Airport Lot Guide

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) parking

Cheapest on-airport: Green Lot, $20/day. Closest to the terminal: McNamara Short-Term Parking, $44/day. Rates checked Oct 21, 2026.

What will this trip cost at each lot?

Totals for 1, 3, 7 and 14 days are in the table below; enter your own times and the "Your dates" column fills in, cheapest first. Rates as published by the airport, before any online discount or tax it adds at the gate.

Every on-airport lot at DTW

Cheapest first · checked Oct 21, 2026
LotRateTo the terminal1 day3 days7 days14 daysYour dates
Green Loteconomy lot, accessible spaces $20/day flatExcludes 2.65% card processing fee Shuttle $20$60$140$280
Big Blue Deck Long-Term Parkinggarage, covered, accessible spaces $4 up to 30 min, $23/day maxExcludes 2.65% card processing fee Not stated $23$69$161$322
McNamara Long-Term Parkinggarage, covered, accessible spaces $4 up to 30 min, $32/day maxExcludes 2.65% card processing fee Not stated $32$96$224$448
Big Blue Deck Short-Term Parkinggarage, covered, accessible spaces $4 up to 30 min, $43/day maxExcludes 2.65% card processing fee Not stated $43$129$301$602
McNamara Short-Term Parkinggarage, covered, accessible spaces $4 up to 30 min, $44/day maxExcludes 2.65% card processing fee At the terminal $44$132$308$616

Excludes 2.65% card processing fee

Live lot status: the airport's own display.

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Rate history

All rate changes

No rate change detected at DTW since we started watching. The watch re-reads the airport's page every week; every confirmed change is logged here with the date we saw it.

Customs wait at DTW

For international arrivals: how long passport control took for flights landing in each hour, from U.S. Customs and Border Protection's published wait times. It excludes baggage and the walk to the hall. Hours are the airport's local time as CBP reports them.

McNamara Terminal

Typical passport-control wait over the last 90 days (Jul 22, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026): 13 min, and 25 min on a bad hour (90th percentile). U.S. citizens 10 min, non-U.S. visitors 15 min. 84% of arriving passengers cleared in under 30 minutes. Slowest hours: 9 am, 10 am, 2 pm.

  1. 9 am19 minup to 26
  2. 10 am18 minup to 26
  3. 11 am14 minup to 24
  4. 12 pm7 minup to 25
  5. 1 pm15 minup to 31
  6. 2 pm17 minup to 30
  7. 3 pm6 minup to 21
  8. 4 pm8 minup to 13
  9. 5 pm9 minup to 15
  10. 6 pm10 minup to 20
  11. 7 pm13 minup to 24
  12. 8 pm6 minup to 15
  13. 9 pm11 minup to 18

Warren C Evans Terminal

Typical passport-control wait over the last 90 days (Jul 22, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026): 23 min, and 34 min on a bad hour (90th percentile). U.S. citizens 22 min, non-U.S. visitors 25 min. 66% of arriving passengers cleared in under 30 minutes. Slowest hours: 1 pm, 2 pm, 7 am.

  1. 5 am18 minup to 26
  2. 6 am21 minup to 32
  3. 7 am25 minup to 34
  4. 1 pm29 minup to 34
  5. 2 pm26 minup to 38
  6. 3 pm26 minup to 32
  7. 6 pm23 minup to 34
  8. 7 pm19 minup to 27
  9. 8 pm19 minup to 25

Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Airport Wait Times (awt.cbp.gov), data through Oct 19, 2026. Airport Lot Guide is not affiliated with CBP.

About DTW

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is a large hub, ranked 18 in the United States with 16,294,768 passengers boarding in 2025 (FAA). It serves Detroit, Michigan.

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Sources and independence

Independent guide; not affiliated with the Wayne County Airport Authority. Rates restated from the airport's published parking page, checked Oct 21, 2026. The airport's site is authoritative.