Plan your trip at Sacramento International Airport

• 5parking areas

All parking areas, with facts for each one

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

• Terminal curbKiss & Ride
  Terminal curb
  • Picking up: permittedThe curb is strictly reserved for active loading and unloading of passengers. Wait in the Free Waiting Area, and pick up your arriving passengers once they are outside.
  • Waiting: not permittedFederal regulations do not allow vehicles to wait at terminal curbs, and it is illegal to stop on airport roadways; you may only stop for active loading/unloading. Vehicles that wait at the curb and/or are left unattended will be ticketed and/or towed.
• Free Waiting AreaPark and come inside
  Free Waiting Area (Cell Phone Lot), near the Interstate 5 entrance/exit
  • Waiting: permitted · at most 180 minutesThe Free Waiting Area, also known as the Cell Phone Lot, is a place to wait for arriving family, friends and colleagues, near the Interstate 5 entrance/exit with access to both terminals. There is a three-hour limit and vehicles must be attended at all times. There is no fee to park in the Free Waiting Area; free Wi-Fi, portable restrooms and fee-based DC fast charging stations for electric vehicles are available.

  For all actions above: Free within 180 minutes.

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

All pickup rules

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

• Terminal curbKiss & Ride
  Terminal curb
  • Dropping off: permittedDue to security regulations, the curb is strictly reserved for active loading and unloading of passengers.
  • Waiting: not permittedFederal regulations do not allow vehicles to wait at terminal curbs, and it is illegal to stop on airport roadways; you may only stop for active loading/unloading. Vehicles that wait at the curb and/or are left unattended will be ticketed and/or towed.
• Free Waiting AreaPark and come inside
  Free Waiting Area (Cell Phone Lot), near the Interstate 5 entrance/exit
  • Waiting: permitted · at most 180 minutesThe Free Waiting Area, also known as the Cell Phone Lot, is a place to wait for arriving family, friends and colleagues, near the Interstate 5 entrance/exit with access to both terminals. There is a three-hour limit and vehicles must be attended at all times. There is no fee to park in the Free Waiting Area; free Wi-Fi, portable restrooms and fee-based DC fast charging stations for electric vehicles are available.

  For all actions above: Free within 180 minutes.

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

All drop-off rules