5–10 minute shuttle rides link P6 Rent a Car to FAO T1
P6 Rent a Car sits in the Faro Airport rent-a-car zone, used by agencies handing over vehicles for T1 arrivals and departures. This is not a public long-stay car park in the way P1 or P3 are; it’s the compound where rental companies base their fleets and handle returns. Expect to reach the terminal in roughly 5–10 minutes once a shuttle or staff car is ready to move.
The car park functions as car rental parking only, with spaces reserved for hire vehicles assigned by individual companies. The airport itself lists P6 as “Rent a Car” rather than general parking, which is a useful clue: you can’t just drive in, pull a ticket, and leave your own car there for €10 a day. Daily rates are handled inside your rental contract instead of a standard /name//name/ airport tariff board.
Access runs through the main Faro Airport road system serving Terminal 1, using the same approach you’d follow for departures and then peeling off toward the rent-a-car area. If you’re landing at FAO, most agencies walk you or shuttle you to P6 from the arrivals hall in under 15 minutes, depending on queues at the desks and how quickly paperwork goes through. Signage on-site focuses on company names rather than “P6” branding.
No consistent reviews call out P6 itself, which matches the pattern in online forums: people talk about queues at specific rental brands, not about the car park layout or security setup. Complaints that do appear on park-and-fly sites tend to relate to off-airport providers, not this on-airport rent-a-car zone. If you want predictable parking for your own vehicle, look at official car parks like P1 or P3 and treat P6 strictly as rental territory.
Practical tip: if you’re booking a hire car, confirm in writing that pickup and drop-off happen in the P6 Rent a Car area at Faro T1, so you know you’re dealing with an on-airport location and not a cheaper off-site lot with longer transfers.