Aviation · Hangar storage marketplace
GoHangars: a nationwide marketplace for aircraft hangar space
GoHangars connects aircraft owners with hangar operators across the US. We built its two-sided marketplace, with listings searchable by airport identifier and filtered against each aircraft's dimensions. It reached 1,240 listings across 38 states in six months, lifted operator occupancy from 61% to 83% and booked $2.1M in year one. The MVP shipped 7 weeks after the first call.
- Client
- GoHangars
- Industry
- Aviation
- Built
- Web app
- Timeframe
- 7 weeks
What changed
- 1,240 listingsHangar listings across 38 states in the first six months.
- Same-day bookingReplaces about three weeks of phone calls for an owner looking for space.
- 61% to 83% occupancyOperator occupancy across facilities active for a full year.
- $2.1M bookedBooking volume in year one.
- 480 ownersAircraft owners registered within 90 days of launch.
- 7 weeksFrom the first call to a shipped MVP.
Results as reported for this build after launch.
The challenge
Aircraft owners had trouble finding open hangar space because listings were scattered and there was no central way to book. Facility operators, for their part, could not keep their storage reliably filled.
The founder ran an FBO for eleven years before starting GoHangars. He came to us with a spreadsheet of 300 hangar operators he had called himself, with door dimensions and monthly rates typed in by hand. He made it to find a home for his own aircraft, and other owners kept asking to use it.
Finding hangar space in the US still works much as it did in 1985. You ring the airport, get through to the FBO, and they either tell you what is free or never answer. Owners park six-figure aircraft wherever someone picked up the phone, while operators leave bays empty for months with nothing but a sign at the gate to advertise them.
He had tried to get the product built twice. A designer delivered a Figma file he liked, and two offshore teams took deposits and produced nothing usable. He did not want to lose another six months learning that lesson again, so we agreed a seven-week scope to a launchable marketplace with real listings in it, not a prototype.
What we built
We built a nationwide hangar marketplace that brings availability into one place, makes booking simple and helps operators fill their space. Owners can find and secure a bay that fits their aircraft, and operators get a steady channel for vacancies.
Two-sided onboarding
Aircraft owners and facility operators each get their own onboarding flow.
Fit-focused listings
Listings record what decides whether an aircraft fits: door width and height, usable depth, power, heated or unheated, and shared or private bay.
Search by airport identifier
Owners search by airport code, so typing KAPA shows what is open at Centennial. A map view and radius expansion help when nothing nearby is free.
Aircraft dimension filtering
Owner profiles store wingspan, tail height and length, and listings filter against them automatically, so nobody books a bay their aircraft cannot physically enter.
Flexible availability calendar
The calendar supports monthly, annual and transient stays.
Stripe Connect payments and verification
Payments run through Stripe Connect with automatic operator payouts and platform fees. Insurance certificates are uploaded and verified before each booking is confirmed, operators get an occupancy dashboard, and in-platform messaging keeps enquiries attached to the listing.
Screens and design system
The result
GoHangars closed a seed round nine months after launch on the strength of listing growth and repeat booking rate, not a pitch deck. The founder hired two people, one for operator supply and one for support, and stopped doing both jobs himself.
The spreadsheet has been retired. Supply now grows without the founder calling anyone, because operators find the platform and list themselves, the part he was least sure would happen. Transient bookings, an afterthought at launch, turned out to be a third of volume. Maintenance and avionics providers are next, on the same booking and payout infrastructure.
