Terminal Lot Parking

$16 per day gets you in Terminal Lots A and B

These short-term surface lots sit directly across from the Main Terminal at TYS, roughly a 0.1‑mile walk that usually runs about 5 minutes from car door to check‑in. Both Terminal Lot A and Terminal Lot B post the same rate: $16 per day, aimed at people who don’t want the shuttle time of Economy but don’t feel like paying garage prices.

Pricing is meter-style at first: $1 for every 20 minutes until you hit that $16 daily max in either lot. That setup makes Terminal Parking workable for quick pickups or a 90‑minute meet‑and‑greet without instantly jumping to a full-day charge. Past about 5 hours, you’ll usually land near the daily cap, so at that point just treat it like day parking.

Airport maps flag Terminal A and B as uncovered, no-shuttle lots, so you walk straight across the roadway into the Main Terminal doors. One reviewer summed it up as the “surface lot across from the terminal” that’s “easy to walk in a few minutes” and still cheaper than the garage. If you care more about saving a couple minutes than staying out of the weather, this is the sweet spot.

Regulars talk about using these terminal lots for 3–4 day trips as the middle ground: you skip the Economy shuttle time but avoid the higher per‑day hit in the garage. Over a 4‑day trip, you’re looking at about $64 total here, which can beat a weeklong Economy stay if you’re only gone a long weekend. Past that, Economy usually wins on raw dollars.

Watch out on peak days and holiday mornings: reviews mention the terminal lots can fill up, leaving only spots farther from the crosswalks than you expected. If you’re flying out Friday after 3 p.m., build a 10‑minute buffer to circle A and B once and still make that 5‑minute walk to the Main Terminal.

Tip: Aim for Terminal Lot A first when you enter the airport loop; if A looks crowded near the walkways, roll straight to B rather than wasting time hunting a single “close” space.