Private vehicle drop-off and pickup

Where to board

• Departures (upper) drive and arrivals (lower) drive
• accessible loading zones are marked with blue signs

Route

• No parking or waiting on the drives or on the Airport Expressway shoulders
• Drivers waiting for passengers use the Cell Phone Lot
• The arrivals drive is busiest 8 p.m. to midnight and the departures drive 6 a.m. to 8 a.m.

Details

• Cell Phone Lot for waiting drivers: 2623 S. 170th Street, 200 spaces, free Wi-Fi, 20-minute limit; drivers must stay with their vehicles.
• Do not park on the Airport Expressway shoulders; the airport calls the Cell Phone Lot a better and safer spot to wait.
• The Ground Transportation Booth is on the third level of the parking garage; phone (206) 787-5906.
• The airport drives may be congested at peak times, mornings for passenger drop off and evenings for passenger pick up; use the other airport drive at these times to balance the loads.
• If you are dropped off for a departing flight on the arrival/baggage claim level, you can take the elevator or escalator quickly to the ticketing level.
• Once passengers have deplaned and collected their luggage, they can be picked up outside Baggage Claim.
• Accessible loading zones are available at least every 100 feet on the Arrivals and Departures drives, and the entire Arrivals Drive is accessible with a zero curb. If you have a disability that limits mobility, you can pre-arrange with your driver to be picked up on the Arrivals Drive.
• Airport Drive Cameras show traffic on the drives.
• In the mornings the Arrivals drive tends to be much faster than the Departures drive.

Source: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport