Plan your trip at San Francisco International Airport

• 4parking areas

All parking areas, with facts for each one

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

• Terminal curbsideKiss & Ride
  Terminal curbside (Departures and Arrivals)
  • 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 LotPark and come inside
  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 GaragePark and come inside
  Domestic Garage, in the center of the airport
  • 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.
• Meeting PointsMeeting point
  Meeting Points in the terminals
  • 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.

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

All pickup rules

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

• Terminal curbsideKiss & Ride
  Terminal curbside (Departures and Arrivals)
  • 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 LotPark and come inside
  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 & FlyKiss & Ride
  Kiss & Fly at the Rental Car Center, North McDonnell Road
  • 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.

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

All drop-off rules