Airport Lot Guide

John Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA) parking

Cheapest on-airport: Off-Airport Parking (Main St), $20/day. Closest to the terminal: Terminal Parking, $30/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 SNA

Cheapest first · checked Oct 21, 2026
LotRateTo the terminal1 day3 days7 days14 daysYour dates
Off-Airport Parking (Main St)economy lot, ev charging, accessible spaces $3 per hour, $20/day max Shuttle every 15 min $20$60$140$280
Terminal Parkinggarage, covered, ev charging, accessible spaces $4 per hour, $30/day max Walkable $30$90$210$420
Curbside Valet Parkingvalet, accessible spaces $15 per hour, $50/day max At the terminal $50$150$350$700

Live lot status: the airport's own display.

Which lot should I pick?

Cell Phone Waiting Area: picking someone up

South of Parking Structure C near MacArthur Boulevard and Campus Drive. Cost: Free. Space is reduced during construction while a trailer occupies part of the lot.

Rate history

All rate changes

No rate change detected at SNA 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 SNA

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 C

Typical passport-control wait over the last 90 days (Jul 22, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026): 5 min, and 7 min on a bad hour (90th percentile). U.S. citizens 5 min, non-U.S. visitors 6 min. 100% of arriving passengers cleared in under 30 minutes. Slowest hours: 1 pm, 3 pm, 2 pm.

  1. 1 pm5 minup to 7
  2. 2 pm5 minup to 6
  3. 3 pm5 minup to 7
  4. 4 pm5 minup to 6

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 SNA

John Wayne Orange County International Airport is a medium hub, ranked 41 in the United States with 5,521,729 passengers boarding in 2025 (FAA). It serves Santa Ana, California.

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Sources and independence

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