Your aircraft is a serious investment flying through bugs, exhaust, oxidation, and salt air. We detail planes at hangars and FBOs across Long Island — exterior, interior, and brightwork, done to aviation standards.
An aircraft's finish works harder than any car's ever will. Every flight sandblasts the leading edges with bugs and grit, streaks the belly with exhaust and oil film, and bakes UV into the paint at altitude — and on Long Island, the salt air works on every parked airframe around the clock. Left alone, paint chalks and thins, brightwork pits, deice boots degrade, and the airplane starts looking like a project instead of an asset. Detailing an aircraft isn't cosmetic indulgence; it's surface preservation on a machine where the surfaces matter.
NextGen provides professional aircraft detailing at hangars and FBOs across Long Island — Republic (FRG), Long Island MacArthur (ISP), Brookhaven (HWV), East Hampton (JPX), Montauk, and the East End fields. We work to aviation-appropriate standards: proper products safe for aircraft paint, windows, and boots; careful masking of static ports, pitots, and antennas; and crews who understand that this is not a big car.
We detail the full range of Long Island's fleet: piston singles and twins, Cirrus and Cessna and Piper trainers and cruisers, turboprops, light jets and business jets, helicopters, and experimental aircraft. Exterior washes and dry washes, paint polishing and sealing, full interior details, leather care, carpet extraction, and brightwork polishing — from a quick turn clean to an annual-level restoration detail.
Aircraft paint is thin, expensive, and irreplaceable short of a five-figure (often six-figure) paint job. Oxidation from UV, exhaust acids on the belly, and bug protein etched into leading edges all consume that finish steadily — while sealed, maintained paint sheds them. The economics are blunt: a disciplined wash, polish, and sealant program costs a small fraction of one repaint and defers it by years, and at sale or appraisal time, paint and interior condition move real money. Every buyer's first walkaround starts with the finish; every logbook review comes second.
There's an operational angle too. A clean airframe shows what a dirty one hides — fresh oil streaks, hydraulic weeps, cracked fairings, popped rivets reveal themselves on clean paint and vanish in grime. Many owners find their detailer is effectively a second set of eyes on the airframe between inspections. Clean windows are a flight-safety item outright. And for charter, flight school, and corporate operations, the cabin's condition is the product: passengers judge the operation by the seat and sidewall in front of them long before they see a maintenance record.
We review paint condition, brightwork, boots, interior, and any owner concerns, confirm hangar/FBO access and water rules, and quote the job firm.
Static ports, pitot tubes, antennas, gear components, and sensitive openings are masked and protected before any product touches the airframe — standard, every time.
Full airframe wash with aircraft-safe products — or waterless dry wash where field rules or winter require — including degreasing the belly and removing bug strikes from leading edges.
Oxidation is machine-polished out where needed and the paint is sealed with aviation-grade protection that resists UV, exhaust, and the salt air off the Atlantic.
Carpet extraction, leather cleaned and conditioned, sidewalls and headliner cleaned, vents and crevices detailed, cockpit cleaned with screen- and instrument-safe methods.
Polished spinners, leading edges, and trim brought to mirror; windows cleaned with aircraft-window-safe technique; full walkaround with you at the end.
UV at altitude plus salt air on the ramp dulls aircraft paint fast. Machine polishing removes the oxidized layer and sealant protects what's left — restoring gloss and buying years before repaint.
Baked-on exhaust and oil film is acidic and eats paint if it lives there. Proper degreasing strips it completely — and makes genuine new leaks visible instead of camouflaged.
Bug protein etches into paint and boots within days of baking on. We remove strikes with methods safe for paint and deice boots, and sealed leading edges release the next batch far easier.
Trainer-fleet wear, charter traffic, or just years of use leave carpets ground-in and leather dry. Extraction cleaning, leather conditioning, and correct acrylic-window care bring the cabin back to the standard the airplane deserves.
An aircraft that looks flightline-sharp and is measurably better protected: sealed paint shedding UV and exhaust, brightwork actually bright, boots cared for, a cabin that presents like the asset it is. Owners get preserved value and a finish that defers the repaint conversation for years; operators and flight schools get airplanes whose condition sells the operation to every student and passenger who climbs in; and everyone gets the inspection benefit of a truly clean airframe that hides nothing.
We work around flying schedules — evenings, weekends, and squeezed between lessons — and handle FBO coordination and field access rules ourselves. Recurring wash programs keep the exhaust and bugs from ever accumulating, with scheduled polish-and-seal details protecting the paint long-term. Firm quotes, insured crews, guaranteed work.
Aircraft detailing is priced by airframe size and scope. Typical Long Island ranges: exterior wash for piston singles $150–$300, full exterior details with polish and sealant $500–$1,200 for singles and light twins, interior details $200–$500, and complete interior + exterior details $700–$1,700 for most piston aircraft. Turboprops, jets, and helicopters are quoted individually by model and condition — as are heavy-oxidation paint rescues.
Recurring wash programs for owners, partnerships, and flight schools earn preferred rates and keep every detail cheaper than the last. Call (631) 490-4703 with your aircraft type and home field, and we'll quote it firm — new customers save 10% with code NEW10.
We serve aircraft owners and operators at fields across Long Island — Republic, MacArthur, Brookhaven, East Hampton, Montauk, and private strips — at your hangar, tie-down, or FBO by arrangement.
Don’t see your town? We cover all of Nassau & Suffolk County — call (631) 490-4703 and we’ll be there, often the same day. Browse every community on our Service Areas page.
The wrong detailer is a liability around an airplane. Automotive products haze acrylic windows permanently, harsh chemistry damages deice boots and specialized coatings, careless washing forces water into static ports and avionics, and pressure washers in the wrong hands find every gap in an airframe. 'Cheap' quotes from car-wash crews carry risks no aircraft owner should absorb.
NextGen brings aviation-specific products, hard rules on masking and water management, window technique that keeps acrylic clear, and crews trained to respect what they're touching — fully insured for on-airport work. We coordinate FBO access, work your schedule, quote firm, and stand behind the results the way we do across every NextGen service. Your airplane gets detailed by people who understand it's an airplane.
Same-day appointments available across Nassau & Suffolk County — and new customers save 10% with code NEW10.