Hangar 1 - the original

Hangar 1, today signposted as Hangar 001, is the oldest building on the airport. It was initially constructed at Eagle Farm in 1927 and relocated to Archerfield in 1931.

Hangar 1 consists of three sections: the 1927 hangar and central section extension, the adjoining 1938 hangar and extension to the north (now administration area), and the skillion extension to the south (1943 extended area). The central part of the hangar consists of the original steel trussed structure fabricated in 1927 (and relocated to Archerfield in 1931), which was extended in 1943 to the east with a timber-trussed saw-tooth roof with skylights on the south side.

The earlier (western) portion of the hangar now has painted galvanised steel external wall and roof cladding, with clerestory glazing to the upper parts of the western and southern elevations, and an awning spanning across the western elevation.

Vented windows were provided in the gables of the original hangar, but only the eastern window remains intact. The hangar doors are of timber construction with steel bracing straps. A timber framed wall and sliding door constitutes the eastern wall of the extension.