Six-day short-term limit at the Joint Base Andrews Passenger Terminal
On-base Parking at the Passenger Terminal draws a hard line at 6 days for short-term. Leave a car longer in the short‑term row and it’s eligible for towing at your expense. This setup is built around AMC movements, Space‑A traffic, and official trips, not casual airport-style park-and-fly. If your orders or itinerary stretch past a week, treat the short‑term stalls as off-limits.
Parking sits directly at the Passenger Terminal, post-gate and inside Joint Base Andrews security, so only people with valid base access or sponsorship can even reach these lots. That means regular civilians can’t just drive up from Maryland Route 4, show a driver’s license, and park for a holiday. The base also posts that it accepts no liability for theft or damage in any of its lots, which Space‑A regulars mention as one more reason to strip the car of valuables before locking up.
The AMC guidance splits things into short‑term ( ≤6 days) and long‑term ( ≥7 days) parking, but it doesn’t read like typical airport signage and there’s no posted daily dollar rate. That gap fuels a steady trickle of forum posts from military families confused about where they can leave a car for a 10‑day Space‑A run. Most end up learning the rules from the AMC travel notice or phone calls, not from big obvious arrows in the lot.
Regulars who expect to be gone a week or more either arrange drop‑off, use a taxi or Uber from off base, or coordinate with their unit for authorized long‑term parking tied to official travel. Several point to the Security Forces desk sergeant and the Visitor Control Center phone numbers on the AMC Andrews page as the real decision-makers. One practical move: before you park for an AMC flight, call ahead with your exact travel dates and get verbal confirmation on which section you can use and how long you can stay.