iFLY Miami Indoor Skydiving
Miami's first indoor skydiving facility — ACG delivered both the exterior glazing envelope and the cylindrical wind tunnel glass, engineered for 150+ mph continuous airflow with 360-degree spectator visibility.
Two scopes. One of them flies.
iFLY Miami is Miami's first indoor skydiving facility — a 9,569 SF destination at 1501 NW North River Dr in the Allapattah / River District, opened in March 2026 with general contractor Parkway Construction.
The flight experience depends entirely on a precisely engineered wind tunnel: a cylindrical glass chamber generating 150+ mph vertical airflow. The glass is not decorative — it is load-bearing, pressure-rated, and the primary surface through which spectators watch every flight.
ACG delivered both work packages: the exterior commercial glazing envelope — storefront with entry doors and curtainwall sections, impact-rated for Miami-Dade's High Velocity Hurricane Zone — and the specialty cylindrical wind tunnel glass installation, one of the most technically exacting specialty glass installs ACG has executed.
Envelope and flight chamber.
What wind tunnel glass has to do.
Pressure-rated for dynamic load
Not the one-time hit of an impact test — sustained positive pressure from high-velocity air recirculating at operational speeds, all day.
Curved to precise tolerances
Precision-curved panels forming a true cylinder, typically 12–14 feet in diameter, with minimal aerodynamic disruption at the joints — tolerances measured in millimeters.
Structurally glazed and sealed
A continuous seal system that holds under the thermal cycling and vibration of industrial-scale airflow equipment. Any gap, deflection or seal failure affects structural integrity and flight performance.
Optically clear, 360°
The spectator experience is the commercial model. No distortion, no visual obstruction from framing, no fogging under the tunnel's temperature differentials.
The two scopes could not be installed independently — the flight chamber and the exterior storefront share structural steel. ACG coordinated with Parkway Construction and the tunnel equipment manufacturer to sequence the glazing around the mechanical rough-in, managing two technically distinct packages under a single subcontract without disrupting the critical path.
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