Short-term parking

Daily rates run higher than long-term, but you walk 2 minutes

Short-term parking at SJU is the official on-airport option for A and B terminal access when time matters more than the daily rate. The lot sits just across the street from the taxi stand and terminal area, so you park, cross, and hit the check-in counters in about 2 minutes on foot. It suits drop-offs, pickups, and one- or two-day trips more than week-long vacations.

Pricing runs by the day with a higher per-day cost than the long-term lot, reflecting the walkable distance and terminal-side location. This setup matches the “parking lot just across the street from the taxi stand” mentioned by frequent flyers, who note that you are effectively at the terminal doors as soon as you lock the car. Think in terms of hours to a couple of days here, not extended stays.

Access is straightforward: follow airport signs to terminal short-term parking, stay in the lane for official airport parking, and you end up in the structure nearest the check-in halls for terminals A and B. Because it is on the terminal side, you skip shuttles entirely and just roll bags along the sidewalk for roughly 2 minutes. That tradeoff—higher daily rate versus no shuttle—drives most people’s choice between this and the long-term lot.

There are no consistent complaints in FlyerTalk or recent guides calling out major issues with this lot, but it still fills more quickly on peak days like Sunday and holiday Mondays. If you are meeting arriving family at SJU, time your arrival for about 30 minutes after scheduled landing, pull into short-term parking, and walk over; it usually beats circling the terminal loop even once.