Parking At New Pittsburgh Airport Terminal: What To Know

FINDLAY TOWNSHIP, PA — Pittsburgh International Airport's new Landside Terminal opens Tuesday and those who will inaugurate it likely have to be wondering where the best place to park will be.

The options are many.

With the opening of the new terminal comes with about 6,000 new parking spaces and lots. Airport officials said the new terminal garage is about a five-minute covered walk into the terminal itself; it has about 3,200 public spaces with about 2,400 covered across three parking levels.

The garage has digital display to provide a real-time count of available spaces per level and row. Green lights signal available spaces, blue lights signal available accessible parking spaces; if there is no light, the spot is in use.

Each level uses a distinct color and regional name to make parking locations easier to identify and remember.

A 2,800-space paved surface lot is next to the new terminal and offers a five-minute walk to the terminal.

The long-term lot and part of the existing extended lot have merged into what now is known as the shuttle lot. According to Blue Sky News, the airport's news website, the shuttle lot features eight new 35-passenger shuttle buses taking passengers to and from the terminal That's three times the number of shuttle buses previously available.

There are no walkways connecting the new terminal with the legacy parking lots, so travelers will not be able to get back to their parking space on foot. Instead, they will need to take the parking shuttle that picks up by Door 5 outside of baggage claim on the Arrivals level of the new terminal building. People can take the shuttle to the stop closest to their parking space.