Capability

Cal Electro has built airport construction and airfield electrical since 1994: runway lighting, taxiway and apron work, REIL, PAPI guidance systems, MALSR approach systems, MIRL, guidance signs, AWOS weather stations, VORTAC antennas and DASR radar sites from Monterey to Barstow. The FAA work spans California, Nevada, Arizona, Kansas and Hawaii.

The radar and navigational aid sites carry the earthwork, grading, foundation construction, CMU buildings, tower erection, grounding systems, power and communication conduits and diesel fuel systems that go underneath them. The most recent award is the Runway 18-36 rehabilitation at Del Norte County Airport, $739,710 in 2025: 70 MIRL lights, 21 guidance signs, and the trenching and wiring behind them.

Trenching, duct bank, bases and counterpoise are self-performed, which is what keeps runway closure windows short.

Active runways: Work sequenced around operations, with lighting returned to service for each night’s closure end.
FAA-funded programs: AIP grant work delivered to FAA construction and inspection standards.
Remote radar sites: DASR and navaid sites on mountaintops and desert ranges, with access and generation constraints.

Why we self-perform

35Projects published in full

$2,005,290Largest published contract

The record

Every airport electrical contract published in full, newest first.

Open a title for the write-up, the photographs and the contract detail.

Airport Electrical: 35 contracts, newest first, with owner, year and published contract amount.
Project	Owner	Year	Contract
	BCRAA	2025	$739,710
Returning to Del Norte Airport, Cal Electro installed 70 MIRL fixtures and 21 guidance signs, with the associated trenching and wiring. Electrical Active runway Cal Electro delivered Runway 18-36 Rehab, Marking & Lighting, Del Norte County Airport for BCRAA in California in 2025, a $739,710 contract.
		2020
Cal Electro delivered Red Bluff SLEP Site Improvements in California in 2020.
		2017
Cal Electro delivered Install of AWOS II System at Benton Airport in California in 2017.
		2016
Cal Electro delivered W. Apron & T-Hanger Taxilane in 2016.
		2015
Cal Electro delivered Relocate Runway 18 REIL Del Norte Airport in Del Norte County, California in 2015.
	FAA / BCRAA	2014	$2,005,290
Cal Electro furnished all labor and materials for the runway lighting systems, the electrical and generator vault installations, and the underground conduit infrastructure. The scope also covered removal and replacement of guidance signs and concrete pads, and construction of a new CMU electrical building. Electrical Civil Active runway Cal Electro delivered Runway Safety Area Improvements, Del Norte County Airport for FAA / BCRAA in California in 2014, a $2,005,290 contract.
		2012
Cal Electro delivered Colusa County Airport in California in 2012.
		2012
Cal Electro delivered Gansner Field Airport & Beckwourth-Nervino in 2012.
		2012
Cal Electro delivered Lampson Field Airport in 2012.
		2010
Cal Electro delivered Klamath Security Gates in California in 2010.
		2008
Cal Electro delivered Monterey DASR in California in 2008.
		2008
Cal Electro delivered Redding Airport Taxiway A&B in California in 2008.
		2007
Cal Electro delivered Panamint Valley DASR in 2007.
	FAA	2007	$1,550,000
Cal Electro completed the earthwork, grading and foundations for a radar tower, equipment shelter, generator building and related infrastructure at Velvet Peak. The scope included CMU building construction, tower erection, grounding systems, power and communication conduits, diesel fuel systems, radar reflector installation, waveguide setup and SIU rack integration. Government-furnished equipment Cal Electro delivered Velvet Peak Radar Site DASR for FAA in Barstow, California in 2007, a $1,550,000 contract.
		2006
Cal Electro delivered Fall River Mills Runway Lighting in California in 2006.
		2003
Cal Electro delivered Merced DASR in California in 2003.
		2002
Cal Electro delivered Fresno Yosemite Airport DASR in California in 2002.
		2001
Cal Electro delivered Redding Airport Runway Lighting Upgrade in California in 2001.
		2000
Cal Electro delivered FAA Maui, HI ASR 9 Upgrade in Hawaii in 2000.
		1999
Cal Electro delivered FAA Monterey, CA Installation of E/G shelter at ASR 9 in California in 1999.
	FAA	1999
Cal Electro delivered FAA Northern California Tracon Project in 1999.
		1998
Cal Electro delivered FAA Boulder City, NV VORTAC Antennas in Nevada in 1998.
		1998
Cal Electro delivered FAA Maui, HI Wind Sock in Hawaii in 1998.
		1998
Cal Electro delivered MALSR, Independence Municipal Airport, Independence, Kansas in 1998.
		1997
Cal Electro delivered FAA Grand Canyon, AZ Wind Sock in Arizona in 1997.
		1997
Cal Electro delivered FAA Pomona, CA VORTAC Antennas in California in 1997.
	USAF	1997
Secure site Cal Electro delivered USAF Nellis Airforce Base in Nevada in 1997.
		1996
Cal Electro delivered FAA Arcata, CA PAPI Guidance System in California in 1996.
		1996
Cal Electro delivered FAA Chico Airport PAPI Guidance System in California in 1996.
		1996
Cal Electro delivered FAA Oakland, CA Upgrade HVAC at AFSS in California in 1996.
		1996
Cal Electro delivered FAA Squaw Peak, CA Engine Generator Replacement in 1996.
		1995
Cal Electro delivered FAA Fresno, Modesto, Reno, (E/G Airport) in 1995.
		1995
Cal Electro delivered FAA Oakland, CA Installation of UPS At AFSS in California in 1995.
		1994
Cal Electro delivered AWOS System Lampson Field in 1994.
		1994
Cal Electro delivered FAA Arcata Airport (MALSR) in California in 1994.