Empty cable reels picked up in Ontario

What gets made in Ontario

Ontario International Airport is the city's anchor, and a major air cargo hub: it handled 605,095 tons of cargo from January to September 2025, up 8.2% on the year before. Around it, and south across the 60 toward Ontario Ranch, stretch some of the densest distribution and logistics districts in California, with buildings of every size from small flex units to very large fulfilment centres.

North of the 10, the city has older industry and business parks along Holt Boulevard and the railroad, and a downtown along Euclid Avenue. South of the 60, Ontario Ranch, on former dairy land, is filling with housing and new industrial buildings.

Southern California Edison serves Ontario. Its substations and feeders have grown steadily with the warehouses and the new neighbourhoods.

Between air cargo, warehouses and new construction, Ontario empties more reels than any other city on its lane. Fit-outs and cargo buildings produce 36 to 48 inch nailed reels in batches, utility work produces 60 to 72 inch bolted ones, and the business parks add steady small spools. Runs on this lane usually start or end here.

Where Ontario's empty reels come from

Air cargo and logistics buildings

Fit-outs, dock power and chargers empty 36 to 48 inch reels in batches.

Ontario Ranch construction

New streets and buildings empty building-wire reels and utility reels.

Business parks along the 10

Manufacturers and contractors empty smaller reels steadily.

How the Inland Empire on the 10 run reaches Ontario

The Inland Empire run reaches Ontario from Chino on the 83 or from Pomona on the 10 or the 60, and works the airport district off Haven Avenue, Archibald Avenue or Milliken Avenue. Warehouses have docks and truck courts; airport-side cargo buildings may need a driver check-in.

Other stops on the Inland Empire on the 10 lane: Chino, Jurupa Valley, Rancho Cucamonga, Fontana, San Bernardino, Redlands. Reels from Ontario can share a deck with any of them.