Long Stay Parking

Park 0.5 miles from LIH for $15 a day

Long Stay Parking at Lihue runs a flat $15 per day or $100 per week, undercutting the on-airport public lot’s $24 per 24-hour maximum. If you’re leaving the car for several days, that difference adds up fast against LIH’s single official long-term option.

Figure a 0.5-mile, 10-minute walk from Long Stay Parking to the terminal doors, compared with a quick walk across the access road from the on-site public lot. LIH is small, lines move fast, and most inter-island flyers still aim to be curbside at least 90 minutes before departure to keep things low stress.

The airport’s own surface lot charges by the hour until you hit five hours, then flips to a flat $5 for 5–24 hours, topping out at the same $24 daily max. Lose your ticket there and they bill the $24 per 24-hour block minimum, which makes cheaper off-site pricing like Long Stay’s $100 weekly rate look even better.

There’s no official off-site shuttle lot advertised by LIH, so long-term parkers normally just use that same public surface lot. Kauai residents on short inter-island trips often compare the airport’s $24/day against hotel or resort parking around Lihue, where fees can quietly run $30+ per night once resort charges hit the bill.

What regulars do: renters on Flyertalk say they return cars right before departure at LIH, since the rental walk is only a few minutes and they don’t want to pay the airport lot for extra days. If you’re using Long Stay Parking, pad in an extra 10–15 minutes for the walk and aim to lock the car at least an hour before check-in cutoff.

Pro tip: do the math before you book: past five days, Long Stay’s $100 weekly rate usually beats both the LIH lot and most resort parking totals.