Airport Lot Guide

John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) parking

Cheapest on-airport: Long-Term Parking Lot, $45/day. Closest to the terminal: Terminal 8 Red Lot, $70/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 JFK

Cheapest first · checked Oct 21, 2026
LotRateTo the terminal1 day3 days7 days14 daysYour dates
Long-Term Parking Loteconomy lot · book ahead from $35/day $45/day Not stated $45$135$315$630
Terminal 8 Red Lotgarage, covered · book ahead from $56/day $12 per 30 min, $70/day max Walkable $70$210$490$980
Terminal 5 Yellow Lotgarage, covered, ev charging · book ahead from $59/day $12 per 30 min, $75/day max Walkable $75$225$525$1050
Terminal 4 Blue Lotgarage, covered · book ahead from $66/day $12 per 30 min, $82/day max Walkable $82$246$574$1148

Not in the table: Federal Circle Station Lot, by reservation only from $45/day (book ahead).

The airport sells pre-booking: book on the airport's site.

Which lot should I pick?

Off-airport lots near JFK

Sorted by price, then distance

Distances are straight-line from the terminal, so the drive is longer. "From" prices are what we saw on the operator's or partner's site on the date shown, not quotes; the booking site's price is the one you pay. On-airport, the cheapest lot is Long-Term Parking Lot at $45/day.

LotFrom the terminalPrice
Safe Park JFK (The Parking Spot partner)Safe Park JFK · 151-67 N Conduit Ave, Queens, NY 11434 about 1.9 miregular shuttle to the terminal see site Check price
JFK Long Term Parking (The Parking Spot partner)JFK Long Term Parking · 12202 South Conduit Ave, South Ozone Park, NY 11420 regular shuttle to the terminal see site Check price

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West Cell Phone Lot: picking someone up

Cost: free. Has Level 3 EV chargers from Revel and Evolve.

Rate history

All rate changes

No rate change detected at JFK 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 JFK

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.

Terminal 1

Typical passport-control wait over the last 90 days (Jul 22, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026): 26 min, and 50 min on a bad hour (90th percentile). U.S. citizens 14 min, non-U.S. visitors 36 min. 65% of arriving passengers cleared in under 30 minutes. Slowest hours: 11 am, 2 pm, 3 pm.

  1. 12 am20 minup to 42
  2. 1 am9 minup to 18
  3. 8 am17 minup to 37
  4. 9 am28 minup to 39
  5. 10 am27 minup to 44
  6. 11 am44 minup to 58
  7. 12 pm26 minup to 48
  8. 1 pm33 minup to 53
  9. 2 pm35 minup to 64
  10. 3 pm34 minup to 73
  11. 4 pm28 minup to 57
  12. 5 pm26 minup to 46
  13. 6 pm18 minup to 29
  14. 7 pm14 minup to 26
  15. 8 pm22 minup to 33
  16. 9 pm27 minup to 39
  17. 10 pm29 minup to 47
  18. 11 pm26 minup to 46

Terminal 4 (IAT)

Typical passport-control wait over the last 90 days (Jul 22, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026): 16 min, and 34 min on a bad hour (90th percentile). U.S. citizens 11 min, non-U.S. visitors 23 min. 80% of arriving passengers cleared in under 30 minutes. Slowest hours: 5 am, 6 am, 9 am.

  1. 12 am15 minup to 31
  2. 1 am17 minup to 32
  3. 2 am15 minup to 31
  4. 3 am13 minup to 25
  5. 4 am15 minup to 31
  6. 5 am25 minup to 47
  7. 6 am24 minup to 52
  8. 7 am17 minup to 30
  9. 8 am14 minup to 27
  10. 9 am23 minup to 40
  11. 10 am19 minup to 41
  12. 11 am16 minup to 42
  13. 12 pm15 minup to 30
  14. 1 pm12 minup to 24
  15. 2 pm21 minup to 35
  16. 3 pm18 minup to 33
  17. 4 pm17 minup to 32
  18. 5 pm18 minup to 31
  19. 6 pm15 minup to 34
  20. 7 pm15 minup to 24
  21. 8 pm17 minup to 31
  22. 9 pm17 minup to 28
  23. 10 pm10 minup to 18
  24. 11 pm19 minup to 32

Terminal 5 (Jet Blue)

Typical passport-control wait over the last 90 days (Jul 22, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026): 11 min, and 22 min on a bad hour (90th percentile). U.S. citizens 10 min, non-U.S. visitors 15 min. 89% of arriving passengers cleared in under 30 minutes. Slowest hours: 8 am, 7 am, 7 pm.

  1. 12 am10 minup to 16
  2. 6 am13 minup to 21
  3. 7 am15 minup to 30
  4. 8 am18 minup to 31
  5. 9 am14 minup to 24
  6. 10 am15 minup to 23
  7. 11 am11 minup to 20
  8. 12 pm9 minup to 14
  9. 1 pm12 minup to 20
  10. 2 pm11 minup to 20
  11. 3 pm13 minup to 26
  12. 4 pm10 minup to 18
  13. 5 pm7 minup to 15
  14. 6 pm9 minup to 16
  15. 7 pm15 minup to 26
  16. 8 pm13 minup to 24
  17. 9 pm10 minup to 19
  18. 10 pm8 minup to 14
  19. 11 pm10 minup to 18

Terminal 7 (British)

Typical passport-control wait over the last 90 days (Jul 22, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026): 18 min, and 33 min on a bad hour (90th percentile). U.S. citizens 13 min, non-U.S. visitors 22 min. 75% of arriving passengers cleared in under 30 minutes. Slowest hours: 4 pm, 3 pm, 11 am.

  1. 1 am12 minup to 15
  2. 9 am15 minup to 18
  3. 10 am18 minup to 29
  4. 11 am20 minup to 33
  5. 12 pm15 minup to 38
  6. 1 pm15 minup to 24
  7. 2 pm20 minup to 32
  8. 3 pm25 minup to 41
  9. 4 pm28 minup to 39
  10. 5 pm18 minup to 25
  11. 6 pm10 minup to 14
  12. 7 pm14 minup to 28
  13. 8 pm19 minup to 36
  14. 9 pm12 minup to 17
  15. 10 pm19 minup to 32
  16. 11 pm17 minup to 37

Terminal 8 (American)

Typical passport-control wait over the last 90 days (Jul 22, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026): 21 min, and 42 min on a bad hour (90th percentile). U.S. citizens 11 min, non-U.S. visitors 29 min. 72% of arriving passengers cleared in under 30 minutes. Slowest hours: 6 am, 5 am, 7 am.

  1. 12 am8 minup to 19
  2. 1 am12 minup to 12
  3. 5 am30 minup to 44
  4. 6 am30 minup to 51
  5. 7 am26 minup to 52
  6. 8 am22 minup to 31
  7. 9 am21 minup to 34
  8. 10 am21 minup to 36
  9. 11 am26 minup to 45
  10. 12 pm21 minup to 40
  11. 1 pm23 minup to 43
  12. 2 pm21 minup to 48
  13. 3 pm24 minup to 47
  14. 4 pm22 minup to 47
  15. 5 pm17 minup to 34
  16. 6 pm13 minup to 28
  17. 7 pm17 minup to 36
  18. 8 pm23 minup to 46
  19. 9 pm18 minup to 33
  20. 10 pm15 minup to 27
  21. 11 pm13 minup to 19

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 JFK

John F. Kennedy International Airport is a large hub, ranked 6 in the United States with 30,792,806 passengers boarding in 2025 (FAA). It serves New York, New York.

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Sources and independence

Independent guide; not affiliated with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Rates restated from the airport's published parking page, checked Oct 21, 2026. The airport's site is authoritative.