Glasgow Airport parking: official car parks compared
Glasgow Airport has 5 official car parks and parking options. Turning up for a week costs £140 (Long Stay, turning up on the day). A lift costs £7 for 15 minutes to drop off, or nothing using the free option.
Checked on Glasgow Airport's own website on 1 November 2026. We're independent and don't sell parking.
Park or get a lift at Glasgow?
- Lift, terminal zones: £14 in airport charges (£7 to drop off, £7 to pick up), plus your driver's four journeys.
- Lift, free option: £0 in airport charges. Long Stay car park: free for up to 1 hour, with a free shuttle bus.
- Park for 7 days, turning up on the day: £140 (Long Stay, turning up on the day; worked out from the published rates: £80 for 3 days, then £15 for each additional day).
For a week away, the cheapest parking we can see is £140. A lift costs nothing in airport charges using the free option, or £14 using the terminal zones. The real cost of a lift is your driver's time and fuel: put your mileage into the calculator below.
Lift or park: which is cheaper?
Being dropped off and picked up means your driver does the trip twice each way: four journeys. This adds that up using Glasgow's own charges.
15p a mile is a starting point; change it to suit your car. Parking prices change by date, so get a quote from the airport's own parking site.
Glasgow Airport's own car parks
Terminal Multi-Storey
Directly opposite the terminal, 2 to 3 minutes' walk
| Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| Turn-up, up to 20 minutes | £8.00 |
| Turn-up, up to 1 hour | £15.00 |
| Turn-up, up to 2 hours | £24.00 |
| Turn-up, up to 4 hours | £35.00 |
| Turn-up, up to 24 hours | £60.00 |
| Turn-up, each 24 hours thereafter | £55.00 |
Card payments only; covered; height limits: Car Park 1 multi-storey 6ft 4in (194cm), Car Park 2 7ft 2in (the airport also gives 202cm, which does not match 7ft 2in); 10 accessible spaces with a help point on the ground floor and 12 on other floors
Priority Parking
Level 2 of Car Park 2, covered walkway, less than 100 steps from security
No prices published as text on the official site: get a quote from the booking page.
Includes priority security; only sold by the airport, not through third parties; card payments only; no turn-up tariff published
Valet Parking
Drop-off in Car Park 1, then a 2 to 3-minute walk to the terminal on a dedicated walkway
No prices published as text on the official site: get a quote from the booking page.
Pre-book online for stays of 7 days or more; only sold by the airport
Mid Stay
Surface car park on Sanderling Road, about a 5-minute covered walk to the terminal
No prices published as text on the official site: get a quote from the booking page.
Pre-book only, not for turn-up
Long Stay
Free electric shuttle bus running 24 hours, less than 5 minutes to the terminal; or under an 8-minute walk
| Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| Turn-up, up to 1 hour | £0.00 |
| Turn-up, up to 2 hours | £15.00 |
| Turn-up, 1 day | £50.00 |
| Turn-up, 2 days | £65.00 |
| Turn-up, 3 days | £80.00 |
| Turn-up, each additional day or part day | £15.00 |
Arran Avenue, Paisley PA3 2AY; card payments only; free for up to 1 hour, so it can be used for pick-ups
Booking: Glasgow Airport says booking in advance saves up to 60% on turn-up prices for stays over 24 hours, and that prices vary with the time of year, distance from the terminal and how far ahead you book. Bookings can be made up to 2 hours before arrival and guarantee a space.
Meet and greet: Valet Parking is the airport's own service: drive through the picture booth into a Valet Drop-Off lane in Car Park 1, check in at the Valet Cabin kiosks and leave your keys in the drop box. On return you collect the keys from a locker and the car is in the return bays. Stays of 7 days or more, booked direct only.
Blue Badge: Blue Badge holders get 30 minutes free in the Terminal Multi-Storey; quote the 13-digit badge number at the exit intercom. Standard charges apply to Blue Badge holders in Pick Up and Drop Off, and the airport says they should use Car Park 2 instead.
Off-airport parking
Off-airport car parks and meet-and-greet firms are private businesses, not part of the airport. Many are fine and cheaper, but check before you book: where the car is actually kept, how the transfer works and how often it runs, whether the car park has the Park Mark Safer Parking award, the firm's cancellation terms and recent reviews. Meet-and-greet firms that aren't the airport's own can't use the terminal forecourt without paying the airport's charges like anyone else.
What Glasgow Airport says: The airport says Valet and Priority Parking cannot be bought through third parties, and that a booking reference it does not recognise was probably made through a third-party site. No specific warning about off-airport operators found.
Dropping off instead?
Prices, how to pay and the free option: Glasgow Airport drop-off charges. Picking someone up: pick-up prices.
Questions
What's the cheapest official parking at Glasgow Airport?
Turning up on the day, £140 for 7 days (Long Stay, turning up on the day; worked out from the published rates: £80 for 3 days, then £15 for each additional day). Checked on Glasgow Airport's website on 1 November 2026; online prices change by date.
How many car parks does Glasgow Airport have?
Glasgow Airport lists 5 car parks and parking products: Terminal Multi-Storey, Priority Parking, Valet Parking, Mid Stay, Long Stay.
How much is short stay parking at Glasgow Airport?
Terminal Multi-Storey, up to 20 minutes: £8.
Is it cheaper to park or be dropped off at Glasgow Airport?
Being dropped off and picked up costs £14 in airport charges, or nothing using the free option (Long Stay car park: free for up to 1 hour, with a free shuttle bus). Parking for a week usually costs more than that, but a lift means four journeys for your driver, so it depends how far away you live.
Does Glasgow Airport have official meet and greet?
Valet Parking is the airport's own service: drive through the picture booth into a Valet Drop-Off lane in Car Park 1, check in at the Valet Cabin kiosks and leave your keys in the drop box. On return you collect the keys from a locker and the car is in the return bays. Stays of 7 days or more, booked direct only.
Is there free Blue Badge parking at Glasgow Airport?
Blue Badge holders get 30 minutes free in the Terminal Multi-Storey; quote the 13-digit badge number at the exit intercom. Standard charges apply to Blue Badge holders in Pick Up and Drop Off, and the airport says they should use Car Park 2 instead.
Sources
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Prices are the ones Glasgow Airport publishes as text on its own website, checked on 1 November 2026. Online booking prices change by date and demand, so get a quote before you go.