Bexar County ยท Kelly Field
We buy surplus cable at Kelly Field.
Airfield work happens in windows, not weeks, so the cable that comes out of Kelly Field tends to sit tagged in a hangar corner until somebody decides what to do with it.
Call or text the buying desk954-740-1983
CountyBexar
Work typeAirfield and hangar
Common lotFeeder and series lighting
AccessBadged gate entry
Get a buy quote
Send the reel list. A buyer reads it.
Six details are enough to start. Tags and photos can follow by text or email once a buyer has looked at the basics.
- A buyer reviews the lot: construction, footage and condition, not only metal weight
- Copper and aluminium, 600 V building wire through 345 kV cable
- Full reels, partial reels, cut lengths, pallets and truckloads
- No fee, no obligation, and no automatic pickup
Reel list · Kelly Field
Reviewed by a buyerTell us what you have and where it sits. Nothing is moved until written lot terms are agreed.
Kelly Field is an active airfield, and almost nothing about a pickup there is spontaneous. Work is planned around flight operations, material is staged inside a gate, and a crew pulling a feeder has to know where it is going before the window closes. That is why removed cable waits: it is not forgotten, it is parked.
The airfield side is its own world. Runway and taxiway lighting runs on series circuits at constant current, with cable and connector kits that have no use anywhere else. When a circuit is re-lamped or a vault rebuilt, the removed cable comes back on a spool with the connectors cut off, and it is bought on conductor and jacket rather than on a mill tag.
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Heavy power feeder around hangars and apron
The power side of an airfield looks like any heavy industrial site until you notice how far apart things are. A hangar, a support building and an apron lighting circuit may all be fed from one service, with cable running underground in duct banks or overhead in tray, and replacements pull long lengths that are often still good for a second life. A single long pull is a different asset from the same cable cut into six convenient lengths.
- 480 V feeder to hangar distribution
- Apron and floodlight circuits
- Standby feeder for support buildings
- Tray and MC on structural steel
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Series lighting cable is a separate conversation
Airfield lighting is not wired like a building. Circuits run in series at constant current, so a single conductor loops from light to light and back to a regulator, specified for the voltage class and the environment rather than for ampacity in the usual sense. What kills its value is water and sun, and cable from a flooded handhole reads very differently from cable spooled the same week.
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Badging and gate access set the schedule
Every hour on an airfield is scheduled, and a vendor is part of that schedule. Drivers are identified in advance, vehicles clear a gate, and the load is secured before it moves, so a pickup that would take twenty minutes at a warehouse can take a morning here. Give us the gate and the escort arrangement your operations team will approve, because we would rather plan a narrow window than sit outside a fence.
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What to send before a quote
For airfield lots the useful list is short: what the cable is, how much of it there is, how it is spooled, and where it currently sits. Add a photograph of each tag and one of the spool face, and if the connector ends were cut, say so, because that changes how the material is handled. Nothing moves until your electrician signs off that it is dead.
- Reel tags
- Spool condition
- Cut connector ends
| Family | Sizes we see | Condition we buy |
|---|---|---|
| Power feeder | 2 AWG to 500 kcmil | Reel, pull, removed |
| Series lighting cable | 8 AWG to 6 AWG, 5 kV | Spooled, removed |
| Control and signal cable | 14 AWG to 10 AWG | Coiled, surplus |
| Tray and MC cable | 12 AWG to 4/0 | Reel and cut length |
Questions
Answers before you send anything.
If your question is not here, call the desk. A buyer answers, not a call centre.
Can you collect from inside the airfield perimeter?
With a booked window and drivers cleared in advance, yes. Airfield access is controlled by operations, so the earlier we know the gate and the escort arrangement, the better the chance of getting the window you want.
The series lighting cable is wet and dirty. Is it still bought?
It is reviewed, but condition matters more on this cable than on building wire. Water in the jacket and UV damage outside both reduce the value. A dry spool that has been under cover prices very differently.
Do you need the connectors left on the cable?
No. Cut connectors are normal on removed airfield circuits. Just tell us they were cut, and keep the cable spooled rather than coiled on the ground where it will kink and trap water. A spool travels better than a coil in every case.
How much notice do you need for a hangar pickup?
Enough to arrange access, not more. The constraint is your gate and your escort, not our truck. Once those are settled a pickup is a scheduled move rather than a standing arrangement. Tell us the window your operations team will approve.
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You have the cable. We have a scale and a check.
Send the reel list, the tags or a photograph of the pallet. A buyer comes back with what the lot is worth and how pickup would work, before anything is moved.
954-740-1983 Call or text
- Reel tags, or the print on the jacket
- Reel count and footage, even roughly
- Where it sits and what can reach it
- Whether the cable is still energised