Areas · Fairfax County
Reels and spools in Chantilly: Route 28's industrial parks
CHANTILLY, Va. — Chantilly, ZIPs 20151 and 20152, with Centreville in 20120 and 20121, is Fairfax County's main industrial district, a spread of flex buildings, warehouses and contractor yards along Route 28 and US-50 south of Dulles Airport. The desk clears reels from its yards on a schedule and delivers spools across the area.
From the reel desk · Checked 9 November 2026
Schematic line map, not to survey: Chantilly marked, with Route 28, I-66 drawn heavier. The Potomac, the Anacostia, the District line and the Beltway are drawn for bearings.
Fact box: Chantilly
- ZIPs
- 20151, 20152, 20120, 20121 (Centreville)
- Main roads
- Route 28, US-50, I-66, US-29
- Landmark
- Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center
- Neighbour
- Washington Dulles International Airport
Fairfax’s industrial district
Chantilly lies between Dulles Airport to the north and I-66 to the south, with Route 28 down its middle. Most of the land along Route 28 and US-50 is industrial and flex: warehouses, contractor shops, equipment yards, data rooms and office-warehouse buildings. The Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center, with its aircraft hangars, sits by the airport. Centreville, to the south across I-66, is mostly neighbourhoods.
Yards that fill up
A contractor with a yard in Chantilly might work in Loudoun one month, Fairfax the next and the District after that, and bring reels back to the yard each time. Chantilly yards are flat and roomy, so reels can be sorted properly:
- Rows by build: nailed wood, plywood, steel, plastic.
- Groups by size: within a few inches of each other, so they nest on the truck.
- Tags kept on steel reels for the maker’s return.
A pickup every month or two keeps a yard from filling with reels that weather while they wait.
Next to the data-centre corridor
Chantilly borders Loudoun’s data-centre corridor across the county line and has data rooms and flex buildings of its own. Contractors on those jobs keep yards here. The reels they bring back run from small building wire reels to 72 inch and larger feeder and medium-voltage reels.
Fibre yards
Fibre contractors also keep yards in this part of Northern Virginia. Virginia’s broadband program puts more than $545 million toward over 133,000 unserved locations statewide. Most of those are rural and far from Chantilly, but crews and their reels pass through yards here between jobs. Fibre reels are often plywood or small, and maker programs do not take them.
Buyers
Centreville and Chantilly homeowners ask for table and patio reels. Small contractors ask for working reels. Landscapers ask for display reels.
Getting here
Route 28 runs north to Dulles and Sterling and south to Centreville and Manassas. US-50 runs east to Fair Oaks and west to South Riding. I-66 crosses the south of the area.
Sending a request from Chantilly
- Count and measure. Count the reels and measure the largest flange edge to edge across the face. A photo with the tape in it is better than a guess.
- Check the build. Nailed lumber, plywood sheet, steel or plastic. Look for a stencil or tag naming the maker and the reel number.
- Set aside steel and tagged returnables with their serial numbers. Those go back to the maker, not to the desk.
- Say where they stand: yard, dock, garage level, alley or curb, plus clearance, gate hours, badging or escort a driver needs.
- Say what loads them: forklift, pallet jack, loader, ramp, or only people. Reels over 42 inches weigh more than 100 lb empty.
- Say how often: one time, weekly, monthly or at each job close-out.
- Buying instead? Give the flange and height you want, how many, and how the reel gets from the truck to where it will sit.
- No form handy? Email info@dcwoodenspools.com with the same details and a few photos.
Reels you are likely to have
| Reel | Build | Flange | Traverse | Drum | Lb | Usually carries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C-5 | Nailed wood | 23 | 17 | 12 | 34 | Copper building wire, grounding |
| A-10 | Nailed wood | 30 | 22 | 16 | 66 | Service drop, bare aluminium |
| N-24 | Nailed wood | 36 | 28 | 14 | 83 | Insulated and multiplex cable |
| A-29 | Nailed wood | 42 | 28 | 21 | 154 | Overhead conductor, feeders |
| A-38 | Nailed wood | 48 | 28 | 24 | 212 | Aluminium and ACSR, large feeders |
| A-62 | Nailed wood | 60 | 28 | 28 | 397 | Utility conductor |
| A-76 | Nailed wood | 66 | 28 | 30 | 473 | Heavy conductor |
| S-120 | Steel, returnable | 84 | 36 | 42 | 895 | Transmission and medium voltage |
Other makers' reels differ by an inch or two. All flange sizes · How to measure
Questions the desk gets
How often should a Chantilly yard be cleared?
Every month or two works for most yards, before reels weather while they wait.
Are fibre reels from a Chantilly yard accepted?
Yes, including plywood and small reels that maker programs do not take.
Sources
Each opened and read on 9 November 2026.
- Virginia DHCD, federal approval of Virginia's BEAD Final Proposal (19 November 2025): over $545 million to 23 providers for more than 133,000 unserved locations
- Loudoun County, Data Centers: The Loudoun Story: counts as of 1 March 2026: about 233 data centre buildings, 56.5 million sq ft; over 10 million sq ft permitted in 2025; 35.7 million sq ft approved but not built; by-right development ended in 2025
- AFL, Wood Reel Recycling Program: nailed wood only, no plywood; flanges at least 1½ in thick and 30 in across; 75% of staves; full truckloads; mainly East Coast and Midwest