Long-Term Parking

$14 a day gets you in the same lot as Short-Term

At Grand Junction (GJT) T1, Long-Term Parking is just the same open-air surface lot in front of the terminal, capped at $14 per day. No remote lot, no shuttle loop, just rows of spaces a short walk from the doors. A local write-up still had it at $12 a day in early 2024, so the current posted rate reflects a recent bump.

The walk from the far end of Long-Term to the T1 entrance runs about 3 minutes at a normal pace. That’s from the back rows of the combined short- and long-term area to the single terminal curb. If you’re used to trekking 10–15 minutes or riding trams at big hubs, this feels pretty compact.

Pricing is simple: once you stay past the first few hours, you’re effectively in the long-stay bucket and hit the $14 daily max. There is no cheaper satellite lot to drop that rate, so leaving a car 5–7 days just multiplies that daily cap. Everything is surface parking; there’s no garage or covered tier at GJT right now.

EV drivers get zero help here: the airport notes no charging stations in any parking area yet. If you park an electric car for a week, it will sit with whatever charge you arrived with. Plan to top up in town along I‑70 or at a hotel charger before you pull into the airport.

On holiday weeks like Thanksgiving, airport leadership admits the lot gets “very, very full,” and long-term parkers soak up many of the spaces. Regulars just pad their schedule by 15–20 minutes, loop the aisles once or twice, then walk in from wherever they land. Tip: for early-morning flights, aim to park in the row aligned with the main doors so that 3-minute walk stays under 5 in snow or wind.