Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field · KNQX / NQX · United States

Private jet catering at Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field (KNQX / NQX), Key West

Catering to your aircraft in Key West.

Boca Chica Field sits at six feet above the water, run by the Navy, and visited by business jets that need a kitchen that understands both. We cook and pack for your galley, for the crew as much as the cabin, and hand it to your handling agent at KNQX.

Menu & order Download the menu

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

Regional dishes of Key West for jet catering at NQX

Florida's Keys have their own table: Cuban influence, Bahamian conch, day-boat fish. A private jet menu for Key West uses those local specialities the way a galley can handle them, chilled and labelled by seat, with sauces in separate pots and nothing that needs a flame onboard.

Private jet food out of Key West starts with the season. Stone crab runs in the cooler months, spiny lobster opens later, and key lime is always there. We build the inflight menu for Florida around what is landed that week, then pack private jet platters, gourmet inflight meals and private jet snacks so that local specialities arrive intact at KNQX.

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Stone crab and key lime, local specialities of Key West, Florida, plated for a private jet menu

01Stone crab clawsChilled, mustard sauce apart

02Key West pink shrimpOven, lemon butter in a separate pot

03Conch frittersOven, sauce apart

04Key lime pieCut per seat, re-plate cold

05Cuban sandwichPressed, wrapped, oven

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 · Key WestNaval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field · KNQX

The three founders, former VIP cabin crew, on a business jet airstair — private jet catering at Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field (KNQX)

Six feet above sea level, with Key West a short hop of sea and mangrove away, KNQX works to a military calendar. Private jet catering for NQX follows it: you give us the tail, the slot and the galley, we pack accordingly. Inflight catering and in-flight catering for Florida's southernmost field include aviation catering for business aviation catering requests, executive jet catering, diplomatic flight catering when a protocol office is involved, and cabin crew meals on request.

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 at Key West KNQX with business jet catering being loaded into the galley

Business aviationOur core

Business jet catering at Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field for VIP flights

Business jet catering at KNQX is usually a small cabin and a short stay: four guests, a winter weekend, a flight north. Corporate jet catering here means chilled stone crab or shrimp, a bespoke menu built around Key West produce, and a private jet chef who plans for a galley with a single oven. VIP flight catering, charter flight catering and luxury inflight catering for NQX are packed by seat, with sauces apart.

Government flight catering for head of state aircraft at Naval Air Station Key West, KNQX, Florida

State & royalDiscretion, protocol

Inflight catering for government and royal flights at Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field

Government flight catering at a naval air station is quiet work. Head of state flight catering and VIP aviation catering at KNQX start with protocol: the menu is cleared before anything is cooked, a named team handles the order, and state visit aircraft catering is traced from kitchen to aircraft door.

Menu highlights for jet catering in *Key West* (KNQX)Or write your own, we cook it

Chilled private jet platters of stone crab and shrimp for flights from Key West, NQX

Cold galley

No oven · served in four minutes

Private jet platters: stone crab claws, mustard sauceChilled

Key West shrimp cocktail, citrus gelSauce apart

Key lime tart, per seatRe-plate cold

Private jet snacks: plantain chips, tropical fruit, nutsChilled

Hot gourmet inflight meals of mahi-mahi and conch fritters, Key West, Florida

Hot service

One oven · re-plated in twelve minutes

Gourmet inflight meals: pan-seared mahi-mahi, mango salsaOven

Conch fritters with key lime aioliSauce apart

Cuban pressed sandwich, pickles on the sideOven

Spiny lobster tail, garlic butterOven

Make a request Download the menuPDF

A dish sealed and labelled for one guest's diet

PrincipalSealed

Nut-free · gluten-freeChecked by two people

Special meals

Special meals & dietary requirements: in-flight catering at Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field

Kosher, halal, vegan, gluten free and allergen free requests on a Key West order follow a procedure, not a label. Seafood is the local default here, so shellfish and fish allergens are the first thing we separate: own board, own box, own marking by seat number. Special meals and kids meals are agreed with the order and packed apart from the guest trays.

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 meals & pilot meals at Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field

On a KNQX order, crew meals are an on-request line, commanded and billed with the rest. Flight crew meals for a military-field turnaround need to hold: pilot meals packed cold or for the oven, crew catering that survives a long wait, cockpit meals eaten one-handed, crew meal boxes labelled CREW, and different meals for pilots when the operator asks for it. Cabin crew meals travel in their own box, apart from the guest trays.

Meal passKNQX

Cabin crew

Box

Marked crew

Galley

Oven 6 min

Order

On request

Marked crew

Meal passKNQX

Pilots

Box

CPT ≠ F/O

Galley

Cold or hot

Order

On request

Two dishes

Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field, KNQX, on the Florida Keys

To the steps, on your slot.

Airside · plane-side · day or night

DeliveryEvery FBO

FBO catering at Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field (NQX): delivery to your aircraft

FBO catering at KNQX is handed over to your handling agent on the apron, not left at a gate. Catering delivery to the FBO or general aviation terminal is arranged in advance; ground handling catering and handling agent catering follow the base's access rules.

FBOHandling agentGround handlerGA terminal

High loaderLarge cabins, bizliners

High loader delivery for jet catering at Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field (NQX)

A naval airfield ramp decides how the galley is loaded. Galley catering at KNQX depends on the aircraft type: door height, the need for a high loader, and what the base lets onto the apron. Airside catering delivery goes through your handling agent, and aircraft provisioning is planned around the galley you actually have, from a light jet drawer to a larger cabin with a full oven.

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 airportKNQX / NQX

Aviation catering and business aviation at Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field (NQX)

Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field is a US Navy airfield on the Florida Keys, ICAO KNQX, IATA NQX. Airport catering here serves aircraft that arrive by prior arrangement, and general aviation traffic stays secondary to naval operations. FBO services and ground handling services on the field are set up around that calendar, so a catering order is planned with your handling agent before the aircraft taxis in.

Business aviation

Most civil traffic for Key West uses the commercial airport, so a business aviation hub role at KNQX is narrow. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering here suit aircraft that come by arrangement, with FBO services and ground handling services agreed ahead of the slot. Business aviation catering, executive jet catering and diplomatic flight catering follow protocol; crew meals and cabin crew meals are ordered as on any other flight.

Customs & food import

The United States controls food imports at the border, and a naval field adds base rules on top. In practice that means sealed packaging and a menu that clears, with FBO services and ground handling services at NQX coordinating access to the apron. Tell us the departure country and we plan the order around it.

ReviewsFrom the crews we cater for

4.7 / 5

★★★★★

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

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★★★★★CREW MEALS

“With a family lunch request to consider at Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field, we needed a practical way to serve a cheese board and savoury canapés to 5 passengers. The side dishes supplied by The Galley Girls were straightforward to check against the written menu before the cabin handover. I appreciated the emphasis on galley preparation throughout the private jet menu arrangements. We could distinguish the main courses at a glance instead of lifting lids just to establish what belonged to each service.”

Maxime V. | Chief flight attendant

Global 6000

★★★★☆GOVERNMENT

“Packing avocado toast components and breakfast fruit for 9 passengers at KNQX needed careful thought, especially given a revised passenger count. I want a private jet chef to understand cabin service sequence, and this order gave us a useful starting point. The Galley Girls suggested separate meal boxes for the fruit plates, and that choice worked well with our storage arrangement. Separating the desserts from the first service items helped us avoid opening boxes we did not yet need.”

Dimitri C. | Government flight manager

ACJ319

★★★★★BUSINESS JET

“On this departure from NQX, 11 passengers had chosen roasted chicken and seasonal vegetables, and a changing departure schedule needed to be reflected in the order. Our brief for in flight catering was met with a sensible plan for crew briefing. After a final adjustment to the main courses, The Galley Girls gave us one revised order summary to work from. There was no need to reconstruct the breakfast portions quantities from several messages during the final departure checks.”

Lin C. | VIP flight attendant

Falcon 8X

The Naval Air Station Key West/Boca Chica Field questionsAsked by crews

How much does private jet catering cost for a kosher or allergen-free request at Key West?+

Start from the guests: a child's plate of grilled fish and fruit is modest, a sealed halal dish takes more handling, stone crab in January takes more again. Cost follows those choices, and we quote it before the aircraft arrives at NQX.

What lead time suits crew duty limits when waiting on the ground at Key West?+

Short answer: the lead time is whatever your trip needs, because last-minute orders are handled. The useful part is telling us how long the crew sits on the ground, so cold boxes and an oven dish are packed for that wait.

What do customs mean for catering when the departure slot is tight at Key West?+

Customs rules decide what stays on the aircraft. With a short turnaround at Key West, we avoid anything that can be held back: sealed packaging, clear labels, no loose produce. Your handling agent coordinates the clearance.

Can you bring food from home, or use a local product at Key West?+

Yes, food can be brought, but it will not be packed for your galley. A local item like conch fritters or stone crab ordered through us comes with its service note: oven, chilled or sauce apart.

Is catering part of a charter flying into Key West?+

Catering sits on its own invoice, apart from the private jet charter. Because US customs control food imports, we advise on what is safe to bring aboard before you commit to a menu.