Do long term parking lots at DCA fill up often?
Jul 13, 2004 | 5:19 am
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Northern Virginia
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Do long term parking lots at DCA fill up often?
I almost always fly out of IAD when flying out of the DC Area, but I recently made a reservation out of DCA. When flying out of DCA mid-week, are the long term economy lots usually filled up and unavailable? If so, I just might change my plans so I fly out of Dulles. Thanks in advance for sharing your experience in this area.
Jul 13, 2004 | 6:17 am
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I have always been able to find space in the "economy" lot.
http://www.mwaa.com/national/dcapark.pdf
It is much smaller than it was in the past, and slow down, there is only one entrance and it is easy to miss.
Getting from the lot to the plane station seems to take forever. I did not time it, but I think I could have walked faster.
I do not know of any long term off site parking. The Sun lot is gone.
http://www.mwaa.com/national/dcapark.pdf
It is much smaller than it was in the past, and slow down, there is only one entrance and it is easy to miss.
Getting from the lot to the plane station seems to take forever. I did not time it, but I think I could have walked faster.
I do not know of any long term off site parking. The Sun lot is gone.
Jul 13, 2004 | 8:47 am
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: LAX
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Last Christmas, we tried to park in the economy lot and it was full. Thankfully, there were people standing at the entrance handing out orange tickets that allowed customers that are being turned away to park in the daily garage for the same price as the economy lot! 
So we saved $6/day and got to park really close to the terminal.
They do have a phone number now that you can call to check the vacancy status of the parking lots (703.417.7275). I find that DCA's economy lot shuttle to the terminal is much faster than IAD's. Getting from the terminal to the economy lot takes much longer at DCA.
So we saved $6/day and got to park really close to the terminal.They do have a phone number now that you can call to check the vacancy status of the parking lots (703.417.7275). I find that DCA's economy lot shuttle to the terminal is much faster than IAD's. Getting from the terminal to the economy lot takes much longer at DCA.