SEAAirport Guide

Parking at SEA airport: which option fits your trip

SEA General Parking is $37 a day or $222 a week. Reserved Floor 4 is $47 a day. Compare the over-height lot, nearby self-park and free cell lot.

The curved concrete parking garage at Seattle-Tacoma airport seen from outside.
Parking garage, SEA

For most trips, park in the SEA garage’s General Parking: $37 a day, a skybridge from the terminal, no booking. Pay $47 a day for reserved Floor 4 only if you can’t risk a full garage. If you’re picking someone up, wait in the free cell phone lot off the Airport Expressway.

Which option fits which trip

Option Where Rate Fits
General Parking Floors 1 to 3 and 5 to 8 $8.00 per hour, $37.00 per day, $222.00 per week Most trips. Motorcycles pay the same rates
Reserved Parking Floor 4, formerly Terminal Direct $47.00 per 24-hour period, plus $10.00 per hour for an overstay, up to the daily maximum A trip where missing your flight costs more than the extra $10 a day. Reservation only
Over-height Vehicle Parking Outdoor lot, south entrance from S 182nd St General Parking rates Vehicles over 6 ft 10 in
Doug Fox Parking North of the airport, 2626 S. 170th St. Quote only Drivers who’ll price-shop for a long trip
Airport Park N’ Fly: SeaTac Self Park 17320 International Blvd Quote only Self-park with a free 24-hour shuttle or a walk via the RTA Skybridge. It takes cars, vans and pickup trucks, but not RVs, box trucks, commercial vehicles or semi-trucks

The Port’s rates include all taxes and fees, and it says a reservation guarantees you a space whatever the garage occupancy.

Where is the cheapest place to park at SEA?

General Parking is the cheapest of the Port’s own options. A two-day trip costs $74 there and $94 on Floor 4. Doug Fox and Airport Park N’ Fly give quotes only, so price them for your dates.

How the garage works

The garage is at 17801 International Blvd, SeaTac. Skybridges 1 to 6 on garage Level 4 lead into the terminal. At the exit lanes you can pay a cashier with cash or a card. The pay machines at the exit lanes and on Floor 4 take cards only. A lost ticket costs at least the daily rate.

The Port’s drive-up parking line is (206) 787-5308. For ride help, see our information desks directory.

Floor 4 needs a reservation and a QR code

Reserve at reservesea.portseattle.org between 120 days and 6 hours before you arrive. The Port suggests booking at least 14 days ahead for the best availability. You can scan your QR code to enter up to one hour early. At the garage, use the white Reserved Parking lane, not a blue General Parking lane. You can change or cancel without penalty up to 6 hours before entry. The QR code from your confirmation gets you in and out. The Port gives 10% off your next reservation once you sign up for its parking promotions. Reserved Parking customer service is (206) 787-4888.

Where can you charge an electric car?

The garage has 94 stalls with free Level 2 charging, marked with green striping. They’re first come, first served:

  • 64 on Floor 7, Rows E and F, at General Parking rates
  • 30 on Floor 4, Rows E and F, at Reserved Parking rates. You can’t reserve the charger itself

Accessible stalls are on Floors 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7

General Parking has ADA stalls around the elevator lobbies on Floor 5 and on Floors 1, 3 and 7. Reserved Parking on Floor 4 also has ADA stalls. They go first come, first served to vehicles showing a valid disabled permit, and you can’t book them online. Normal rates apply. After parking in an accessible stall, call Prospect Airport Services at (206) 246-1550 to arrange wheelchair help. For the help your airline arranges, see our wheelchair assistance guide.

If your vehicle is over 6 ft 10 in

Use the outdoor over-height lot. Enter from the south off S 182nd St, take the open lane on the far right at the entry plaza, and pull a ticket. You can’t reserve it. Pay at the garage machines on Floor 4, then take the paid ticket back to your car to exit.

There are only 78 stalls, and the Port says the lot regularly fills. Four are ADA stalls, and a step-free path runs through garage Floor 1 to the terminal by elevator.

How much does long-term parking cost at SEA?

General Parking’s weekly rate is $222. For a stay past 30 days, reserve extended stay parking online or arrange it with the Public Parking Office at (206) 787-4069, or the Port can treat the car as abandoned and tow it.

Doug Fox, north of the airport

Doug Fox Parking is a remote lot on Port of Seattle property at 2626 S. 170th St. It’s the first exit, on the left, off the Airport Expressway.

Doug Fox is open every day. The operator says it has never closed, though the lot can sell out at peak times. It sorts vehicles into three bands: up to 16 feet long, 16 to under 20 feet, and oversize (wider than 8 feet, longer than 20 feet, or both).

Shuttles run on demand and drop you where you parked. To get picked up at the airport, choose your island on Doug Fox’s pickup page. Its islands are 1A to 1D and 3A to 3C, and overhead signs in the garage show the numbers. Our courtesy shuttle listing covers the Level 3 lane. The drivers help with luggage. For the accessible shuttle, call (206) 248-2956, which is also the lot’s main number.

Waiting at the cell phone lot

The SEA Airport Cell Phone Lot is at 2623 S. 170th Street, directly across from the S. 170th Street exit of the Airport Expressway. It has 200 spaces and free Wi-Fi. Waiting is limited to 20 minutes, and drivers must stay with their vehicles.

Once your passenger has their bags, drive to the arrivals drive outside baggage claim. That drive is busiest from 8 p.m. to midnight, and the departures drive from 6 to 8 a.m. The private vehicle pickup page shows the arrivals and departures drives.

Leaving the car at home

Arriving by Link light rail? From the station, use the walkway at the north end of garage Level 4, near Alaska Airlines, to reach the terminal. The free Train-to-Plane cart runs between the station and Level 4 by Skybridges 5 and 6, daily from 5 a.m. to midnight.

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