Off‑airport lots get all the buzz; P4 Long-Term still sits on-airport at OTP.
P4 Long-Term Parking is the official long‑stay car park at Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP), serving Terminal 1. It’s on airport property, so you drive straight to OTP instead of detouring to a hotel or independent operator on DN1. Signage usually lists it as “P4 long stay” alongside P1–P3 short‑term areas.
Heavy flyers in Bucharest talk more about Park and Fly and the RIN Airport Hotel car park than about P4, even though locals say those off‑airport options run at roughly the same price range as each other. That comparison comes up often in Facebook expat groups when people ask where to leave a car for a 4–7 day trip.
Those same regulars report using RIN or Park and Fly for several‑day trips, then relying on their private shuttles to Terminal 1 instead of driving into the official long‑term section. The draw is usually easier access to DN1 and hotel‑style service, not a huge cost gap versus P4 itself.
Because independent lots like Park and Fly market hard on social media, P4 tends to be the “default” only for people who want the confidence of an on‑airport facility signed by CNAB at the OTP access road. If you arrive late at night for an early‑morning departure, being already on the airport perimeter can feel simpler than timing a shuttle pickup.
Practical tip: before you commit to P4 Long-Term for a 3–10 day stay, price it against RIN Hotel parking and Park and Fly for your exact dates, including shuttle frequency to Terminal 1; if the total is similar, pick the one that matches your arrival time and tolerance for waiting on a transfer van.