Parking guides

What parking at ATL costs and which option fits your trip: the garages by the terminals, the cheaper options for a longer trip, and where to wait when you are picking someone up. The guides answer one question each; the parking page lists every lot with its published rates.

Looking for the listings themselves? They are on the Parking page.

• ATL cell phone lot: address, directions and how to time a pickup

  ATL's free cell phone lot is the Park and Wait Lot at 1920 Autoport Drive, College Park. Directions from I-85 and Camp Creek Parkway, and pickup timing.

  • Find the lot from I-85 or Camp Creek Parkway
  • ATL doesn’t publish a time limit or hours
  • When to start driving
  • International arrivals clear passport control first
• ATL Park-Ride Lot C and MARTA's College Park lot: shuttle or train to the terminal

  ATL's Park-Ride lot (Lot C) costs $15 a day and is a three-minute shuttle ride from the Domestic curb. MARTA's College Park lot puts you on a train.

  • Park-Ride (Lot C): a shuttle bus to the Domestic curb
  • College Park: park next to the train
  • Which one to pick
  • What to ask before you commit
• ATL parking rates: which lot fits your trip

  Most ATL lots charge $15 to $30 a day, and Domestic Hourly caps at $50 for day one. See totals for 1, 3 and 7 days, plus the free lot and MARTA option.

  • What each lot costs
  • Short stays and pickups
  • One night to a few days
  • A week or more
  • Flying from the International Terminal
  • Before you drive in
  • What ATL doesn’t publish
• Atlanta Airport Valet and Off-Airport Parking: What ATL Lists and What It Costs

  ATL lists no valet. Rightway lists private lots from $6.25 a day and valet at $12 to $25. ATL's Park Ride, North Economy and West Deck run $15 to $30.

  • What a week of parking costs
  • Valet is a private service
  • How ATL treats off-airport lots
  • Hotel parking packages come from the hotel
• Cheap long-term parking at ATL: the published daily rates compared

  ATL's cheapest long-term lots: Park-Ride $15 a day, North Economy $20, daily decks $30. MARTA's College Park lot charges $10 after 14 hours. 7, 14 and 30 day totals.

  • What each lot costs per day
  • What a week and a month cost
  • MARTA’s College Park station charges $10 after 14 hours
  • ATL lists no rates for off-airport lots
  • Book ahead, because a cheap lot can be full
• Is Atlanta airport parking full? Checking lot status and reserving a spot

  ATL's parking page shows each lot's status but no space counts. Three options take reservations, and the fallback lots are named for when one is full.

  • Where ATL posts which lots have space
  • What to do when a lot is full
  • Which options take reservations
  • Off-airport lots, and a MARTA backup
• North or South deck at ATL's Domestic Terminal: what ATL says and what it doesn't

  ATL doesn't say which deck is closest to check-in or a checkpoint. Rates match on both sides, so pick by checkpoint: only South lists PreCheck.

  • What each side offers
  • What ATL doesn’t publish
  • Let your checkpoint lane pick the side
• Parking an electric car at Atlanta airport: which decks list EV charging, and where

  ATL lists EV chargers on Level 1 of North Daily, Level 3 of North Hourly and Level 2 of International Hourly. No charger type, speed or price.

  • ATL lists chargers at these lots
  • What ATL doesn’t publish about the chargers
  • Which lot fits which trip
• Short-term and hourly parking at ATL: North, South and International decks

  North and South Hourly cap at $50 the first day, International Hourly at $70. ATL prints no hourly rate. Where each deck is and what to check.

  • Match the deck to the terminal you’re walking into
  • What ATL doesn’t print
  • Longer than a drop-off
  • Can’t find the car?