Landing gear concentrates thousands of pounds on a single tire. Jet engines running up add thermal and mechanical stress. Fuel spills and hydraulic leaks demand chemical resistance. Detroit Concrete builds hangar floors, aprons and taxiways to aviation spec, with engineering that matches the aircraft and the operation.
A landing gear tire does not distribute load the way a forklift tire does. The concentrated weight under a single wheel can exceed 100,000 pounds, and the slab must be engineered to that specific load, not a generic industrial spec. Add jet fuel, hydraulic fluid, and de-icing chemicals, and the concrete needs a barrier system that shrugs off all three.
Inside the hangar, hangar floor coatings are high-build, non-slip systems that give the slab chemical resistance and a dust-free, high-gloss finish. Outside, aprons and taxiways are poured to the same load spec as the aircraft that will taxi on them.
Supporting aviation facility flatwork ties the operation together: fuelling pads, equipment standings, maintenance areas, all engineered to aviation tolerances and coordinated so the hangar never has to shut down for concrete work.
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The sequence
From Spec to Cure: Hangar Concrete in Detroit
Gather aircraft and operational data
We collect the aircraft type, wheel loads, brake forces, fuel and chemical exposure, and your operational constraints to engineer the slab and coating system.
Design the slab and reinforcement
Thickness, rebar layout, and joint spacing are sized to the aircraft loads and the apron use, not standard industrial values. We deliver the engineering to your review.
Prepare and pour the concrete
For new pours, we build forms and base to spec. For existing slabs, we grind or shot-blast to profile and repair cracks before coating application.
Apply coating and hand back
The fuel-resistant system goes down to manufacturer spec, primer through topcoat, with non-slip aggregate and high-gloss finish. We coordinate cure time and operational handoff.
Complete hangar solutions
Interior Coatings, Exterior Slabs, and Facility Flatwork
We also pour the supporting flatwork around the operation: fuelling stations, equipment pads, maintenance areas, all to aviation tolerances. We phase the work so the hangar stays operational, coordinating cure times and handoff dates so nothing waits on anything else.
Aircraft loads, fuel resistance, finishes and aviation flatwork in Detroit.
Yes. Aprons and taxiways are engineered for the specific aircraft, the wheel loads, the brake forces and the apron use, and the slab thickness and reinforcement are sized to those numbers, not standard industrial values.
Yes. Hangar floor coatings are high-build chemical-resistant systems formulated to shrug off jet fuel, hydraulic fluid and de-icing chemistries. We install the full manufacturer system to the spec sheet.
Yes. We coordinate the inside and outside work so coating cure times and exterior pours line up, and the operation does not have to stop and wait on one part of the project to catch up to the other.
No. The coating gets a non-slip aggregate broadcast into the surface, so traction stays predictable even with fluid spills or wash water on it.
Yes. We phase the work bay by bay, coordinate with maintenance and flight schedules, and hand each area back with a clear date so the operation keeps moving.
Client reviews
What Detroit Aviation Operators Say About Their Hangar Concrete
Floor coating that finally took a jet-fuel spill without staining or softening. High-gloss finish makes inspections easy and the non-slip aggregate is exactly right underfoot.
G. M.
Hangar operations
★★★★★
New apron engineered to the aircraft on it, not just an industrial spec. Has held up to two years of taxi loads with no spalling at the joints.
D. P.
Aviation facility lead
★★★★★
They phased the floor coating around our maintenance schedule. Bay by bay, never grounded an aircraft for our project.
J. B.
Fleet maintenance manager
★★★★★
Aviation flatwork around our fuelling pads done to spec. Drainage works, the chemistry resistance holds, and the contractor coordination was the easiest part.
C. S.
Hangar facilities engineer
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Whether you need a floor coating, an apron pour, a taxiway slab, or supporting aviation flatwork, send us the aircraft type and operational data and we will engineer the work into a written, itemised quote.
