Santa Ana John Wayne Airport Parking

John Wayne Airport provides safe and comfortable parking options to its customers.

The airport has four parking garages open in the main terminal area: A1, A2, B2, and C.

Valet parking is available between at a drop off/pick up area Terminals A and B, and between Terminals B and C.

An off-airport parking lot (Main Street Parking) is also available at 1512 Main Street in Irvine, with a free shuttle service to the terminals.

Accessible parking for disabled clients and free parking are also available. The facility is open 24/7.

Paying with a Credit Card will be more convenient for customers, but cash payments are accepted at both facilities. Rates include taxes and fees.

Finally, it is ideal to take a picture of the number/letter on the pole closest to your parking spot to help you remember your parking location when returning to the airport.

Terminal Parking

Rate

$2.00 per hour, $20.00 daily rate

Parking structure entrances are on the Departure (upper) Level only.

Pay-on-foot stations allowing for credit card payment of parking fees, before returning to one's vehicle, are now available in Parking Structure C on levels 1 and 3. Pay-on-

Foot stations allow passengers to pay parking fees and exit Parking Structure C using Express Exit Lanes without waiting for a cashier. Cash is not accepted at pay-on-foot stations.

Off-Airport Parking (Main St)

Rate

$2.00 per hour, $14.00 daily rate

Courtesy shuttle service to and from the Riley Terminal is available every 15 minutes between 4:30 a.m. and 12:00 a.m. Shuttle buses are lift-equipped.

Shuttle pick-up locations are located at the Ground Transportation Center and in front of Terminal C Arrival (lower) Level.

Curbside Valet Parking

Rate

$10.00 per hour, $30.00 daily rate

Valet is located curbside on the Departure (upper) Level between Terminals A and B

Please call the airport parking for more details at +1 949-252-5200.

Cell Phone Waiting Area

When picking up passengers, you can temporarily park and wait in the cell phone waiting lot located south of Parking Structure C near the corner of MacArthur Boulevard and Campus Drive.

The cell phone waiting lot has 94 designated spaces, including 4 ADA, where visitors can wait in their vehicles, free of charge, until they receive a call or text from their arriving passengers indicating they are ready for pick up.

Please note there is no waiting allowed curbside at the Arrivals (lower) Level or Departures (upper) Level of the Thomas F. Riley Terminal.

Accessible Parking

Extra-wide accessible parking spaces are conveniently located in all parking facilities at the Airport. Van-accessible spaces are available in Parking Structures A2, B2, C, and in the cell phone waiting area.

Vehicles parking in accessible spaces must display a valid Disabled Person Parking Placard or License Plate. Valet Parking has wheelchair access.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please call Customer Relations at +1 949-252-5200.

EV Charging Stations

John Wayne Airport has 61 total electric vehicles (EV) charging stations available.

Owners can quickly identify where to park and charge their cars with reflective signage and parking space surface markings in all four parking structures at the Thomas F. Riley Terminal, as well as the Main Street Parking lot.

For General Parking Concerns at John Wayne Airport, please call +1 949-252-5200.

Parking tips at John Wayne Airport

• Leave home and plan to arrive at the airport at least an hour earlier. In that way, you can potentially avoid the likelihood of driving around looking for parking availability. It could also delay your arrival at the departure gate promptly.
• Check out the airport’s map. Before leaving for the airport, familiarize yourself with terminals, gates, access roads, and parking locations.
• When traveling with a piece of luggage, be mindful of the distance between the parking location and the terminal gates. Also, look if there are shuttle buses available in your vicinity.
• Especially during the long holidays, rush hour, and high travel seasons, vehicles at the parking area may cause a jam at the bottleneck at the security checking area and the airport gates.
• When there are lots of passengers, this also means that the airport shuttle services are slow and overcrowded, packed with people and their luggage.
• Unannounced security measures can also inconvenience your schedule, and it’s hard to prepare for them.
• Unannounced maintenance and construction work can mean detours that you will have to take to get to your parking spot at the airport.
• When traveling with your vehicle to the airport, provide enough time to account for possible delays on the road.