Outdoor Lots

$10 a day gets you Outdoor Lots behind the garage.

This long-stay outdoor lot sits about 0.3 miles from Terminal 1, directly behind the main parking garage. Daily max runs $10, with the City of Amarillo also listing a $2 per hour rate and the first 30 minutes free. That undercuts the garage’s higher daily price while keeping the walk short enough that most locals don’t bother with shuttles.

Outdoor Lots are signed as “Outdoor / Long-Term Parking” and include 489 spaces, compared with roughly 650 in the garage. You park in the open, so no covered protection from Amarillo hail or summer sun, but the trade-off is a lower rate and an easy, straightforward walk to the terminal doors. For late-night arrivals, regulars mention using the open lot behind the garage as their default and still feeling fine walking out after dark.

Short pickups work here too: the first 30 minutes are free in Outdoor Lots, matching the posted deal for the Preferred section. After that half-hour, it rolls to $2 per hour up to the $10 daily cap, so a one- or two-hour wait for a delayed flight won’t sting as much as a full day. There’s also a free cell phone lot elsewhere on airport grounds if you’d rather just stage and swing through the curb.

Tip: If your trip runs three days or longer and you don’t need covered parking, use Outdoor Lots behind the garage for the $10 daily cap and keep the garage for bad-weather days only.