What is LED Lighting Supply Aircraft Hangar Lighting?

Aircraft hangars are large open areas with high ceilings. Our High bays are the perfect energy-efficient lighting system for this area as it can deliver the power and lumens to light up the hangar for this area as they can deliver the power and lumens to light up the hangar. You may want to consider adding a narrower beam optic for tall ceilings. It will ensure the light output is delivered to the aircraft and the floor space below.

What are the Benefits of Using LED Lighting Supply Fixtures in an Aircraft Hangar?

• Long Life: Our fixtures will provide years of maintenance-free life without bulb or ballast changes reducing or eliminating maintenance costs
• Reduced Energy Bills: Using LED Lighting Supply fixtures, you can expect to reduce your energy costs and lighting bills by 50% to 75% with lower energy consumption versus traditional lighting options. And if you add motion sensors, you can expect even more energy savings. LED hangar lights are known for their superior energy efficiency.
• Controls Ready: We offer motion /  occupancy sensors as an option on some of our high bays These can turn the lights to full power when motion is detected and off / dimmed when the area is void of movement.
• Quick Payback / ROI: The energy savings that our lights will create a short ROI. The higher the utility cost per kWh, the faster the payback.
• Perfect for High Ceilings: We have many optic packages and power LED lights that perform great together to get the light to the ground and create bright workspaces.
• Safer Work Areas: Our LED Lights are reliable and produce high-quality lighting for a long period versus metal halide and fluorescent lighting. It keeps the areas lit by LED light safer and well-lit.
• Instant On: Our LED Lights turn to 100% the moment you hit the light switch.
• Easy to install: There is nothing difficult about installing and wiring our hangar lights for new installations or replacing old high bays. All instructions are included.

Recommended Foot Candles for Airplane Hangars

• General Work / Storage: 30 foot candles
• Aircraft Maintenance with some detailed tasks: 30-50 foot candles
• Aircraft Maintenance with fine detailed tasks: 70-100 foot candles
• Drilling, Riveting, Screw Fastening: 75 foot candles
• Final Assembly: 100 foot candles
• Inspection: 50-200 foot candles
• Welding: 50 foot candles
• Plane Storage Only: 30 to 50 foot candles

What LED Hangar Light Is Best for You?

• UFO (Round) Hangar Light: Round LED UFO Hangar Fixtures are perfect to replace Metal Halide / HID light fixtures. These lights are high-impact rated and waterproof. These are perfect for higher (20-80 foot) ceilings. These are the perfect replacement for metal halide lights.
• LED Linear (Rectangular) Lights: LED Linear Hangar Lights are a great replacement for fluorescent / T5 fixtures. These rectangular lights offer great light distribution at ceiling heights up to 40 feet tall.
• Dimmable LED Hangar Lights: These are either UFO or Linear style equipped with a dimmable LED Driver. The drivers are typically 0-10V or 1-10V trigger dimmable and work with a 0-10V dimmer. Dimmable hangar lights work well with motion sensor-equipped fixtures.
• Motion Sensor LED Hangar Lights: We offer both microwave motion sensor options as well as PIR (infrared) motion sensors. Microwave motion sensors are a newer technology not affected by dusty environments. So if your environment is dusty, choose a microwave motion sensor option.
• Wattage Adjustable LED Hangar Lights: These fixtures have onboard toggle switches that allow you to choose the wattage and lumen output. This allows you to customize the light output to meet your needs on location.
• Color Adjustable LED Hangar Lights: These fixtures have onboard toggle switches that allow you to choose the color temperature. Typical options are between 3000K and 5000K. 3000K is a warm inviting light, whereas 5000K is a light that resembles the color temperature of metal halide high bays. 4000K is a good choice if you like the light output of fluorescent fixtures.

Need Help? Talk to an LED Hangar Light Expert.

With so many options and fixtures available, deciding what option will meet your needs and requirements is hard. The sales engineers of LED Lighting Supply are experts in LED hangar lighting solutions. Use our experience and tell us your needs, and we will provide you with the best LED Hangar Application lighting options for your project or application. We can provide you with a free lighting plan to make sure the area is well-lit and the lighting is balanced.

LED Lighting Supply Completed LED Lighting Hangar Projects

LED Aircraft Hangar Lighting FAQ

What is the Importance of Reflective Surfaces in an Aircraft Hangar?

It will help light up areas that may block direct lighting, like under the wings. Having reflective surfaces will help redirect light from those surfaces to areas blocked by the aircraft. You can also correct this by having lighting fixtures mounted closer together.

How Can You Reduce Lighting Glare in a Hanger?

There are several options for lighting. Add an acrylic dome or frosted lens cover to the LED high bay lights when using LED Lighting. Both will reduce the “LED dots” and reduce the glare. Many fixtures also come with special ribbed optics to reduce side glare.

Is Using More Higher Power Fixtures to Reduce Quantity of Lights a Good Idea in an Aircraft Hangar?

The two most important things to consider are light levels and light balance. Achieving one without the other means the light isn’t bright enough or well-balanced. A lighting plan will discover any issue before you buy. So, let’s start with a lighting plan. We’ll confirm the light levels are correct and the lighting is balanced. Then you can rest assured that there will be no surprises after the installation.

Are There Impact-Proof LED Light Fixtures for an Aircraft Hanger?

If you need impact-proof fixtures, we would generally recommend UFO fixtures over linear high bay fixtures. We offer UFO fixtures with an impact rating of IK08.

What is the Best Way to Mount Lights in an Aircraft Hanger?

We offer many different options to mount lighting in hangars. Eye-hook, pendant, and chain mount, that we can suggest or match your existing fixture mount.

Are there Certifications for Airplane Hanger Lights?

There are no certifications, per se. However, providing adequate and proper lighting to perform aircraft maintenance is important. That is why aircraft hangars tend to be very bright areas.

However, all our lights are UL or ETL-listed (for safety), and many are DLC-listed. So they are both safe and efficient.

What Are the Most Popular LED Aircraft Hanger Lighting?

The most popular aircraft hangar lights are our family of UFO LED high bays. 160 watts and 200 watts to replace 400 Watts Metal Halide lamps. To replace 1000 Watts Metal Halide, our 300 Watt UFO fixture is very popular.