Synthesis of Information Related to Airport Practices. Topic S01-25. Airport Parking Pricing Strategies

Parking facilities are one of the most significant non-aeronautical revenue contributors to airport finances. However, airports vary significantly from each other in terms of revenue collected through operating parking facilities. A quick review of the top 10 business airports in the U.S. (as measured by total enplaned passengers) identified that parking revenue ranged from $36.6 million to $190 million in 2018. Parking revenues are not specifically tied to airport annual enplanements but are determined by many complex factors. Balancing optimal utilization of parking resources and generation of airport revenue increases benefits to the traveling public and other community stakeholders. This study aims to understand the factors affecting airport parking pricing decisions and to assist airports and their vendors in evaluating their circumstances when reviewing parking pricing decisions. Despite many inquiries focusing on either urban and airport parking, no readily available resource exists for airport operators to answer questions such as "What factors are important and effect the rate that I should charge for my airport parking?" or "What factors should be considered when analyzing change from flat rate pricing to variable pricing?" Airport authorities would benefit from a compilation of airport parking pricing practices around the U.S. The objective of this synthesis is to compile practices in airport parking pricing to better understand factors that airport managers use in setting parking rates. The audience for this synthesis is airport managers responsible for managing competing goals and setting airport parking pricing policy. The following tasks and resulting information will be described in a concise report: (1) Review existing literature. Although this synthesis of practice focuses on the US domestic market, some acknowledgement of examples that take account of location, such as international situations, may be useful. (2) Gather existing reputable industry survey data (e.g., APA, ACI-NA) providing information about factors affecting parking pricing that describe these factors and pulse check on trends to parking issues at airports. (3) Collect data from a minimum 30 airports varied by commercial service NPIAS categories and FAA regions on parking pricing and factors that affect decisions. The type of information might include: Description of airport parking operation and customers; Rates, parking products, and amenities (e.g., location proximity, wayfinding); Who is responsible for rate setting, what is the process, how often rate changes are undertaken; Competitive landscape (e.g., parking competition, catchment competition); Enabling technology and how it plays into pricing decisions; and Other issues that inform parking pricing strategies. (4) Summarize the data to enable effective interpretation of data for potential users of this synthesis study. (5) Provide case examples from interview of at least five airports that highlight a range of practices for understanding factors that airports deem important in setting parking pricing. (6) Describe further research from gaps identified in the research.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4905

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $45000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 11-03, Topic S01-25

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Airport Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Project Managers:

  Staba, Gail

• Performing Organizations:

  InterVistas

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Mandle, Peter

• Start Date: 20201001
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Decision making; Literature reviews; Optimization; Parking; Parking facilities; Parking fees; Policy; Pricing
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01723643
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 11-03, Topic S01-25
• Files: TRB, RiP
• Created Date: Nov 25 2019 3:12PM