Aircraft Hangar Epoxy Flooring
A hangar floor takes a beating that most industrial spaces never see. Jet fuel drips, hydraulic fluid, de-icing chemicals, tow tractors, jack stands under a few tons of aircraft weight resting on a single point for hours.
Bare concrete cracks, pits, and stains under that kind of load, and once it starts breaking down it gets slick, hard to clean, and expensive to patch every season. At Raleigh Epoxy Flooring Pros, we build hangar floor systems meant to take all of that and keep looking clean five, ten years out.
We get calls from owners of everything from a single grass strip hangar to full FBO maintenance bays. The floor problem is usually the same: a slab that was never designed for this kind of chemical and mechanical stress.
Epoxy and polyaspartic systems solve that by bonding a dense, seamless coating to the concrete that resists fuel, hydraulic fluid, and skydrol, while still giving you enough slip resistance for a wet floor with a mechanic standing under an open cowling.
| Consideration | Why It Matters |
|---|---|
| Chemical resistance | Jet A, hydraulic fluid, and de-icer break down untreated concrete over time |
| Point load capacity | Jack stands and landing gear concentrate weight on small footprints |
| Cure time | Most systems cure to light foot traffic in 24 hours, full cure in 5-7 days |
| Slip resistance | Aggregate or quartz broadcast keeps footing safe around fuel spills |
| VOC compliance | Low VOC formulations matter in an enclosed hangar with limited ventilation |
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The epoxy and polyaspartic coatings market has grown steadily for years, and it's not slowing down. Industry research from ResearchAndMarkets put the global epoxy resins market at roughly $13.9 billion in 2023, with projections to reach $21.5 billion by 2030.
Aerospace and industrial flooring make up a real slice of that demand, and hangar owners are a big part of why: fuel resistant, chemical resistant flooring isn't optional once you're maintaining aircraft indoors.
We work with materials from brands like Sherwin-Williams, PPG, Sika, and Dur-A-Flex, choosing the system based on your slab condition, traffic pattern, and how the hangar gets used day to day. A tie down and storage hangar doesn't need the same buildup as an active maintenance bay running engine work and fluid changes.
Some jobs call for a straight epoxy build. Others need a polyaspartic topcoat for faster turnaround, since Raleigh's humidity can slow epoxy cure times in the wrong season.
Installation starts with grinding the slab to open the pores, patching cracks and low spots, then building the system in layers: primer, base coat, broadcast if needed, topcoat. We test moisture vapor emission before we start, because a slab that's off-gassing moisture will blister a coating no matter how good the product is.
If you're planning a new hangar or dealing with a floor that's already cracking and staining, we'll come look at the slab, tell you what it actually needs, and give you a straight number before any work starts.