Plan your trip at Charlotte Douglas International Airport

• 8parking areas

Always book in advance

Daily Decks, Long Term Lot 1, Express Deck Self-Park, and Express Deck Preferred

All parking areas, with facts for each one

Where someone gets in and where you can wait or meet.

• Curbside pick-up and drop-offKiss & Ride
  Upper level curbside (Departures/Ticketing) · Lower level curbside (Arrivals/Baggage Claim)
  • Picking up: permittedAsk your passenger to call or text you when they claim their luggage, then drive to the terminal's lower level (Arrivals/Baggage Claim) to pick up your passenger. To avoid roadway congestion, go against the grain by picking up passengers on the Departures/Ticketing level.
  • Waiting: not permittedCurbside vehicles cannot dwell or be left unattended. Unattended curbside vehicles may be towed; this includes all lanes on the upper level (Departures/Ticketing) and lower level (Arrivals/Baggage Claim). The curbside should only be used for immediate pick-ups and drop-offs. Avoid looping around the airport roadway while waiting, and do not park or pull off to the side of roadways to wait for arriving passengers.
• Cell Phone LotPark and come inside
  Cell Phone Lot on Josh Birmingham Parkway, next to Long Term Lot 1
  • Waiting: permittedWait for arriving passengers in the free Cell Phone Lot, located near the terminal; spaces are available to use while waiting to pick up a passenger from an arriving flight. All drivers are required to remain with their vehicles. Ask your passenger to contact you when they claim their baggage, then drive to the terminal. The lot is handicap accessible and is on Josh Birmingham Parkway to the right, next to Long Term Lot 1, as you approach the terminal.
• Hourly DeckPark and come inside
  Hourly Deck (hourly spaces on Levels 4-7)
  • Picking up: permittedVisitors picking up or dropping off passengers are encouraged to use the free Cell Phone Lot or the Hourly Deck. The closest parking option to the terminal is the Hourly Deck.
  • Meeting: permittedThe Hourly Deck is a convenient parking option if you prefer to meet your passenger in the terminal.

  For all actions above: Free within 15 minutes.

Each spot lists only the verified actions; anything missing is unknown.

All pickup rules

A quick drop-off, or park and come inside.

• Curbside pick-up and drop-offKiss & Ride
  Upper level curbside (Departures/Ticketing) · Lower level curbside (Arrivals/Baggage Claim)
  • Dropping off: permittedPassengers may be dropped off curbside on the upper level (Departures/Ticketing). To avoid roadway congestion, go against the grain by dropping off passengers on the Arrivals/Baggage Claim level. With several people and lots of luggage, first drop off your luggage and passengers at the upper level curbside, then proceed to a parking facility.
  • Waiting: not permittedCurbside vehicles cannot dwell or be left unattended. Unattended curbside vehicles may be towed; this includes all lanes on the upper level (Departures/Ticketing) and lower level (Arrivals/Baggage Claim). The curbside should only be used for immediate pick-ups and drop-offs. Avoid looping around the airport roadway while waiting, and do not park or pull off to the side of roadways to wait for arriving passengers.
• Cell Phone LotPark and come inside
  Cell Phone Lot on Josh Birmingham Parkway, next to Long Term Lot 1
  • Waiting: permittedWait for arriving passengers in the free Cell Phone Lot, located near the terminal; spaces are available to use while waiting to pick up a passenger from an arriving flight. All drivers are required to remain with their vehicles. Ask your passenger to contact you when they claim their baggage, then drive to the terminal. The lot is handicap accessible and is on Josh Birmingham Parkway to the right, next to Long Term Lot 1, as you approach the terminal.
• Hourly DeckPark and come inside
  Hourly Deck (hourly spaces on Levels 4-7)
  • Dropping off: permittedIf you wish to park your car and walk into the terminal with the passenger, the most convenient parking option is the Hourly Deck; hourly parking spaces are available on Levels 4-7. Skybridges from the Level 5 elevator lobbies and underground walkways from the Level 1 elevator lobbies provide access to and from the terminal.

  For all actions above: Free within 15 minutes.

Each spot lists only the verified actions; anything missing is unknown.

All drop-off rules