Parking Structure 2A

$60 a day puts Parking Structure 2A in “pay for proximity” territory

Parking Structure 2A sits in the Central Terminal Area between Terminals 1, 2, and 3, so you walk straight across the inner roadway into the check-in halls. It follows LAX’s CTA general parking pricing, with a posted daily max of $60 if you just drive up. Figure a 3–7 minute walk to most doors at T2 and T3, a bit longer if you’re dragging bags toward T1.

Rates in 2A match the other terminal garages in the loop, but FlyerTalk’s 2024–2026 LAX parking thread flags that these CTA structures, including 2A, saw recent rate hikes. The same thread notes that LAX sells discounted prebooked spots for these garages, which can cut the effective daily rate well below the walk-up $60 if your dates are locked.

Big knock on 2A is cost: reviewers comparing it to Economy Parking see drive-up CTA pricing as painful when a week-long stay can easily clear $420 at the posted rate. That said, 2A keeps you inside the terminal loop, so you skip the shuttle ride from the LAX Economy facility at 5301 W 96th St and go straight into T2/T3 instead of budgeting 15–20 extra minutes.

What regulars do: people who park here often tend to prebook through LAX’s system for the CTA garages rather than gambling on drive-up. FlyerTalk posts describe “substantial discounts” on multi-day bookings in structures like 2A, especially when locking in a long weekend or 5–7 day trip.

Practical tip: if your flight leaves from Terminals 2 or 3 and your timing is fixed, lock in a prebooked CTA rate online, print or save the QR code, and treat the saved cash as your terminal coffee budget instead of paying the full $60 walk-up price.