90 seconds from Garage A to the Main terminal doors
If you care more about a covered spot and a short walk than shaving dollars off the daily rate, the Short Term Parking Garage at PVD is the move. Garage A sits directly against the Main terminal, with a covered walkway from both departures and arrivals, so once you park you stay indoors the whole way. Rates are at the top end of the airport’s options (check current daily pricing at the official parkpvdairport.com site), but you trade money for zero shuttle time and dry shoes in February.
Garage A holds about 1,504 cars and is the primary “short-stay” choice for business trips, quick 1–3 day runs, or anyone landing late and just wanting to get home. A TripAdvisor poster called out that skipping the shuttle made the extra cost worth it on work travel. Elevators from each level feed straight into the enclosed skywalk to the terminal; if you’re on an upper level, expect a bit of a maze through ramps and elevators, which some reviewers say takes longer than they thought but still beats waiting curbside with bags.
Garage B, with roughly 734 spaces, is also covered and walkable but sits across the Airport Loop Road, so the indoor walk is slightly longer. It can fill quickly around holidays and school breaks, which is when locals report getting pushed into surface options. When both garages look tight, regulars sometimes swing past Lot D, the surface lot directly in front of the terminal, which posts a daily max of $29 and often turns into overflow for last‑minute arrivals.
Price‑watchers on regional forums say these garages feel steep compared with Lot E and off‑airport coupons, so they usually reserve them for snow/ice forecasts or late‑night arrivals. One practical tip: as you turn onto the Airport Loop Road, glance at the electronic signs for A/B capacity; if A is showing near full, go straight up to the higher levels first instead of circling the lower decks with everyone else.