Airport Ceiling Solutions

Create a better travel experience through simple product solutions like acoustic airport ceilings. If you’re undertaking an expansion or renovation, the choice of the ceiling system you specify can have a noticeable impact on the travel experience. It’s important that travelers have an acoustically comfortable environment to help reduce stress and ensure that important announcements or instructions can be heard. Airports are designed to welcome visitors with a memorable, signature look and feel. Rockfon airport ceiling products like grid, tile, baffles and islands manufactured with stone wool, metal or wood provide creative ceiling choices for these striking designs. 

Overcoming challenges with airport ceiling solutions

Providing a comfortable acoustic environment  

Transit facilities like airports can be very loud and stressful. Often the most stressful part of travel is at the start of the passenger path, as we rush to make departure times among the noisy crowds.   

The Rockfon solution: 

The right airport ceiling can have a profound effect on both the acoustic and overall travel experience. Acoustic panels and baffles with high sound absorption can control the noise level of these busy spaces. In a quieter environment, travelers feel more relaxed, can hear pertinent announcements more clearly, can better understand spoken instructions and are better able to communicate important information. 

Durability of systems 

In demanding conditions, airport ceilings must maintain an attractive appearance and dependable, sustainable performance. Transportation facility managers appreciate durable ceilings that easily accommodate lighting, HVAC and security systems. When the equipment and systems require updates, ceilings that allow plenum access save time and labor. 

The Rockfon solution: 

Rockfon airport panels achieve this performance and reduce environmental impact, whilst saving on material costs. Our stone wool acoustic ceiling products have been certified GREENGUARD® Gold for low emissions. Our metal ceiling systems also use low-emitting materials with no reportable VOCs. 

In all climates and types of weather, metal airport ceiling systems are trusted for use in building canopies, soffits, overhangs, covered entrances, walkways, drive-throughs and other applications. They are designed to resist wind loads, humidity, fire, and earthquakes. 

Beyond exposure to natural forces, transportation hubs can present unique challenges to building products’ structural integrity. For example, airport ceilings performance can include air pressure requirements to meet the piston effect of arriving and departing ATS trains, or stability criteria to meet the rumblings of jumbo jets. 

Contributing to peace of mind for passengers and facility managers, these metal ceiling systems retain their intended look and performance for many years and can be recycled for future use. 

Montana’s Helena Regional Airport’s Passenger Terminal Expansion opened in October 2020, and added 20,000 square feet of new space and more than 300 seats inside of the secured area beyond the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint. With these airport renovation improvements, it’s able to better serve travelers and airlines. 

 The results 

Rockfon’s technical services team assisted architects and interior designers at CWG Architects and Price Simpson Harvey (PSH) in selecting appropriate systems and worked closely with Just Rite in the systems’ delivery. “Our metal ceilings met the terminal’s improved acoustic performance requirements, while providing the desired design flexibility,” said John Salazar, Rockfon’s project coordinator of specialty systems. Three of Rockfon’s metal ceiling systems served as the airport expansion’s basis of design. From Rockfon’s broad product portfolio, PSH selected linear and curved shapes in multiple sizes and a choice of finishes. 

Helping support healthy indoor airport air quality for both staff and passengers, Rockfon’s metal ceilings contain no organic compounds – the panels do not support the growth of mold or other microorganisms, and are simple to clean. Manufactured with 75-100% recycled content, Rockfon’s metal ceiling systems can be 100% locally recycled at the end of their useful lifespan in the ceiling.