Airline & VIP flight catering — Venezuela

Airline, VIP and Private Jet Catering Across Venezuela

Airline catering in Venezuela runs on ramp access and hi-loader boarding straight to the galley, not kerbside handoff. Maiquetía carries a 3500 m runway, the longest recorded here, alongside wide-body stands that support scheduled and ad hoc uplift. Aviation catering reaches narrow-body fields the same way, one load at a time.

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.
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Documented stations
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Cities covered
3,500 m
Longest runway

Airline Catering Stations Across Venezuela

Below are the stations we serve across Venezuela, each carrying its own runway data, reference code and, where recorded, its FBOs. Use the list to find the field that matches an aircraft type and a stand.

AGV · SVAC
Acarigua (AGV)
1,826 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Acarigua (AGV)
AAO · SVAN
Anaco (AAO)
1,260 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Anaco (AAO)
BLA · SVBC
Barcelona (BLA)
3,000 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Barcelona (BLA)
BNS · SVBI
Barinas (BNS)
1,999 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Barinas (BNS)
BRM · SVBM
Barquisimeto (BRM)
2,850 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Barquisimeto (BRM)
EOR · SVED
Bolivar (EOR)
1,219 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Bolivar (EOR)
CXA · SVCD
Caicara del Orinoco (CXA)
1,500 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Caicara del Orinoco (CXA)
CAJ · SVCN
Canaima (CAJ)
2,155 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Canaima (CAJ)
CUP · SVCP
Carúpano (CUP)
2,015 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Carúpano (CUP)
CBL · SVCB
Ciudad Bolivar (CBL)
1,685 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Ciudad Bolivar (CBL)
CZE · SVCR
Coro (CZE)
2,061 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Coro (CZE)
CUM · SVCU
Cumaná (CUM)
3,100 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Cumaná (CUM)
SOM · SVST
El Tigre (SOM)
1,920 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at El Tigre (SOM)
VIG · SVVG
El Vigía (VIG)
3,245 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at El Vigía (VIG)
EOZ · SVEZ
Elorza (EOZ)
1,200 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Elorza (EOZ)
GUQ · SVGU
Guanare (GUQ)
1,800 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Guanare (GUQ)
CLZ · SVCL
Guarico (CLZ)
1,460 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Guarico (CLZ)
GDO · SVGD
Guasdualito (GDO)
2,070 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Guasdualito (GDO)
GUI · SVGI
Guiria (GUI)
2,007 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Guiria (GUI)
PZO · SVPR
Guyana City (PZO)
2,050 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Guyana City (PZO)
PMV · SVMG
Isla Margarita (PMV)
3,180 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Isla Margarita (PMV)
LFR · SVLF
La Fria (LFR)
2,025 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at La Fria (LFR)
CCS · SVMI
Maiquetía (CCS)
3,500 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Maiquetía (CCS)
MAR · SVMC
Maracaibo (MAR)
3,000 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Maracaibo (MAR)
MYC · SVBS
Maracay (MYC)
2,087 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Maracay (MYC)
MUN · SVMT
Maturín (MUN)
2,100 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Maturín (MUN)
MRD · SVMD
Mérida (MRD)
1,630 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Mérida (MRD)
PTM · SVPT
Palmarito (PTM)
1,151 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Palmarito (PTM)
LSP · SVJC
Paraguaná (LSP)
2,800 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Paraguaná (LSP)
PYH · SVPA
Puerto Ayacucho (PYH)
2,521 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Puerto Ayacucho (PYH)
PBL · SVPC
Puerto Cabello (PBL)
2,124 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Puerto Cabello (PBL)
SVZ · SVSA
San Antonio del Tachira (SVZ)
1,870 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at San Antonio del Tachira (SVZ)
STB · SVSZ
San Carlos del Zulia (STB)
2,693 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at San Carlos del Zulia (STB)
SCI · SVPM
San Cristóbal (SCI)
1,090 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at San Cristóbal (SCI)
SNF · SVSP
San Felipe (SNF)
1,500 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at San Felipe (SNF)
SFD · SVSR
San Fernando de Apure (SFD)
1,957 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at San Fernando de Apure (SFD)
SNV · SVSE
Santa Elena de Uairén (SNV)
1,660 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Santa Elena de Uairén (SNV)
STD · SVSO
Santo Domingo (STD)
3,045 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Santo Domingo (STD)
TUV · SVTC
Tucupita (TUV)
1,680 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Tucupita (TUV)
TMO · SVTM
Tumeremo (TMO)
2,976 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Tumeremo (TMO)
VLN · SVVA
Valencia (VLN)
3,000 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Valencia (VLN)
VLV · SVVL
Valera (VLV)
2,070 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Valera (VLV)
VDP · SVVP
Valle de La Pascua (VDP)
1,500 mLongest runway
Airline & VIP flight catering at Valle de La Pascua (VDP)
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 — Venezuela

Ramp Access and Hi-Loader Boarding Across Venezuela's Airfields

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

How Aviation Catering Operates Across Venezuela

Venezuela's air traffic runs across a wide spread of fields, from wide-body capable aprons at Maiquetía, Maracaibo, Valencia, Barcelona, Isla Margarita, El Vigía, Cumaná, Santo Domingo, Tumeremo, Puerto Ayacucho, Paraguaná, Barquisimeto and San Carlos del Zulia, down to narrow-body strips serving the interior and the border regions. Airline catering companies working this country size their production against that split: a kitchen feeding a wide-body stand plans differently from one supplying a single-runway field with narrower reference codes.

Maiquetía carries the country's longest runway at 3500 metres and holds the recorded FBO capacity — J.C. Ground Support Aviation, W Aviacion, Caracas Flight Service, Loyalty Aviation and Universal Aviation all operate there, giving an ops desk several routes onto the ramp for the same movement.

An uplift ordered against a flight number and a stand moves through ground handling services to the aircraft door, with cold chain held from the kitchen to load. Airport catering here answers scheduled airline rotations, ad hoc diversions and technical stops alike, across fields as far apart as Guyana City, Guasdualito, Guiria and Tucupita.

Each station is built to take a request, confirm pax and crew counts, and stage the load to the cabin configuration on file — the same discipline whether the aircraft is parked at a wide-body stand or a narrow-body apron.

Compliance

The Same Standard on Every Venezuelan Stand

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.

One Operation, Five Kinds of Airline Catering

Across Venezuela, the same production line supplies scheduled airline rotations, government and state flights, royal and VVIP movements, wide-body charter and group work, and private jet catering — each routed through its own dedicated page below.

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Government Flight Catering at Venezuelan Fields
Government and state flight catering here runs on cleared staff, sealed loads and one named coordinator per movement. Protocol is held from the kitchen through to the galley door, without exception.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP Catering on Venezuelan Ramps
Royal flight catering across these stations carries household dietary requirements leg to leg, with a kitchen brigade briefed against each movement. Service is set to the household standard throughout.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Wide-Body Charter Catering Nationwide
Charter airlines, ACMI and wet-lease operators moving groups through Venezuela draw on a full three-cabin uplift, staged to the order each galley requires. Special missions are handled to the same specification.
Wide-body charter →
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Scheduled and Ad Hoc Airline Catering in Venezuela
Carriers running Venezuelan stations as outstations draw on scheduled and ad hoc airline catering services, covering diversions, technical stops and AOG. Flight crew, cabin crew and cargo crew meal sets are built to the same rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private Jet Catering for Venezuelan FBOs
Business aviation catering is delivered to the FBOs recorded at Maiquetía — J.C. Ground Support Aviation, W Aviacion, Caracas Flight Service, Loyalty Aviation and Universal Aviation — on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →

Compare Airline Catering Stations Across Venezuela

Compare the stations below to decide which field takes the aircraft, which boards at galley height, and which sits closest to a production kitchen for the uplift required.

Published stations in Venezuela, compared on the hard data that decides whether a wide-body can be loaded.
WhereLongest runwayVIP / gov terminalAerodrome code
Acarigua (AGV)AGV · SVAC1,826 mNonarrow-body
Anaco (AAO)AAO · SVAN1,260 mNonarrow-body
Barcelona (BLA)BLA · SVBC3,000 mNowide-body
Barinas (BNS)BNS · SVBI1,999 mNonarrow-body
Barquisimeto (BRM)BRM · SVBM2,850 mNowide-body
Bolivar (EOR)EOR · SVED1,219 mNonarrow-body
Caicara del Orinoco (CXA)CXA · SVCD1,500 mNonarrow-body
Canaima (CAJ)CAJ · SVCN2,155 mNonarrow-body
Carúpano (CUP)CUP · SVCP2,015 mNonarrow-body
Ciudad Bolivar (CBL)CBL · SVCB1,685 mNonarrow-body
Coro (CZE)CZE · SVCR2,061 mNonarrow-body
Cumaná (CUM)CUM · SVCU3,100 mNowide-body
El Tigre (SOM)SOM · SVST1,920 mNonarrow-body
El Vigía (VIG)VIG · SVVG3,245 mNowide-body
Elorza (EOZ)EOZ · SVEZ1,200 mNonarrow-body
Guanare (GUQ)GUQ · SVGU1,800 mNonarrow-body
Guarico (CLZ)CLZ · SVCL1,460 mNonarrow-body
Guasdualito (GDO)GDO · SVGD2,070 mNonarrow-body
Guiria (GUI)GUI · SVGI2,007 mNonarrow-body
Guyana City (PZO)PZO · SVPR2,050 mNonarrow-body
Isla Margarita (PMV)PMV · SVMG3,180 mNowide-body
La Fria (LFR)LFR · SVLF2,025 mNonarrow-body
Maiquetía (CCS)CCS · SVMI3,500 mNowide-body
Maracaibo (MAR)MAR · SVMC3,000 mNowide-body
Maracay (MYC)MYC · SVBS2,087 mNonarrow-body
Maturín (MUN)MUN · SVMT2,100 mNonarrow-body
Mérida (MRD)MRD · SVMD1,630 mNonarrow-body
Palmarito (PTM)PTM · SVPT1,151 mNonarrow-body
Paraguaná (LSP)LSP · SVJC2,800 mNowide-body
Puerto Ayacucho (PYH)PYH · SVPA2,521 mNowide-body
Puerto Cabello (PBL)PBL · SVPC2,124 mNonarrow-body
San Antonio del Tachira (SVZ)SVZ · SVSA1,870 mNonarrow-body
San Carlos del Zulia (STB)STB · SVSZ2,693 mNowide-body
San Cristóbal (SCI)SCI · SVPM1,090 mNonarrow-body
San Felipe (SNF)SNF · SVSP1,500 mNonarrow-body
San Fernando de Apure (SFD)SFD · SVSR1,957 mNonarrow-body
Santa Elena de Uairén (SNV)SNV · SVSE1,660 mNonarrow-body
Santo Domingo (STD)STD · SVSO3,045 mNowide-body
Tucupita (TUV)TUV · SVTC1,680 mNonarrow-body
Tumeremo (TMO)TMO · SVTM2,976 mNowide-body
Valencia (VLN)VLN · SVVA3,000 mNowide-body
Valera (VLV)VLV · SVVL2,070 mNonarrow-body
Valle de La Pascua (VDP)VDP · SVVP1,500 mNonarrow-body

Ordering Airline Catering: Venezuela

Send the flight number, ETA, pax and crew count per cabin, aircraft type and stand to the ops desk handling the station in question. Include special meal codes and any cargo crew requirement at the point of first contact, so the load can be staged against the cabin configuration on file. Airline catering services here are built around confirmed data, not estimates: the more precise the request, the faster it moves from confirmation to loading. For scheduled rotations, diversions or a charter movement anywhere in Venezuela, submit the details through the quote request and the relevant station team will respond with a load plan.

Venezuela Catering Questions

What Operations Desks Ask About Venezuela

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Which Venezuelan airports can take a wide-body uplift?

Maiquetía, Maracaibo, Valencia, Barcelona, Isla Margarita, El Vigía, Cumaná, Santo Domingo, Tumeremo, Puerto Ayacucho, Paraguaná, Barquisimeto and San Carlos del Zulia all carry a wide-body aerodrome reference code. Maiquetía holds the longest runway at 3500 metres.

Is boarding done at the aircraft door or handed off on the ramp?

Uplift is loaded directly on board by hi-loader wherever the stand allows it, not left at the foot of the aircraft. This applies across scheduled, charter and government movements alike.

Can crew meals be ordered separately from the passenger load?

Yes. Flight crew, cabin crew and cargo crew meal sets are built and packed as their own line against the same flight number and stand.

Which stations carry recorded FBO handling for private jets?

Maiquetía lists five FBOs — J.C. Ground Support Aviation, W Aviacion, Caracas Flight Service, Loyalty Aviation and Universal Aviation — each able to receive a business aviation uplift.

How is a government or VVIP load handled differently?

Government and royal movements run on cleared personnel, sealed loads and a single named coordinator per flight, with protocol held from the kitchen to the galley door.

See Airline Catering Across South America →

Request Venezuela Airline Catering

Submit Your Venezuelan Uplift Requirements

One ops desk covers the whole route in Venezuela. Give us the aircraft and what you need loaded, and a coordinator comes back with a quote.

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Step 1 of 4 · Flight

Flight

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

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Local time at the airport of delivery.
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Offloading

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What goes on board, and for how many. Attach a loading sheet if you hold one.

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