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Private jet catering at CUZAlejandro Velasco Astete International.

CUZ · SPZO1 FBO

The Inca capital and gateway to Machu Picchu — at 10,860 ft, Peru's second-highest airport. Velasco Astete (CUZ) operates at limited capacity in a constrained valley beside the city. A replacement at Chinchero is in construction.

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FBO coverage

Where we deliver at CUZ.

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

Cusco private aviation handling

CUZ · CUZ
Alejandro Velasco Astete · ~3.7 km from the historic centre
Standard · 3 hoursSame-day · from 2 hours

High-altitude ops; limited capacity; permits via the handler. We confirm the active field and current handler before every delivery.

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

Briefing

What we plan around at CUZ.

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

01

Altitude — the passenger reality.

At nearly 11,000 ft, soroche is the norm, not the exception. Guidance is light meals, heavy hydration, no alcohol on arrival day — we build altitude-aware menus rather than a heavy welcome. Coca tea is the local answer; we can have it waiting.

02

Performance & timing.

Hot-and-high in a valley — performance planning matters and operating windows can be constrained. The handler drives the schedule; we work to it.

03

Chinchero transition.

The replacement airport is coming. Confirm which field is active before planning.

04

Sacred Valley onward.

The valley lodges (Urubamba, Ollantaytambo) sit lower than Cusco — a common acclimatisation strategy. We provision the route.

05

Confirm handler.

Delivery starts with the tail's FBO.

Local sourcing

Around CUZ.

Cusco flights draw on Andean-Peruvian sourcing — the Sacred Valley's extraordinary produce (thousands of potato varieties, quinoa and native grains at origin), alpaca, trout, ají and Andean herbs, and Peru's world-class culinary tradition reaching up from Lima — with restaurant and altitude-aware sourcing on request and special diets on 24-hour lead.

Sacred Valley produce.

Thousands of potato varieties, quinoa, and native grains at origin — the regional baseline.

Alpaca, trout & Andean herbs.

Alpaca, trout, ají, and Andean herbs — highland signatures.

Altitude-aware menus.

Light, hydration-forward menus and coca tea for arrival day — built for soroche.

Restaurant sourcing & special diets.

Restaurant and altitude-aware sourcing on request; special diets on 24-hour lead.

Common orders

What we usually pack out of CUZ.

01Light, hydration-forward altitude-aware menus — coca tea on arrival day
02Andean-Peruvian spreads — quinoa, native grains, trout, alpaca
03Sacred Valley lodge-route provisioning (Urubamba, Ollantaytambo)
04No heavy welcome spreads — soroche is the norm at 10,860 ft

The menu is built for nearly 11,000 ft.

Process

How orders run through CUZ.

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

Step 01
Brief us by 4pm the prior day local.
Same-day from two hours. Confirm which field is active (Chinchero transition pending) and plan soroche-aware menus from the first briefing.
Step 02
Menu confirmation within the hour.
Chef-built — light, hydration-forward Andean-Peruvian sourcing with coca tea on arrival day, sourced locally.
Step 03
Aviation-spec pack at our regional kitchen.
Insulated for a hot-and-high cold-chain hold, labeled at passenger level, reheat in plain language.
Step 04
Delivery to Cusco handling.
Staged to your handler at CUZ — high-altitude ops and permits via the handler, with Sacred Valley onward as one brief, one dispatch contact.
Nearby airports

Also in this region.

Other airports we cover near Cusco. Same dispatch lane, same standard.

FAQ

FAQ

10,860 ft — Peru's second-highest airport, in a constrained valley beside the city, operating at limited capacity.

Yes — altitude sickness is common here. We build light, hydration-forward menus (and coca tea) for arrival day.

A replacement at Chinchero is in construction and expected to take over — confirm the active field before planning.

By 4pm prior day local; same-day from two hours.

Flying out of Cusco?

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

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