How to Heat an Aircraft Hangar isn’t just a question of temperature—it’s about maintaining continuous operation, ensuring safety, and avoiding disruption in a complex, high-demand environment. From maintenance and logistics to airside movements, hangars must support constant activity. A heating system must deliver effective warmth without interfering with operations, creating safety risks, or requiring downtime for servicing.
This is where Powrmatic’s Tub-One gas-fired radiant strip heating system stands out. Uniquely designed with all combustion and burner components located outside the building, it removes many of the risks and interruptions associated with traditional heating systems. Read on to find out how.
At the heart of the Tub-One system is a significant design advantage: the burner module and all combustion-related components are installed externally to the hangar.
This single feature delivers a range of critical operational benefits:
For aircraft operators, MRO providers, or defence contractors working within time-critical environments, this means heating infrastructure can be maintained and repaired without impacting aircraft movement, ground crew activity, or scheduled maintenance tasks.
Hangars—especially those built during or after World War II—present major heating challenges. With minimal insulation, high ceilings, and vast door openings, they are inherently inefficient to heat using conventional air-based systems. Add to that the fact that doors are often left open for extended periods to move aircraft or allow ventilation, and it’s easy to see why forced-air systems fall short.
Powrmatic’s Tub-One system addresses these challenges head-on:
This performance translates into comfortable working conditions, lower fuel consumption, and better thermal control—without needing to modify the building envelope or invest in expensive insulation upgrades.
In aviation environments, safety is paramount—and heating systems must follow suit. With Tub-One, all fuel combustion occurs in a sealed external unit, with flue systems and air supply kept entirely outside the hangar envelope. This reduces fire risk, eliminates indoor gas piping, and ensures there are no open flames or ignition systems inside the building.
From a maintenance perspective, the benefits are equally clear. Because technicians never need to enter the hangar to access serviceable components, the risk of disrupting scheduled aircraft maintenance or breaching secure zones is greatly reduced. Servicing can be planned independently of hangar use, and even emergency repairs can be conducted without pausing internal work.
The Powrmatic Tub-One system offers a simple but powerful proposition: efficient radiant heating, combined with external combustion and outside-only maintenance access. For aircraft hangars—especially those with legacy infrastructure or 24/7 operations—it’s a system that works with your facility, not against it.
Whether you’re responsible for a civilian maintenance facility, military airfield, or a general aviation hangar, Tub-One provides:
If you’re planning a new installation or upgrading your existing heating infrastructure, Powrmatic Tub-One should be your first consideration. It’s a system built around the realities of hangar operation—and designed to keep you flying, uninterrupted.
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