Airport Cell Phone Waiting Lot To Re-Open

Larger Lot to Open 9 a.m. Monday, July 27

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is re-opening a new, larger Cell Phone Waiting Lot at 9 a.m. Monday, July 27. The new location, just north of the old lot on Air Cargo Road, includes nearly 100 spaces for vehicles, doubling the size of the old lot.

The Cell Phone Waiting Lot is a free service from The Port of Seattle that allows drivers to wait up to 30 minutes in the lot until arriving passengers have deplaned, collected luggage and called to be picked up outside of Baggage Claim. Drivers must stay with their vehicles.

Please be aware there is no parking or waiting allowed on the airport roadway shoulders at any time.

The previous lot was closed for six weeks in order to facilitate a new air cargo operation in the cargo terminal building next to the lot. The building now houses a number of air cargo airline operations that ship freight of all kinds, including exports of Washington state’s bumper cherry crop. The Port of Seattle estimates lease and cargo related earnings of $40,000 per week from that facility during the closure period, or over $240,000 in total. The new lot was not available to open until Monday.

For more information on Sea-Tac Airport’s parking options, visit our Web site at http://www.portseattle.org/seatac/ground/.