Airport Technology: what local governments paid
IT at town- and county-run airports: flight information displays (MUFIDS), common-use terminal equipment (CUTE) and gate management, ground-transportation (Uber/Lyft) tracking, aircraft tracking and landing-fee billing, and federal inspection-area IT.
7 records · 1 states · stated/derived annual cost ranges $5,352 – $20,991. Vendors: Com-Net Software, GateKeeper Systems, SITA, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Town of Islip, NY — Com-Net Software
Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE) system at Long Island MacArthur Airport: one-time installation, plus monthly operations and cloud hosting/licensing/24x7 support
Medium confidence source re-checked 2026-11-04
- Contract amount
- $91,959 (one-time installation (plus $1,700/month operations and $6,080/month hosting, licensing and support))
- Setup / implementation
- $91,959
- Date
- 2024-11-19 (Resolution #22, Town Board meeting 2024-11-19)
- Status
- Adopted (Town Board resolution)
- Category
- Airport Technology
- Notes
- UNCERTAIN: the resolution pages are scanned and were read by OCR; $91,958.73 was checked against the page image (PDF page 187). Airport-funded, with passenger facility charge reimbursement sought. Com-Net is now part of SITA; the CUTE support agreement was re-signed with SITA in June 2026.
- Source
- Resolution #22 · Town Board resolutions, Nov 19, 2024 · p. 187 · record TSP-0212
Town of Islip, NY — Com-Net Software
Expansion of the Multi-User Flight Information Display System (MUFIDS) at Long Island MacArthur Airport: more monitors and computers, digital-signage shelving and software configuration for additional airlines
High confidence source re-checked 2026-11-04
- Contract amount
- $74,160 (one-time project)
- Date
- 2025-04-08 (Resolution #28, Town Board meeting 2025-04-08)
- Status
- Adopted (Town Board resolution)
- Category
- Airport Technology
- Notes
- Com-Net has been the sole-source MUFIDS supplier since 2020.
- Source
- Resolution #28 · Town Board resolutions, Apr 8, 2025 · p. 340 · record TSP-0217
Town of Islip, NY — Com-Net Software
MUFIDS and digital paging systems: remote support (fifth option year, Sep 1, 2025 - Aug 31, 2026)
High confidence source re-checked 2026-11-04
- Contract amount
- $18,000 (derived: not-to-exceed $1,500/month x 12, plus labor and parts if needed)
- Annual cost
- $18,000 (derived: $1,500/month x 12)
- Term (years)
- 1
- Date
- 2025-08-12 (Resolution No. 25, Town Board meeting 2025-08-12)
- Status
- Adopted (Town Board resolution)
- Category
- Airport Technology
- Notes
- The resolution page is headed July 15, 2025 but it is in the August 12, 2025 meeting file and was on that agenda (item 25).
- Source
- Resolution No. 25 · Town Board resolutions, Aug 12, 2025 · p. 180 · record TSP-0222
Town of Islip, NY — GateKeeper Systems
GateKeeper TNC-Ops: hosting and support of the airport's ground-transportation (Uber/Lyft) GPS tracking and billing software
High confidence source re-checked 2026-11-04
- Contract amount
- $26,761 (5-year total, not to exceed)
- Annual cost
- $5,352 (derived: 5-year total / 5)
- Term (years)
- 5
- Date
- 2025-03-11 (Resolution No. 31, Town Board meeting 2025-03-11)
- Status
- Adopted (Town Board resolution)
- Category
- Airport Technology
- Notes
- Sole-source renewal; the system was first bought in November 2021.
- Source
- Resolution No. 31 · Town Board resolutions, Mar 11, 2025 · p. 218 · record TSP-0216
Town of Islip, NY — SITA
Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE) maintenance and support at Long Island MacArthur Airport: one-time fee plus monthly cloud hosting, software licensing and 24x7 remote support, 5 years
High confidence source re-checked 2026-11-04
- Contract amount
- $111,034 (derived: $6,080 one-time + $1,749.24/month x 60)
- Annual cost
- $20,991 (derived: $1,749.24/month x 12)
- Setup / implementation
- $6,080
- Term (years)
- 5
- Date
- 2026-06-16 (Resolution #24, Town Board meeting 2026-06-16)
- Status
- Adopted (Town Board resolution)
- Category
- Airport Technology
- Notes
- SITA was formerly Signature Technologies d/b/a Com-Net Software. An April 21, 2026 resolution (#20) had approved the same support with Com-Net at $1,749.24 plus $6,080 a month; this June resolution re-papers it with SITA, with the $6,080 as a one-time fee.
- Source
- Resolution #24 · Town Board resolutions, Jun 16, 2026 · p. 135 · record TSP-0225
Town of Islip, NY — SITA
Amendment No. 1: gate management system component for the CUTE system at Long Island MacArthur Airport
High confidence source re-checked 2026-11-04
- Contract amount
- $92,865 (one-time installation)
- Setup / implementation
- $92,865
- Date
- 2026-08-11 (Resolution #12, Town Board meeting 2026-08-11)
- Status
- Adopted (Town Board resolution)
- Category
- Airport Technology
- Notes
- The same file is also posted under the September 16, 2025, December 16, 2025 and March 24, 2026 meeting links.
- Source
- Resolution #12 · Town Board resolutions, Aug 11, 2026 · p. 62 · record TSP-0228
Town of Islip, NY — U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Memorandum of agreement: reimbursing CBP for communications and IT equipment and services in the airport's international-arrivals (federal inspection) area
High confidence source re-checked 2026-11-04
- Contract amount
- $17,065 (estimated total (CBP cost estimate))
- Date
- 2025-06-10 (Resolution No. 20, Town Board meeting 2025-06-10)
- Status
- Adopted (Town Board resolution)
- Category
- Airport Technology
- Notes
- The airport is responsible for data cabling, connectivity and IT costs for CBP systems; payment expected in 2026.
- Source
- Resolution No. 20 · Town Board resolutions, Jun 10, 2025 · p. 138 · record TSP-0221