Airport Lot Guide

Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) parking

Cheapest on-airport: Economy Lot, $20/day. Closest to the terminal: Parking Garage 1, $25/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 IAD

Cheapest first · checked Oct 21, 2026
LotRateTo the terminal1 day3 days7 days14 daysYour dates
Economy Loteconomy lot, accessible spaces · book ahead $20/day Shuttle $20$60$140$280
Parking Garage 1garage, covered, ev charging, accessible spaces · book ahead $7 per hour, $25/day max Walkable, or a shuttle $25$75$175$350
Parking Garage 2garage, covered, ev charging, accessible spaces · book ahead $7 per hour, $25/day max Walkable, or a shuttle $25$75$175$350
Valet (Service Center Drop-off)valet · book ahead $39/day flat Walkable $39$117$273$546
Terminal Parkingsurface lot, accessible spaces · book ahead $7 per hour, $40/day max Walkable $40$120$280$560
Valet (Curbside Drop-off)valet · book ahead $45/day flat At the terminal $45$135$315$630

The airport sells pre-booking: book on the airport's site. Live lot status: the airport's own display.

Which lot should I pick?

Cell Phone Lot: picking someone up

Corner of Autopilot Drive and Rudder Road, reached from the Aviation Drive exit. Also used as the staging area for charter buses.

Rate history

All rate changes

No rate change detected at IAD 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 IAD

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.

International A

Typical passport-control wait over the last 90 days (Jul 22, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026): 10 min, and 24 min on a bad hour (90th percentile). U.S. citizens 7 min, non-U.S. visitors 13 min. 85% of arriving passengers cleared in under 30 minutes. Slowest hours: 12 pm, 1 pm, 8 am.

  1. 12 am8 minup to 13
  2. 1 am8 minup to 15
  3. 2 am5 minup to 12
  4. 3 am9 minup to 18
  5. 4 am10 minup to 19
  6. 5 am11 minup to 32
  7. 6 am12 minup to 34
  8. 7 am9 minup to 17
  9. 8 am14 minup to 27
  10. 9 am12 minup to 24
  11. 10 am13 minup to 30
  12. 11 am10 minup to 28
  13. 12 pm22 minup to 33
  14. 1 pm15 minup to 22
  15. 2 pm13 minup to 23
  16. 3 pm13 minup to 24
  17. 4 pm11 minup to 24
  18. 5 pm4 minup to 18
  19. 6 pm14 minup to 23
  20. 7 pm11 minup to 17
  21. 8 pm7 minup to 19
  22. 9 pm5 minup to 13
  23. 10 pm8 minup to 18
  24. 11 pm11 minup to 25

Satellite C

Typical passport-control wait over the last 90 days (Jul 22, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026): 9 min, and 21 min on a bad hour (90th percentile). U.S. citizens 8 min, non-U.S. visitors 11 min. 91% of arriving passengers cleared in under 30 minutes. Slowest hours: 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm.

  1. 1 pm8 minup to 20
  2. 2 pm11 minup to 24
  3. 3 pm11 minup to 22
  4. 4 pm9 minup to 19
  5. 5 pm4 minup to 25
  6. 6 pm5 minup to 15
  7. 7 pm9 minup to 16
  8. 8 pm8 minup to 19
  9. 9 pm4 minup to 15

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 IAD

Washington Dulles International Airport is a large hub, ranked 22 in the United States with 13,859,569 passengers boarding in 2025 (FAA). It serves Dulles, Virginia.

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Sources and independence

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