed list: a scheduled rotation, a delegation and a group charter each draw a different tray set from the same kitchen. Ecuador's produce sets the register for the season, with dairy, fish and orchard fruit worked into the plan rather than named as a single dish. From First cabin plates to passenger meal boxes, the inflight catering built here moves through cabin, mission and season without changing kitchen. Every dietary set is documented per passenger and per cabin, allergen codes included, before it is sealed for boarding.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Tarapoa carry VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. Every plate is checked against the standing order before it leaves the kitchen for SETR.
Business cabins
Business cabins at TPC run multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cockpit and cabin crew never draw from the passenger tray set at Tarapoa.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at Tarapoa: halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Every one of them is produced on a separate line at the kitchen and sealed before it leaves for inflight catering aboard the aircraft.
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 Tarapoa, Ecuador
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 TPC
A single runway and a narrow-body reference code make Tarapoa a stand-by-stand operation rather than a peak-wave one: a fixed rotation is a repetition problem, and a delegation arriving off-schedule is a documentation problem before it is anything else. Airline catering at SETR is planned around that single-stand reality, with airport catering at SETR built to hold to the same tray specification on every pass through the field.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand under our own ramp clearance, sealed cart to hi-loader, with a coordinator on the ground for the whole movement. In-flight catering at Tarapoa never waits on a borrowed badge, and aviation catering in Ecuador more widely runs to the same escorted sequence: inflight catering at SETR is timed from seal to signature, not guessed.
What we commit to on this stand is one named coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover, every rotation.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at TPC
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Government and state flight catering at SETR
The 1570 m runway at Tarapoa takes the aircraft types a state movement typically flies, and government flight catering here follows from that same single-stand capacity. Delegations and official movements get their protocol file documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for any head of state movement.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at TPC
A private airliner sized to the 1570 m runway at Tarapoa is boarded here under the same single-stand routine as any other rotation, which is what royal flight catering rests on at this field. BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VVIP movements are held to a written household specification kept on file between visits, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Tarapoa
On the single stand the 1570 m runway at Tarapoa serves, a full three-cabin uplift is counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order before boarding. Charter flight catering here covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering repeated to the same specification on every pass through the field.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SETR
The single narrow-body stand at Tarapoa is what a scheduled carrier books, and the same slot covers ad hoc airline catering when a rotation changes at short notice. Carriers that run this station as an outstation draw outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg pattern.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at TPC
A single narrow-body stand at Tarapoa means business aviation movements are sequenced around the same slot as scheduled traffic rather than worked from a separate apron. Private jet catering here is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at SETR
Flight departments on jet catering at Tarapoa, Ecuador
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For our departure from Tarapoa (TPC/SETR), we specifically needed HACCP. The trays and boxes were organized logically, which saved the cabin crew time before passengers arrived. The crew appreciated how easy it was to load. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Rania — Ad Hoc Operations Manager
“We used the team for ad hoc catering at Tarapoa (TPC/SETR) during a tight turnaround. The uplift was organized around our revised departure and reached the aircraft without delaying the turn. Good support for a changing flight schedule. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Hannah — Flight Operations Supervisor
“For our business jet at Tarapoa (TPC/SETR), I arranged business jet catering with a few passenger-specific requests. 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. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Andres — Flight Logistics Manager
Outstation catering data for Tarapoa (SETR / TPC)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 1,570 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | SETR |
Inflight catering FAQ for Tarapoa (TPC)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at SETR / TPC
What operations gets asked every week about Tarapoa.
Ask operations directly →Working within one narrow-body stand, do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at TPC?
There is full FBO catering coverage across every operator on the field at TPC, delivered on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
At what point does airline catering at SETR move from the kitchen onto the aircraft?
The first step is sealing the load at the kitchen before it ever reaches the apron; from there it moves under escorted airside delivery and boards by hi-loader to galley height.
Tarapoa: do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
The hi-loader carries the uplift to galley height under the same protocol file for every VIP flight catering and government flight catering movement, documented per passenger before boarding.
Do you produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes at Tarapoa Airport?
Yes, halal and kosher sets and the full range of SPML codes are produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before sealing.
How far does a quotation for airline catering cost at TPC actually depend on fixed inputs?
The figure rests on the cabin count, the specification and the loading window booked for the rotation, so our desk returns a quotation rather than a published price list.
Can a specification still change close to departure at SETR?
The lead time runs from the cabin plan filed at booking, and last minute airline catering can still be adjusted up to the point the load is sealed at the kitchen.
Commercial aviation catering near Tarapoa
PUU / SKAS
Puerto Asís
Colombia · 72 km from Tarapoa
Airline & VIP flight catering →
OCC / SECO
Coca
Ecuador · 81 km from Tarapoa
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TQS / SKTQ
Tres Esquinas
Colombia · 156 km from Tarapoa
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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