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Private jet catering at ACKNantucket Memorial.

ACK · KACK1 FBO

One of the busiest summer GA airports in the country — we plan around the parking crunch, the curfew, and the separate GA ramp.

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Where we deliver at ACK.

The FBOs we work with most. Other ramps handled on request — call dispatch.

Nantucket Memorial Airport

ACK · ACK
GA Building · Unicom 122.95 · airport-operated FBO
Standard · 3 hoursSame-day · from 2 hours

A municipally run field with a dedicated GA ramp separate from commercial traffic. On peak summer weekends, ACK is among the busiest airports in the country — so timing and parking, not FBO choice, are the constraint. Terminal hours roughly 6am–10pm peak / 6am–9pm off-season.

Other operators in the area — Million Air HPN, Signature Newark — handled separately. See nearby airports below.

Briefing

What we plan around at ACK.

Local constraints we build into every delivery window — curfew, customs, slots, transit, and ramp access.

01

Summer parking is the whole game.

On peak weekends the ramp fills; drop-and-go is routine and parking may be reservation/PPR-managed. We confirm whether catering loads on the inbound drop or the repositioned return.

02

Separate GA ramp.

Private traffic is handled apart from the airlines (JetBlue/Delta/American seasonal). We stage to the GA building.

03

Field hours.

~6am–10pm in season; pre-6am departures pre-stage the evening before.

04

Fog is a real factor.

Nantucket fog delays and diverts; we tie the window to the briefed slot and pack hot items to hold.

05

No US Customs.

International clears at a mainland POE first.

Local sourcing

Around ACK.

Nantucket orders lean into what the island actually does well — bay scallops in season, New England shellfish and lobster, and island farm produce — with named Nantucket-town restaurant sourcing when your principal asks for a specific kitchen.

Nantucket bay scallops.

The island signature, in season — center-of-plate for summer dinners and raw-bar spreads.

New England shellfish & lobster.

Day-boat lobster, oysters, and the rest of the New England shellfish lineup.

Island farm produce.

Seasonal produce from Nantucket farms — peak summer through early fall.

Restaurant sourcing & special diets.

Nantucket-town restaurant sourcing on request; special diets on 24-hour lead (certified sourcing comes from the mainland — give us lead time).

Common orders

What we usually pack out of ACK.

01Summer principal dinners on Nantucket bay scallops and New England shellfish
02Evening pre-stage for pre-6am departures around the field's hours
03Named Nantucket-town restaurant dishes, sourced on request
04Drop-and-go provisioning split between the drop and the repositioned return

The menu adapts to the island season.

Process

How orders run through ACK.

The local lane. Lead times, kitchen routing, ramp handoff — tuned to this airport.

Step 01
Brief us by 4pm the prior day.
Earlier on peak summer weekends, when parking and slots compress the schedule. Same-day from two hours when the GA building is staffed.
Step 02
Menu confirmation within the hour.
Chef-built around the island's bay scallops, shellfish, and named Nantucket-town restaurant sourcing — certified diets staged from the mainland on lead time.
Step 03
Aviation-spec pack, built to hold.
Insulated for a 90-minute hold so hot items don't sit when Nantucket fog moves the slot, labeled at passenger level, reheat in plain language.
Step 04
Delivery to the GA building — or the reposition field.
Staged to the briefed slot and the leg actually carrying passengers. Drop-and-go to Hyannis handled as one brief, one dispatch contact.
FAQ

FAQ

Often not for long — peak ACK is drop-and-go, with parking sometimes reservation-managed. Tell us the loading leg and we work to it.

Brief by 4pm the prior day; same-day from two hours when staffed.

We tie catering to the briefed slot and pack hot items to hold — Nantucket fog moves schedules.

No customs at ACK; clear on the mainland first.

Flying out of Nantucket?

Brief us.
We'll have it on the ramp.

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