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Private jet catering at MDHSouthern Illinois Airport.

MDH · KMDH1 FBO

We cater Carbondale — the Southern Illinois University gateway in Shawnee Hills wine country, famous as the crossroads of the 2017 and 2024 total solar eclipses.

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FBO coverage

Where we deliver at MDH.

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

Carbondale/Southern Illinois (MDH) FBO handling

MDH · MDH
MDH · SIU field
Standard · 3 hoursSame-day · from 2 hours

FBO handling at Southern Illinois Airport — SIU gateway and Shawnee Hills wine country. Standard 3-hour lead; same-day from two hours.

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

Briefing

What we plan around at MDH.

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

01

SIU surges.

Commencement, football, and university events drive plannable spikes.

02

Shawnee wine-and-forest onward.

The Shawnee Hills wine trail and the national forest — wine sourcing and leisure provisioning on request.

03

Eclipse legacy.

The astronomy-tourism draw (Carbondale sits at the crossroads of two recent totalities).

04

Continental seasons.

Timing flexibility in winter.

05

Confirm FBO.

Delivery starts with the tail's handler.

Local sourcing

Around MDH.

Carbondale flights draw on southern-Illinois sourcing — Shawnee Hills wines at origin, regional farm produce and orchard fruit, and the university town's dining.

Shawnee Hills wines.

AVA wines at origin — wine sourcing on request.

Regional farm produce & orchard fruit.

Southern Illinois farm produce and orchard fruit in season.

University-town dining.

Named Carbondale kitchen sourcing on request.

Restaurant & wine sourcing.

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

Common orders

What we usually pack out of MDH.

01SIU commencement and football weekend surge catering — book ahead
02Shawnee Hills wine-trail principal dinners on request
03Eclipse-legacy astronomy-tourism event provisioning
04Named Carbondale restaurant dishes, sourced on request

The menu adapts to the SIU calendar.

Process

How orders run through MDH.

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

Step 01
Brief us by 4pm the prior day.
Same-day from two hours. Book ahead for SIU football and commencement — demand spikes.
Step 02
Menu confirmation within the hour.
Chef-built from our southern-Illinois kitchen network — Shawnee Hills wines, regional produce, and named Carbondale restaurant sourcing.
Step 03
Aviation-spec pack, built to hold.
Insulated for a 90-minute hold through winter ops, labeled at passenger level, reheat in plain language.
Step 04
Delivery to your Carbondale handler.
Coordinated to the MDH ramp, staged to the briefed slot. One brief, one dispatch contact.
Nearby airports

Also in this region.

Other airports we cover near Southern Illinois Airport. Same dispatch lane, same standard.

FAQ

FAQ

Southern Illinois University, the Shawnee Hills wine trail and national forest — and it's the famous crossroads of the 2017 and 2024 eclipses.

SIU commencement, football, and university events.

Southern Illinois — Shawnee Hills wines at origin, regional produce and orchard fruit. We source locally.

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

Flying out of Southern Illinois Airport?

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

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