Definition

1. Noun:
   • A large building for housing and maintaining aircraft: A hangar is a substantial structure, typically found at airports, designed to store, protect, and service airplanes, helicopters, or other aircraft.

Usage

• The primary function of a hangar is to provide shelter and a workspace for aircraft. It is a key facility at any airport or airfield.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The private jet is kept in a climate-controlled hangar.
  • Mechanics performed repairs on the helicopter inside the spacious hangar.
  • Several vintage airplanes were on display in the museum's main hangar.

Advanced Usage

• "Hangar space": Refers to the area or capacity available within a hangar.
  • Renting hangar space at a major airport is very expensive.
• "Hangar flying": An informal term for pilots and aviation enthusiasts talking about flying experiences, often while gathered in or near a hangar.
  • After the flight, we spent an hour hangar flying and sharing stories.

Variants and Related Words

• Hangared (adj.): Describes an aircraft that is stored in a hangar.
  • A hangared aircraft typically suffers less wear from the elements.
• Hangarage (n.): The provision or use of hangar facilities; the fee charged for storing an aircraft in a hangar.
  • The annual hangarage for a small plane was included in the club membership.

Synonyms

• Aircraft shed: A simpler term for a structure housing aircraft.
• Airdock: (Archaic) A very large hangar, often for airships.
• Maintenance building: Emphasizes the repair function, though this is a broader term.

Related Phrases

• "To hangar an aircraft": The act of moving or placing an aircraft into a hangar for storage.
  • The pilot decided to hangar the plane overnight due to the incoming storm.

Noun

1. a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained