UNSPSC 27113205: Airport lighting, tools

Tools and Accessories including the F-Range Pressure Test Assembly, Cable End Stripper/Penciller, Crimping Tool, Elevated Light Level, 700-40 Plug Insertion Tool, Frangible Coupling Wrench, Setting Jig and Touch-up Paint.

UNSPSC 27113205 Airport lighting, tools is a Commodity code that state and local government procurement offices use to tag solicitations for specialized airport ground support equipment and maintenance supplies — though recent activity under this code shows significant mismatch between the nominal scope and what is actually being bought. Of the recent opportunities tagged with this code, only one represents genuine airport lighting or tools procurement: the City of St. Petersburg's May 2026 request for two Hali-Brite Lighted LED X Runway Closure Markers with FAA Advisory Circular AC 150/5345-55A compliance, powered by diesel engines with LED lighting and 140-hour continuous operation capability. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's May 2026 two-year requirements contract for aeronautical edge lighting equipment and spare parts — including in-pavement guard bar lights, LED inset runway lights, edge lights, and threshold lights manufactured by Multi Electric Manufacturing — represents the most directly relevant recent activity. The remaining opportunities tagged under this code (helicopter tugs, passenger boarding bridges, aircraft ramps, drone displays, terminal ramp sweepers, and AWOS installations) fall outside the nominal scope and suggest either misclassification in procurement system tagging or unusually broad interpretation of what constitutes "airport lighting, tools."

Geographic spread of recent activity appears concentrated in Florida (St. Petersburg, Orange County, Broward County, Okaloosa County), with secondary activity in New York (Port Authority of PANYNJ) and New Hampshire. Kentucky's Capitol City Airport helicopter tug solicitations and New Mexico's Gallup Municipal Airport AWOS installation represent outlier activity. Issuing bodies are predominantly airport authorities, city aviation departments, and county transportation divisions rather than state transportation departments. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Orange County, Florida show repeat recent activity. Given the code's apparent misuse for diverse airport ground support equipment beyond lighting, the actual procurement volume and vendor opportunity under the nominal "airport lighting, tools" scope appears limited; most state and local airport procurement activity is being misdirected into this code rather than concentrated here as a coherent commodity family.