Pickup and drop-off at San Francisco International Airport

Where someone can get in, where you can wait or meet inside, and when short-stay parking is needed.

• Terminal curbside

  Kiss & Ride
  Where: Terminal curbside (Departures and Arrivals) (right by the terminal)
  • Picking up: permittedThe person you are meeting must be waiting outside the terminal before you arrive at the curb. Allow extra time for pick-up if your party is retrieving baggage.
  • Waiting: not permittedVehicles are not allowed to wait at terminal curbside or on airport roadways, and parked or unattended vehicles at curbsides will be subject to a fine. Drivers waiting to meet passengers may circle the terminals or park in the Cell Phone Waiting Lot.

• Cell Phone Waiting Lot

  Park and come inside
  Where: Cell Phone Waiting Lot, North McDonnell Rd. and San Bruno Ave.
  • Waiting: permitted · at most 60 minutesThe free waiting lot is next to the Long-Term Parking facility, five minutes from the terminals; wait there until your party is ready to be picked up curbside. Maximum wait is 60 minutes, the lot is closed from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m., vehicles must be attended and commercial vehicles are not permitted. Spaces are first come, first served.

  For all actions above: Free within 60 minutes.

• Domestic Garage

  Park and come inside
  Where: Domestic Garage, in the center of the airport (right by the terminal)
  • Picking up: permittedAccording to the airport, the Domestic Garage is a good place to park if you are picking up arriving domestic passengers. Short tunnels lead to all the terminals.
  Parking facts (walking time, height, charging, booking): Domestic Garage

• Meeting Points

  Meeting point
  Where: Meeting Points in the terminals (inside the terminal)
  • Meeting: permittedDue to security restrictions, arriving passengers may not be met at the gate. Terminal 1: seating near the exits of the B Gates, and a signed Meeting Point on the Departures/Ticketing Level for the C Gates. Terminal 2: signed Meeting Point on the Departures/Ticketing Level. Terminal 3: Meeting Point on the Arrivals/Baggage Claim Level between Baggage Carousels 3 and 4, and one by the E Gates exit at the Departures Level. International Terminal: signed Meeting Point in the Arrivals Level Lobby at the US Customs and Immigration exit.

Where someone can get out quickly, and where you park if you want to come inside.

• Terminal curbside

  Kiss & Ride
  Where: Terminal curbside (Departures and Arrivals) (right by the terminal)
  • Dropping off: permittedTo pick up or drop off at the curb, follow signs for 'Departures' or 'Arrivals' when approaching SFO. Curbsides are for active passenger pick-up and drop-off only.
  • Waiting: not permittedVehicles are not allowed to wait at terminal curbside or on airport roadways, and parked or unattended vehicles at curbsides will be subject to a fine. Drivers waiting to meet passengers may circle the terminals or park in the Cell Phone Waiting Lot.

• Cell Phone Waiting Lot

  Park and come inside
  Where: Cell Phone Waiting Lot, North McDonnell Rd. and San Bruno Ave.
  • Waiting: permitted · at most 60 minutesThe free waiting lot is next to the Long-Term Parking facility, five minutes from the terminals; wait there until your party is ready to be picked up curbside. Maximum wait is 60 minutes, the lot is closed from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m., vehicles must be attended and commercial vehicles are not permitted. Spaces are first come, first served.

  For all actions above: Free within 60 minutes.

• Kiss & Fly

  Kiss & Ride
  Where: Kiss & Fly at the Rental Car Center, North McDonnell Road (outside the airport)
  • Dropping off: permittedTo avoid traffic at the terminals, drop off friends and family at the Kiss & Fly area at the Rental Car Center on North McDonnell Road. Passengers take AirTrain's Blue Line and arrive at the terminals in minutes; AirTrain operates 24 hours a day. Remote Bag Check for domestic flights on select airlines is inside the Rental Car Center, Level 1, open daily from 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

• Parking at San Francisco International Airport
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Rates and temporary rules change; the airport publishes them itself. We deliberately do not copy them.

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