Airport information
Where you can drop someone off, pick someone up, wait or meet at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, according to the official sources. Each spot lists only the verified actions; anything missing is unknown.
Picking someone up
Where someone can get in, where you can wait or meet inside, and when short-stay parking is needed.
Picking upPermittedOnce passengers have deplaned and collected their luggage, they can be picked up outside Baggage Claim. The drives can be congested with pick-ups in the evening: at that time, use the departures (upper) level for pick-ups.
WaitingPermitted · at most 20 minutesThe free waiting lot has 200 spaces and free Wi-Fi, directly across from the S. 170th Street exit of the Airport Expressway. It is reserved for 20-minute parking while waiting for arriving passengers, and drivers must stay with their vehicles; unauthorized vehicles are towed 24 hours a day at the owner's expense. Parking or waiting is not allowed on the shoulders of the airport roadways.
MeetingPermittedInternational passengers arrive at the Baggage Claim level in Gina Marie Lindsey Hall, at the very south end of the terminal. Clearing U.S. Customs and Border Protection typically takes 60 minutes or more; track the flight status online or with the flySEA app.
Dropping someone off
Where someone can get out quickly, and where you park if you want to come inside.
Dropping offPermittedThe airport drives can be congested with drop-offs in the morning. At those times, use the other drive and drop off on the arrivals (lower) level.
WaitingPermitted · at most 20 minutesThe free waiting lot has 200 spaces and free Wi-Fi, directly across from the S. 170th Street exit of the Airport Expressway. It is reserved for 20-minute parking while waiting for arriving passengers, and drivers must stay with their vehicles; unauthorized vehicles are towed 24 hours a day at the owner's expense. Parking or waiting is not allowed on the shoulders of the airport roadways.
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Rates and temporary rules change; the airport publishes them itself. We deliberately do not copy them.
