Economy Parking Area

Five-minute walk from T1 gets you the cheaper P3/P4 lots

Economy Parking Area P3/P4 sits about a 5‑minute walk from Kansai Airport Terminal 1, trading a slightly longer walk for lower prices than the P1/P2 garages. Both P3 and P4 are flat, open‑air lots with the same 2.1 m height limit as the garages, but with lower caps aimed at multi‑day stays.

For passenger cars, the first 24 hours in P3/P4 runs at 180 yen per 30 minutes, capped at 2,520 yen on non‑peak days and 3,360 yen during peak periods. That first‑day cap undercuts P1/P2, so even a one‑night trip already comes out cheaper if you do not mind the outdoor walk to T1.

After the first day, the pricing is where these lots really help. From 24 to 144 hours, the daily maximum is 1,620 yen per 24 hours in non‑peak and 2,160 yen in peak, then it drops again after 144 hours to 1,080 yen non‑peak and 1,440 yen peak per 24 hours. Local drivers mention using P3/P4 specifically for longer trips because those caps stay below P1/P2 at every tier.

P3 also carries 23 marked microbus spaces, so groups arriving in a minibus usually head straight there. If you are driving anything tall, note the 2.1 m limit still applies, so larger coaches need separate arrangements, but standard microbuses fit and use this as their default parking area.

Watch out for weather: P3/P4 is fully open‑air, and reviewers call out heavy rain and Kansai summer heat as the main drawback compared with the covered P1/P2 garages. One practical tip: in summer or typhoon season, keep an umbrella in the car and park closer to the T1‑side edge of the lot to shave a minute off the exposed walk.