Time to First Maintenance
Use our TFM Chart to estimate when maintenance would be required to extend the life of HDG steel in typical North American environments.
Airside Structures & Equipment
Often ignored by passengers, airside structures and equipment are just as critical to the day to day operations as the buildings and airplanes themselves.
Sitting aboard a plane, high above the tarmac, you may not realize, but galvanized steel is all around in the ground below. Galvanized rebar is often within the concrete in the surrounding air ramp, or "apron", taxiways, runways, or air tower controls and the galvanized coating is used to protect Ground Support Equipment (GSE), jetways, baggage handling, noise barriers, stairwells, ladders, and more.
Utilizing hot-dip galvanized steel for these structures will provide the maintenance-free durability, seismic resistance, and corrosion protection necessary to keep airport operations running smoothly.
The anticipated airport GSE market growth by 2027
$1.6 Billion
The average lifespan of current GSE
10 years
Airside Components
| Access Ladders | Aircraft Entry Stairs | Aircraft Tugs |
| Baggage Claim Equip. | Baggage Tractors | Belt Loaders |
| Catwalks | Crash Barriers | Deicing Equipment |
| Ground Power Units | Ground Support Equipment | Guardrail |
| Guardrail Posts | Jetways/Jet Bridges | Lavatory Trucks |
| Light Poles/Fixtures | Platforms | Pushback Tractors |
| Railings | Reinforcing Steel | Runway Lighting |
| Signage | Sign Support/Poles | Sound Barriers |
| Stairways | Tower Sturctures | Tripod Jacks |