Daily-rate long stay right at Rafael Nuñez T1
Parqueadero Larga Estadia is the long-stay car park serving Terminal T1 at Rafael Nuñez International Airport in Cartagena. It suits trips measured in days rather than hours, with pricing structured by the day instead of by the hour. You walk from the parking area to T1 in just a few minutes, so there’s no shuttle schedule to worry about for early-morning or late-night flights.
This is official airport parking, so you stay inside the airport perimeter the whole time. That cuts down on extra driving around Crespo or the beachfront to hunt for private lots when you’re trying to make a 06:00 departure. The long-stay setup works well if you’re leaving the car for a week or more and don’t want to keep track of taxis back and forth to CTG.
Signage at Rafael Nuñez points you directly to “Parqueadero Larga Estadia” as you approach T1, just past the general passenger drop-off area. Entry and exit use standard ticket barriers, so you grab a ticket on the way in and pay on the way out based on the number of calendar days parked. Keep the ticket in your wallet, not the car, so you’re not walking back across the lot in 32°C heat to retrieve it.
Security staff patrols the airport parking zones around T1, and lighting stays on throughout the night, which helps if you’re landing on a late Avianca or LATAM flight after 23:00. The car park is open 24/7, matching the airport’s operating hours, so you can collect your vehicle even after a delayed arrival from Bogotá or Medellín.
Practical tip: traffic into CTG can clog up around check-in peaks, so add 20–30 minutes to your normal drive time, then aim to park in Larga Estadia at least 2 hours before a domestic departure out of T1.