LAX Parking Long Term Parking

See our Parking Map for parking rate information.

Central Terminal Area (CTA)

Nearly 8,000 parking stalls are available in eight parking structures located opposite the roadways from the passenger terminals. Parking is available for extended stays and overnight trips.

All vehicles entering the Central Terminal Area are subject to random inspection.

All individuals (including persons with disabilities) who pull a parking stub and pass through a gate arm into a parking structure are required to pay the posted parking rates.

Vertical Clearances

All CTA parking structure entrances are clearly marked with vertical clearances.

• Parking Structures 1, 2A, 3, 4, 6 and 7 have a maximum vehicle height restriction of 8 feet, 2 inches.
• Parking Structures 2B and 5 have a maximum vehicle height restriction of 7 feet.
• Trucks, trailers and campers should use Parking Lot C.

Economy Parking - Lot C

LAX operates economy Parking Lot C with over 7,300 parking spaces.

Lot C has frequent, free shuttle transport to and from Lot C and the Central Terminal Area, stopping conveniently at each Terminal curbside.

Cell Phone Waiting Lot

Motorists meeting arriving passengers can wait for free, up to two hours, until passengers call to say they are ready to be picked up in the Central Terminal Area.

The Lot is adjacent to the southwest corner of LAX Economy Parking Lot C and one-quarter mile from the 96th Street Bridge entrance into LAX passenger terminal area. It is easily accessible from the north and east by motorists using La Tijera, Sepulveda, Manchester and Century Boulevards to access LAX.

Vehicles must be attended at all times. No parking is allowed in or around the Cell Phone Waiting Lot.

Disability Placards

All vehicles displaying disability placards or license plates may park in parking structures and economy lot and pay the posted fee.

Electric Vehicle Parking

Free parking is available for electric vehicles only at charging stations located in the lower/arrivals level of Parking Structures 1 and 6 for up to a maximum of 30 days per visit. No free parking privilege is available for Clean-fuel, Natural Gas-fueled and/or bi-fuel vehicles.

Motorcycle Parking

Parking for motorcycles is free inside the Central Terminal Area parking structures. When entering, drive carefully around the entrance gate arm and DO NOT take a ticket. Do not park in a space for a car.

A motorcycle may be parked at the ends of rows, in corners, and in other spaces provided it does not block access to parked vehicles, handicapped spaces, Smarte Carte machines, passenger traffic, paths for the disabled, automobile traffic, doors, elevators, driveways, etc.

Parking violations will be issued to all offenders. When exiting, drive carefully around the exit gate arms. Entering/exiting a lot via a sidewalk is not allowed.