SEAAirport Guide

Can you park an RV or tall vehicle at Seattle airport?

SEA's over-height lot takes vehicles over 6 ft 10 in, but RV fit is not guaranteed. Find the $37 daily rate, entrance, payment, and fallback.

The open top deck of the Seattle-Tacoma airport parking garage with rows of parked cars.
Garage top deck, SEA

SEA’s airport garage turns away anything over 6 ft 10 in. The Port directs taller vehicles to the Over-height Vehicle Parking lot, an outdoor lot. Its ADA stalls are for vehicles displaying valid disabled permit identification. The Port lists only a height rule, so measure your RV, trailer and roof gear before you go. It costs the General Parking rate of $37.00 a day, and you can’t reserve a stall. The Port says it “regularly reaches capacity,” so know your fallback before you drive in.

The over-height lot at a glance

Measure from the ground to the highest point on the vehicle, roof gear included, and treat anything above 6 ft 10 in as over-height.

Over-height Vehicle Parking
Access Drive up, first come, first served. The Port’s reservation system can’t hold an over-height stall
Hourly and weekly rates $8.00 an hour and $222.00 a week
Payment Pay by card at the machines on garage Floor 4, or by cash or card with a cashier at a garage exit lane
Route to the terminal Walking distance. The Port lists a wheelchair-accessible path through garage Floor 1 to the Main Terminal by elevator, and for permit-holding vehicles it suggests dropping passengers near the elevator before you park
Charging None listed in the lot. The Port’s charging stalls are on garage Floors 7 and 4, both under the 6 ft 10 in limit

If you need wheelchair help after you park, call Prospect Airport Services at (206) 246-1550. It sends a free wheelchair from the garage to your ticket counter. A vehicle under 6 ft 10 in can use the accessible stalls in the garage on Floors 1, 3, 5 and 7, and in Reserved Parking on Floor 4.

Getting in from the highway

  1. Reach the airport on Highway 99 / International Boulevard, from the north or the south. From the Airport Expressway, follow the signs marked “Over-height Parking.”
  2. Turn in from South 182nd St. and move into the left lane, following the daily parking signs.
  3. Stay left and curve left. The over-height signs then appear ahead and to the right.
  4. At the entry plaza, use the open lane on the far right and take a ticket.
  5. When the gate opens, drive in and park in any open stall.
  6. Keep the ticket. For card payment, use a Floor 4 pay machine, then take the paid ticket back to your vehicle and use it to exit. To pay cash, use a cashier at a garage exit lane.

Checking before you drive in

Call the Drive-Up Parking line at (206) 787-5308 with your vehicle’s length, width and height.

If the lot is full

Doug Fox Parking, a private lot on Port property north of the airport, has size tiers by length and width. By its own description, Standard is up to 16 feet, Large is 16 to under 20 feet, and Oversize is wider than 8 feet or longer than 20 feet. Its site says Oversize “requires special accommodations.”

  • Address. 2626 South 170th Street, SeaTac, off the Airport Expressway at the first exit, on the left.
  • Phone. 206-248-2956.
  • Price. The operator prints no fixed rate. Get a quote for your dates on its booking page.
  • Booking. It says the lot can often sell out at peak times and recommends booking ahead.

After you park, Doug Fox’s on-demand shuttle picks you up at your vehicle for the airport. It drops you back at your vehicle when you return.

Our Doug Fox listing has the operator’s rates and booking details. Doug Fox’s tiers and All Writers Destination’s Top Spot Airport Parking video both leave out a height limit, so ask either lot about height when you book.

Other lots, and cruise parking

Airport Park N’ Fly: SeaTac Self Park doesn’t allow RVs, box trucks, commercial vehicles or semi-trucks. If you’re sailing from Pier 91, the on-site lot welcomes overheight vehicles, RVs and trailers, with RV and overheight parking from $47 a day including service fees and taxes, plus a free shuttle to the terminal. The Pier 66 garage has a 6-foot-6-inch height limit.

Sources

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Traveler and third-party material: All Writers Destination, “Top Spot Airport Parking Reviews | SeaTac Airport Parking Guide”. Triply, “Seattle Airport Oversized Parking”.