How Much Is Parking at Long Beach Airport (2026 Data)

How much is parking at Long Beach Airport? Until September 30, 2026, a full day costs $25¹ in Structure B and $30¹ in Structure A. On October 1 the daily maximums rise to $30¹ and $35¹, the hourly charge goes from $4² to $5¹, and on November 1 valet parking follows, from $38¹ to $42¹ a day.

It is the second $5 step in two years: the daily maximums went up by the same amount on October 1, 2025. This page sets out every current and new rate, the rules that change the bill, how far prices have moved since 2021, what parking earns the airport, and the passenger numbers behind the increase. All money is in US dollars; fiscal years end on September 30.

Long Beach Airport parking rates in 2026

The airport has two public parking structures a short walk from the ticketing lobby, Structure A and Structure B, also called Lot A and Lot B.³ Until September 30, 2026, both charge $4.00² per hour or portion of an hour, up to $30.00¹ a day in Structure A and $25.00¹ a day in Structure B. Valet costs $38.00¹ a day, and the Cell Phone Waiting Lot at the corner of Wardlow Road and Lakewood Boulevard is free for up to one hour.⁴

From October 1, 2026, the hourly charge becomes $5¹ and the daily maximums $35¹ in Structure A and $30¹ in Structure B: increases of 25%², 17%² and 20%². Valet rises by $4⁵ to $42¹ a day on November 1, 2026, a 10.5%⁵ increase.

How much is parking at Long Beach Airport per day?

Through the end of September 2026 a full day costs $25¹ in Structure B and $30¹ in Structure A. From October 1, Structure A costs $35¹ and Structure B $30¹. At the new hourly rate of $5¹, six hours in Structure B already reach the $30⁵ daily maximum and seven hours in Structure A reach $35⁵, so anyone parking for an afternoon or longer pays the full-day price. Valet costs $38¹ a day until October 31 and $42¹ from November 1, 2026, $7⁵ more than a day in Structure A at the new rate.

When Structure A is full, drivers are sent to Structure B, which also holds the electric-vehicle chargers.¹

How much is overnight parking at Long Beach Airport?

There is no separate overnight rate: a car left overnight pays the posted daily maximum for each day it is parked, so one night in Structure B costs $25¹ until the end of September and $30¹ after that, and one night in Structure A costs $30¹ and then $35¹. Whether a day means 24 hours or a calendar day is not specified on the rate page.¹ A reserved stay that runs over is charged at the drive-up rate, and leaving early earns no partial refund.⁴ The rules that matter for an overnight or longer stay are in the table below.

On a one-day booking in Structure B at the new rate the reservation fee is $3⁵; any booking of $50⁵ or more pays the $5⁴ cap. Reservations started on October 1, 2025, through a tool run by the airport's parking operator, and at busy times Structure A may not be offered online.³

Valet parking at Long Beach Airport

Valet is the dearest way to park at the airport. The valet operator's rate card from October 1, 2025 charges $38⁶ per 24 hours, then $4⁶ an hour after that maximum, with a free exterior wash. A short-term valet stay costs $18⁶ for the first two hours and $6⁶ an hour after, capped at $38⁶; oversized vehicles pay $48⁶ per 24 hours.⁶ From November 1, 2026 the daily valet rate becomes $42¹.

How Long Beach Airport parking prices have risen since 2021

Five years ago the structures cost much less. Until September 30, 2021, the daily maximum was $19⁷ in Structure A and $17⁷ in Structure B; the city's fee schedule for fiscal 2022 proposed $21⁷ and $19⁷, and proposed raising the monthly parking card for tenant employees from $30⁷ to $40⁷.⁷ The fiscal 2026 budget added $5⁸ to the daily fee and $1⁸ to the hourly fee, which took Structure A to $30³ and Structure B to $25³ on October 1, 2025; before that step they were $25⁵ and $20⁵, with $3⁵ an hour. October 2026 repeats the step.

From fiscal 2021 to October 2026 the Structure A maximum rises 84.2%⁵ and the Structure B maximum 76.5%⁵. The hourly rate goes from $3⁵ to $5¹ in two years.

The city says why. Parking increases were introduced to offset rising operating costs, to match fees at comparable airports and to avoid raising other charges on the airport's business partners; the fiscal 2026 step was expected to bring in about $2.7 million⁸ a year.⁸ For October 2026 the city's fee schedule puts the extra income at $862,000² from the Structure A daily rate, $678,000² from Structure B and $4,555² from each hourly rate, about $1.55 million⁵ a year in all, or 11.8%⁵ of fiscal 2025 parking income. The city calls these estimates theoretical.

What parking earns Long Beach Airport

Parking fees are the airport's second-largest source of operating revenue.⁹ In fiscal 2025 they brought in $13,118,601⁹, or 21.43%⁵ of $61,227,813⁹ in operating revenue. Landing, gate and ramp fees earned $17,579,674⁹, land and building rentals $11,140,437⁹, concessions $11,023,019⁹ and other fees and charges $8,366,082⁹.⁹

Parking income has swung with traffic. Fees were $8,726,170¹⁰ in fiscal 2011 and reached an early high of $9,853,562¹⁰ in fiscal 2012, slid to $7,719,562¹⁰ in fiscal 2015 as passenger numbers fell, recovered to $10,050,093¹¹ in fiscal 2018, and dropped to $4,189,027¹² in fiscal 2021 as the pandemic emptied the terminal. Fiscal 2024's $13,442,244¹² is the highest of the 15 years. In fiscal 2025, before the October 2025 rate step took effect, fees fell 2.4%⁵ to $13,118,601⁹ as boardings fell 7.2%⁵: still 42.1%⁵ above pre-pandemic fiscal 2019 and 3.13⁵ times the 2021 low.⁹ The trend line is fitted over fiscal 2016-2025 and includes the pandemic dip; a line fitted over all 15 years would reach only about $14.1 million⁵ by 2050, barely above today's level.

Parking's weight in the airport's budget has not returned to where it was. It made up 26.92%⁵ of operating revenue in fiscal 2011 and 14.5%⁵ in fiscal 2021; the fiscal 2025 share of 21.43%⁵ is above the pandemic years but below every year from 2011 to 2015, because landing fees and concessions grew faster.

Parking revenue per passenger

Dividing parking fees by the passengers who boarded in the same fiscal year gives a price signal that strips out traffic swings. It was $5.69⁵ in fiscal 2011, stayed near $6.00⁵ to $6.06⁵ from 2012 to 2015, fell to $5.01⁵ in fiscal 2018 when traffic peaked, and rose to $6.49⁵ in fiscal 2024 and $6.82⁵ in fiscal 2025, the highest of the 15 years, as parking income fell less than traffic. Boarding counts include connecting passengers and travelers who arrive by taxi, ride-hailing or rental car, so this is an average across every departing traveler rather than a price per parked car.⁵

Airlines pay the airport far more per passenger than parking brings in, and their bill has risen faster. Airline payments per enplaned passenger were $6.65¹⁰ in fiscal 2011 and $13.18⁹ in fiscal 2025, 1.98⁵ times as much.⁹ The budget targeted $12.75⁸ for fiscal 2025 and projects $12.87⁸ for fiscal 2026, aiming to keep the figure between $12 and $13 to stay attractive to carriers;⁸ the fiscal 2025 actual landed above that range. In fiscal 2025 parking brought in 51.7%⁵ as much per passenger as the airlines paid.

The costs behind the increase

Running the airport has become steadily dearer. Operating expenses, including depreciation, were $35,719,157¹⁰ in fiscal 2011 and $72,165,429⁹ in fiscal 2025, 2.02⁵ times as much, and 9.3%⁵ more than in fiscal 2024. Operating revenue did not keep pace: fiscal 2025 closed with an operating loss of $10,937,616⁹ before passenger facility charges, grants and other non-operating income, against $4,204,989¹² a year earlier.⁹ The fiscal 2026 budget added $758,318⁸ for parking management services, and in fiscal 2025 the airport installed a new parking access and revenue control system, and the solar canopies on top of both structures generated more than 3.2 million⁸ kilowatt-hours in their first year.⁸ New LED lights in Structure B cut its electricity use by 44%¹³ in January 2026 against January 2025.¹³

Personnel services went from $7,738,612⁹ in fiscal 2021 to $17,651,616⁹ in fiscal 2025, 2.28⁵ times as much, and 14.8%⁵ in the last year alone; depreciation reached $19,972,473⁹.⁹

Passenger traffic and parking demand

Parking demand follows the number of people flying out. The airport boarded 1,412,636¹⁰ passengers in fiscal 2006 and between 1,276,679¹⁰ and 1,643,383¹⁰ a year from 2007 to 2016. Traffic then climbed to 2,006,292¹¹ in fiscal 2018; the pandemic cut it to 767,207¹² in fiscal 2021, and fiscal 2024 set the record at 2,072,058¹², 1.47⁵ times fiscal 2006.¹² Fiscal 2025 fell 7.2%⁵ to 1,923,368⁹.⁹ The table carries no trend line: a straight line through these years is dragged down by 2020-2021 and would end below the 2024 count, which is not a plausible path.

Calendar 2025 went the other way. The airport boarded 1,906,221¹⁴ passengers, 7.9%⁵ fewer than the 2,068,742¹⁴ of 2024, as airlines offered 2,633,091¹⁴ seats against 2,812,881¹⁴.¹⁴ In September 2025 the airport warned the city that published airline schedules pointed to about 15%¹⁵ less scheduled service in 2026, and that nearly 80%¹⁵ of its revenue depends on commercial passengers.¹⁵

Within the year, the busiest months at the airport were October (171,362⁵ boardings), June (170,911⁵) and July (169,919¹⁶); February was the quietest at 133,038¹⁷. The all-time monthly record remains May 2024, when 189,435¹⁸ passengers departed.¹⁸

2026 is running lower still. From January to July the airport boarded 992,373¹⁶ passengers against 1,095,307¹⁶ a year earlier, down 9.4%⁵, with seats offered down 16.7%⁵. Every month was below 2025, and June fell most, by 13.7%⁵.¹⁶ With fewer passengers, the October rate increase carries more of the airport's parking income.

Airlines and flight slots

Airline service at the airport runs on a fixed number of allocated flight slots, so the carriers holding them decide how many travelers need a parking space. In fiscal 2011-2015 JetBlue carried 79%¹⁰ to 83%¹⁰ of the airport's passengers.¹⁰ JetBlue left on October 6, 2020, and by fiscal 2024 Southwest carried 91%¹² of 2,072,058¹² enplanements.¹² In fiscal 2025 it boarded 1,708,187⁹ of 1,923,368⁹, or 88.8%⁵.⁹

Ten years later the mix had turned over. Southwest boarded 1,708,187⁹ passengers at the airport in fiscal 2025, Hawaiian 120,191⁹ and Delta's regional service 94,377⁹; American left at the end of February 2023.⁹

The slot count moved in 2026. In fiscal 2024 and 2025 the 58⁹ air carrier slots were split Southwest 50⁹, Delta 4⁹, and Hawaiian and UPS 2⁹ each.⁹ By May 2026 Southwest held 45²⁴, Delta 3²⁴, Alaska/Hawaiian 4²⁴ and UPS 2²⁴, 54⁵ in all, and 25²⁴ commuter slots remained unallocated.²⁴

What a trip from Long Beach Airport costs to park

The daily maximums turn into these bills:

• One week in Structure B: $175⁵ at the current rate, $210⁵ from October 1, 2026.
• One week in Structure A: $210⁵ at the current rate, $245⁵ from October 1, 2026.
• One week with valet: $266⁵ until October 31, $294⁵ from November 1, 2026.
• The longest allowed stay, 30 days, in Structure B from October 1: $900⁵.

A week in Structure A from October costs $35⁵ more than a week in Structure B.

How Long Beach compares with other airports

From October 1, 2026, Structure A's $35¹ sits in the middle of the terminal garages at other airports, at their current rates: above John Wayne's $30²⁵ terminal parking, below San Diego's $40²⁶ and San Jose's $41²⁷ Terminal B garage.

Nationally, prices for parking fees and tolls rose 15.2%⁵ from 2021 to 2025.³⁴ Over about the same span, Long Beach's Structure A maximum went from $19⁷ in fiscal 2021 to $30³ in October 2025, up 57.9%⁵.

California's airports boarded 113,008,552³⁵ passengers in calendar 2024, more than any other state.³⁵

Conclusions

1. Two $5 steps in two years. Structure A goes from $25⁵ before October 2025 to $35¹ from October 2026, and Structure B from $20⁵ to $30¹; since fiscal 2021 the Structure A maximum has risen 84.2%⁵.
2. Fewer passengers put more weight on the rate. In fiscal 2025 boardings fell 7.2%⁵ and parking fees 2.4%⁵, and January-July 2026 boardings were down another 9.4%⁵. The October increase will carry more of the parking income; the city's $1.55 million⁵ a year estimate is theoretical.
3. Parking's share of airport income has shrunk. It made up 21.43%⁵ of operating revenue in fiscal 2025, down from 26.92%⁵ in fiscal 2011, while operating expenses were 2.02⁵ times their fiscal 2011 level.
4. For a short stay the hourly rate decides the bill. At $5¹ an hour, six hours in Structure B already cost the full $30⁵ day.
5. Long Beach stays mid-priced among terminal garages. Its $35¹ is above John Wayne's $30²⁵ and below San Diego's $40²⁶.