Civil Aviation: Galway Airport, Ireland New hangar – door installation The smart way to stay efficient With over 15,000 vertical architectural fabric commercial folding doors installed worldwide since 1973, Megadoor delivers door solutions for industries with extraordinary opening requirements – like aviation, shipyards, mining, energy and recycling. www.megadoor.com Galway Airport adds two new hangars for regional aviation Galway Airport is an important hub connecting western Ireland with the rest of the country and Europe. To provide better facilities for regional carriers, the airport commissioned construction of two new hangars. Having previously seen Megadoors in operation at another airport, the customer was fully convinced and specified them for the new hangars Critical issues: • Location on Ireland’s west coast, with exposure to high wind loads and salty coastal environment. • Frequent opening and closing of hangar doors furniture. • Fast opening and closing required. • Maximum use of limited land. • Flexible use, energy efficiency, and low maintenance. • Non-standard hangar door colour. Megadoor provided: • Project and design collaboration with home architects and building contractor. • 2 sets of Megadoor vertical fabric folding doors, each 32 m wide, comprising three individually manoeuvrable leaves connected by swing-up mullions. Centre leaf 9.5 m high. Left and right leaves each 6.5 m high. • Installation and commissioning. Benefits: • Access across practically the entire hangar width, for full utilisation of hangar capacity. • Fast, reliable performance. Easy operation. • Long lifetime. Low operating cost. • Excellent air tightness & wind resistance. • Minimal maintenance need. Easy to repair. • No floor tracks. Practically no door footprint. • Extended warranties are available for up to 10 years on all components. “We are pleased with the new hangar and all its facilities, including the threesection Megadoor, which provides a good seal against the weather, operates quickly and without difficulty, and maximizes the width of the frontal entrance for moving aircraft in and out.” Peadar Conroy Administration Director at Aer Arran For further information or an obligation-free survey, please contact your local Megadoor representative or sales@megadoor.com.