West Arrival Parking

Two-minute walk from West Arrival doors to your car

West Arrival Parking at GUM is basically the on-site public lot sitting right in front of the Main terminal’s West Arrival side. Most people use it for curbside-style pick-ups or short stays, not for leaving a car all week. From a middle-row space, you’re looking at roughly a 2-minute walk across to the arrivals doors, which matches reviews saying they just “walked across” from the car to meet family.

Rates follow the airport’s short-term table: it starts at about $2 for the first 0–15 minutes and tops out around $10–$15 for 5–24 hours, depending on how the day is counted. That’s fine for a few hours of waiting or escorting family through baggage and customs, but it adds up if you try to treat it like long-term storage. Same pricing grid as the main public car park, just closer to West Arrival.

Layout is simple: this is the same main public lot you see when you drive up to the West Arrival frontage of the Main terminal. There aren’t clear, separate “West Arrival Parking” zones in signage or reviews; people just pull into the public car park and choose the rows closest to the arrivals doors. You stay landside the whole time, so no tickets or shuttle buses to think about, just the entry gate and payment when you exit.

Regulars on Google Maps mention a routine: pull into the public lot outside West Arrival, grab a ticket, walk in to meet arriving family at baggage claim, then roll everyone back to the car and exit before the higher hourly tiers kick in. That way, they usually only pay for well under a full day instead of drifting up toward the $10–$15 day rate.

Tip: aim for a middle-row space facing the Main terminal’s West Arrival doors; it keeps your walk to about 2 minutes while avoiding the tight maneuvering right by the curbside lanes.