Message posted by greatguess on September 01, 2011 at 16:48:21 PST:

i posted this last year and repost it just for everyone's information.

More research has yielded updated info. A major change is a new hangar door estimate of 172' wide.

Area 51 new building (all heights are “soft” estimates) Rev: 26 Nov 2010

HIGHBAY HANGAR PORTION OF NEW BUILDING

Building outside dimensions – 320’ wide, 168’ deep, 65’ tall at ends and 80’ tall at East West center

Hangar Doors – 2 (North and South facing) sliding door type

Hangar Door Dimensions – South Door 172’ wide, 50’ tall, North Door 172’ wide, 50’ tall

Usable highbay hangar floor space dimensions – 246’ wide, 155’ deep

Usable highbay hangar floor area total – (246’ wide x 155 deep)’ sq ft = 38,130 sq ft

Usable highbay hangar area between hangar doors – (172’ wide * 155’ deep) sq ft = 26,660 sq ft

OFFICE / SHOP PORTION OF NEW HANGAR BUILDING

Outside dimensions of Office / Shop area – 69’ wide, 168’ deep, 65’ tall

Floors – 4

Main Entry on East face of building

Several (unknown number) of access doors into highbay hangar area from office / shop area

Stairwells – 2 External, Unknown number Internal

Office / Shop space available –

(55’ wide * 168’ deep) = 9,240 sq ft (first-third floors each)
(69’ wide * 168’ deep) = 11,592 sq ft (fourth floor)
(3 * 9,240 sq ft) + (1 * 11,592 sq ft) = 39,312 sq ft total

SITE FEATURES OUTSIDE OF NEW BUILDING

Engine run support – 2 tie down areas each with a 78’ wide blast deflector potential location

Single 65' wide taxiway to airfield portion of Area 51

In Reply to: New hangar at south end posted by BoomerFrom47 on August 31, 2011 at 18:11:05 PST:

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