Short Stay Parking

Five-minute walk to Salzburg Airport T1/T2, priced like a splurge

Short Stay Parking at Salzburg Airport (P1/P2) sits right next to the terminal, about a 5-minute walk to T1 and T2, so you’re basically gate-focused instead of price-focused. This is short-term parking with long-term penalties: the daily cap for P1 hits around €65 in Season A, which is several times more than the long-term options like P3 and P4.

Both P1 and P2 run on strict short-stay tariffs with a 10-minute free exit window; stay longer and the clock starts at about €3.90 per hour in P1 or €3.50 in P2 in Season A, each hour charged separately. That setup makes sense for quick airport drop-offs, a meeting in the terminal, or a 2–3 hour business trip, but the bill climbs fast if you roll past half a day.

Short Stay Parking prices also shift by Season A vs Season B, with the top daily rate in P1 rising to around €67 in Season B and P2 to about €38. Third‑party sites like ParkVia sometimes show P3 from roughly €4.53 per day, which is why regulars move to long-term parking once their stay goes beyond a couple of hours.

What regulars do: frequent flyers on comparison sites skip P1/P2 entirely for anything over 2–3 hours, booking P3 or P4 instead because the daily total undercuts the short-stay maximums by a huge margin. They still use Short Stay Parking for tight turnarounds, late arrivals, or quick runs into the terminal when that 5-minute walk is worth paying the premium.

Tip: if your car will sit longer than roughly 3 hours, check P3/P4 rates before pulling a ticket at Short Stay Parking; if you’re just dropping someone or grabbing them at arrivals, aim to exit within the 10-minute free window to keep the stop truly short.