$15 per day gets you covered parking without the hourly premium.
Daily Parking at Tucson International Airport (TUS) sits in the main parking garage directly across from the Main Terminal, so you walk from car to check-in in just a few minutes. It’s the middle-ground option: a standard covered garage at $15 per day instead of the higher hourly garage pricing. If you care more about shade and being close than shaving a few dollars with the economy lots, this is the on-airport sweet spot.
This is true garage parking, not a surface lot, so your car stays under cover during those 100°F Tucson afternoons. Daily Parking shares the same structure as the terminal’s hourly section, but you pay the flat daily rate instead of watching the hourly meter climb. Being on airport property means no shuttle delays, just a short walk into the Main Terminal ticketing area and TSA.
Airport info says you can reserve a Daily Parking space online up to six months in advance, with a maximum stay of 60 days. Regulars lock in reservations for peak periods like holiday weeks or spring break to avoid circling the garage. If reservations show as sold out, you can still try drive-up, but on busy days the garage does fill before the remote lots.
There’s one catch: at $15 per day, longer trips of seven days or more start to add up compared with the remote and economy lots on airport property. If you’re gone for 10 days, that’s $150 in parking, so this option makes more sense for long weekends and business trips in the 2–5 day range. Tip: screenshot your reservation and level/row when you park so you’re not hunting in the garage after a late-night arrival.
Pricing
| Stay | Per day | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 day | $15.00/day | $15.00 |
| 3 days | $15.00/day | $45.00 |
| 7 days | $15.00/day | $105.00 |