KNKT · Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/ · North Carolina

Private jet catering at Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/ (KNKT), Cherry Point, also listed as NKT

Catering to your aircraft in Cherry Point.

Cherry Point is a Marine air station on North Carolina's flat coast, and a civil jet at KNKT arrives on a military ramp with its own access rules. We plan the food around that: handover at the FBO or the aircraft, a menu from the Carolina kitchen, crew meals on request.

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10 hours

ideal notice, last-minute handled

Plane-side

handover at the steps

Flight deck

crew and pilot dishes, on request

24/7

a flight attendant on the line

Three of us. All ex VIP cabin crew.

We know the galley, the diet card and the 5 a.m. re-plate — because we lived them. So we built the caterer we always wished we could call.

Camille

Menu & galley logistics

Fourteen years on VIP and head-of-state cabins. Can plate for twelve in a G650 galley and still land it hot.

Inès

Dietary & labelling

The one who reads every diet card twice. If it says no cross-contact, it means no cross-contact.

Sofia

The 24/7 line

Answers at 5 a.m. when the leg moved overnight. Same-day swaps are her love language.

The local tableCooked so it travels

Local specialities from Cherry Point for your inflight catering

North Carolina's coast gives the private jet menu at Cherry Point its character: Atlantic shrimp, blue crab, flounder and the slow-cooked pork of the eastern part of the state. We build the inflight menu from this local larder, so the private jet food your guests eat on departure from KNKT tastes of the Carolinas rather than of a generic kitchen. Local specialities travel well when they are packed right: pulled pork in its own tray, crab cakes ready for the oven, slaw and sweet potato on the side. Private jet platters of fried green tomato, pimento cheese and pickled okra suit short hops out of North Carolina, and gourmet inflight meals can be adapted to your seat plan, and private jet snacks such as boiled peanuts and benne wafers fill the drawer for the long legs.

Eastern North Carolina has a food culture that fits a galley: vinegar-pepper barbecue, Core Sound seafood, collards, cornbread, sweet potato pie. For a private jet menu at Cherry Point, we choose among these local specialities according to season and aircraft. In North Carolina, shrimp and soft-shell crab peak in summer, oysters in the cold months, and the inflight menu follows. Private jet food from this region is honest and hearty: platters assembled for the cabin, gourmet inflight meals finished by the flight attendant, and private jet snacks such as roasted pecans, peanut brittle and local fruit for the drawer.

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Local specialities of North Carolina for a private jet menu at Cherry Point, crab cakes and pulled pork

01Carolina pulled porkVinegar sauce apart, bun on the side

02Blue crab cakesOven finish, remoulade in its own pot

03Shrimp and gritsTwo containers, assembled at the counter

04Collard greensServed hot, with cornbread

05Sweet potato pieChilled, sliced per seat

06Boiled peanuts and benne wafersSnack box for the drawer

How it works

Three steps, one message

You message us

Tail, pax, diets, timing. One message — no portal, no quote form. Answered at any hour, by a flight attendant.

We cook & pack for a galley

Leak-proof boxes, marked by guest and restriction, with reheating times written on the lid.

You re-plate and serve

Two minutes out of the drawer. Whatever you ordered for the crew comes in the same delivery, and one clean invoice follows.

At a glance · Cherry PointCherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/ · KNKT

The three founders, former VIP cabin crew, on a business jet airstair — private jet catering at Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/ (KNKT)

At only 29 feet above sea level, Cherry Point MCAS is flat, humid country where summer thunderstorms and coastal fog decide when jets leave. Private jet catering for KNKT is built to wait: dishes that hold, sauces in their own pots, cold plates that stay cold in the drawer. We write in-flight catering and business aviation catering orders for visitors to the air station, and handle executive jet catering, diplomatic flight catering and cabin crew meals the same way, delivered to the FBO or your handling agent.

Restaurant cuisine, cooked on the ground
Fresh and local produce
Labelled by seat, diet and reheat
Aviation-ready packaging
High loader for large cabins
HACCP certified kitchens

Who we fly forTwo cabins, one standard

Business jet catering at KNKT Cherry Point, a midsize jet on the apron in North Carolina

Business aviationOur core

Business aviation catering at Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/ (KNKT)

Business jet catering at Cherry Point usually serves visitors to the air station: contractors, officials, corporate guests on a short hop. Corporate jet catering here favours a cold lunch or a hot tray that holds, VIP flight catering when the passenger list asks for it, charter flight catering for one-way legs, and luxury inflight catering with a private jet chef writing a bespoke menu around North Carolina seafood and pork.

Government flight catering at Cherry Point MCAS KNKT, North Carolina, aircraft prepared for a protocol departure

State & royalDiscretion, protocol

State visit and VIP aviation catering at Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/

Cherry Point's military setting makes government flight catering a natural fit: protocol, traceability and discretion matter more than decoration. Head of state flight catering and VIP aviation catering follow cleared menus, and state visit aircraft catering is planned with the security contact from the first message.

Inflight catering menu highlights at *Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/* (KNKT)Or write your own, we cook it

Cold private jet platters for the inflight menu at Cherry Point KNKT, pimento cheese and Carolina crab salad

Cold galley

No oven · served in four minutes

Carolina crab salad with citrusChilled

Private jet platters: pimento cheese, pickled okra, country hamRe-plate cold

Gourmet inflight meals: chilled shrimp with cocktail sauceSauce apart

Private jet snacks: roasted pecans, benne wafers, peanut brittleChilled

Sweet potato pieChilled

Hot dishes for private jet catering at Cherry Point KNKT, pulled pork and shrimp and grits

Hot service

One oven · re-plated in twelve minutes

Pulled pork, eastern Carolina styleOven

Blue crab cakesOven

Shrimp and gritsSauce apart

Braised collard greens with cornbreadOven

Grilled flounder with lemon butterSauce apart

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A dish sealed and labelled for one guest's diet

PrincipalSealed

Nut-free · gluten-freeChecked by two people

Special meals

Halal, kosher and kids meals: inflight catering at Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/ (KNKT)

At Cherry Point the local kitchen leans on shellfish, pork and wheat, so allergens are a real concern and the procedure matters: kosher meals travel sealed, halal dishes use a separate board, vegan and gluten free plates leave the pass in their own box. Special meals, allergen free orders and kids meals are marked by seat number, and shellfish in the Carolina crab dishes is kept apart from anything declared allergen free.

Allergens

A sheet per guest. Separate boards, separate boxes.

ii.

Halal & kosher

Sealed, certificate in the same box.

iii.

Children

Their own menu, nothing to cut at altitude.

iv.

Plant-based & wellness

Vegan, low-carb, light — composed, never compromised.

Crew & pilot mealsOn request

Crew meal boxes and crew meals at Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/

Few restaurants sit near the apron at KNKT, so crew meals are booked with the flight. We offer flight crew meals in labelled crew meal boxes, pilot meals packed for the flight deck, cockpit meals that need no plate, and different meals for pilots as policy requires. Crew catering and cabin crew meals are on request, billed as any other line.

Meal passKNKT

Cabin crew

Box

Marked crew

Galley

Oven 6 min

Order

On request

Marked crew

Meal passKNKT

Pilots

Box

CPT ≠ F/O

Galley

Cold or hot

Order

On request

Two dishes

Cherry Point MCAS Cunningham Field KNKT airfield in North Carolina, runway and apron

To the steps, on your slot.

Airside · plane-side · day or night

DeliveryEvery FBO

FBO catering and handling agent delivery at Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/

FBO catering at Cherry Point is planned around base access: we confirm the handover point, the vehicle and the person who meets it. Catering delivery to the FBO or to the aircraft goes through your handling agent, and the general aviation terminal is the usual meeting place. Ground handling catering and handling agent catering are coordinated so the food reaches the cabin without a delay at the gate.

FBOHandling agentGround handlerGA terminal

High loaderLarge cabins, bizliners

Large cabin jet catering with a high loader at Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/ (KNKT)

On a Marine air station, the aircraft's size sets how the galley gets stocked at KNKT. Light and midsize jets take galley catering carried by hand up the airstair; larger cabins may need a high loader on the apron, arranged with your handling agent. Airside catering delivery on a Marine air station follows base access rules, so aircraft provisioning is planned with the vehicle, the escort and the tail in the same order.

Mention it when you order

HACCP kitchen

Certified, inspected, with cold-chain records filed against your trip.

All FBOs served

Whichever terminal you park at, handover is at the aircraft, on your slot.

Diets read twice

Allergen sheet per guest, halal and kosher on request, sealed and labelled.

One clean invoice

Itemised and trip-report ready, sent after the leg.

About the airportKNKT

About Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/: business aviation and airport catering

Also listed as NKT.

Cherry Point MCAS, with Cunningham Field, is a Marine Corps air station in North Carolina, mostly military and sometimes open to civil aircraft by prior permission. Airport catering here is arranged around base rules, since this is not a regular civil airfield.

Business aviation

General aviation at KNKT means occasional business visits to the air station. FBO services and ground handling services are arranged case by case, and business aviation hub activity is modest. For inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering we keep orders plain and precise, with business aviation catering and executive jet catering for visiting crews, diplomatic flight catering for official guests, and cabin crew meals on request.

Customs & food import

Cherry Point is a US airfield, so international arrivals come under US customs and agricultural rules, and civil access to the air station is by permission. For food, this means declaring meat, produce and dairy on arrival and planning catering that will clear inspection.

ReviewsFrom the crews we cater for

5.0 / 5

★★★★★

Average rating from the cabin crew and pilots we cater for.

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★★★★★LIGHT JET

“On this departure from Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/, 4 passengers had chosen a cheese board and savoury canapés, and limited fridge space needed to be reflected in the order. I appreciated the emphasis on portion planning throughout the inflight catering services arrangements. The Galley Girls grouped the snack boxes by service, which was more useful to us than simply receiving a list of dishes. Our colleague could take over the salads without asking where every component had been placed during preparation.”

Irina Y. | VIP flight attendant

Phenom 300

★★★★★GOVERNMENT

“Menu approval at KNKT covered prawn salad and small fruit plates for 11 guests, leaving us to organise the service around a late menu amendment. The confirmation from The Galley Girls showed the sauces clearly enough for us to check the planned service quantities. The quantities of canapés matched our service plan, leaving us comfortable with the order before the final briefing. I want an inflight catering company to understand crew briefing, and this order gave us a useful starting point.”

Viktor Z. | Government flight manager

Gulfstream G650

★★★★★VIP AIRLINER

“Working around a tight boarding window at Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/, I asked for vegetable tartlets and a dessert selection in portions appropriate for our 4 passengers. The Galley Girls confirmed the handover contact and identified the canapés, making the catering delivery easier for our team to track. We could account for the salads before passing the boxes to the cabin team, without a lengthy unpacking exercise. When comparing inflight catering companies, I would look closely at written menu details after this experience.”

Aaron O. | Chief cabin officer

BBJ

Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/: the questionsAsked by crews

How much does private jet catering cost for a departure from Cherry Point?+

Cost follows what lands in the galley. Compare a crab cake tray in season with a simple sandwich platter: one is premium, the other modest. Crew meals are separate lines. Send the aircraft type, passenger count and slot for Cherry Point and you get a priced menu.

What is the lead time for private jet catering at Cherry Point?+

Seasonal produce is the real variable here. Oysters, shrimp and sweet potatoes each have their month in North Carolina. Order around them and the process is easy; ask against the season and we propose a substitute. We take calls 24/7.

What customs rules apply to inflight catering at Cherry Point?+

Customs here are US customs: declare all food on arrival, expect agricultural inspection of galley stock and remember leftover international catering must be disposed of under regulation. We build orders for departures from KNKT that stay within those limits.

Can you bring food on board at Cherry Point?+

Personal food is allowed on board in principle, though customs on arrival may confine it. The more useful question is what the galley can hold. At KNKT we ask for the type, then size trays, ice and containers to the space you really have.

Is catering part of a charter into Cherry Point?+

Not by default. Your private jet charter pays for the flight; meals are ordered with us and billed as normal lines. Because coastal weather can reshuffle departures here, flag any delay and we hold the order accordingly.