USDPort Authority rates at Newark Liberty: $35 Economy, $60 daily garage, $70 short-term, or $5.06 off-site
Quick answer: Official EWR parking costs $35 a day in the P6 Economy lot, $60 in the P4 daily garage, $65 in the Terminal A short-term garage and $70 at Terminals B and C — and every one of those drops if you prebook: $30, $40, $50 and $50. Off-airport lots start at $5.06/day with a free shuttle. Two rules matter more than the rate: from September 14, 2026 the AirTrain is replaced by a shuttle bus on weekdays from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m., which is how you reach P4 and the NJ Transit station; and any car left more than 30 days without notice is towed.
What Does Parking at Newark Liberty Airport Actually Cost?
Newark Liberty International Airport is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which publishes a Schedule of Charges for every on-airport lot. These are the rates in force since July 8, 2024. The single most important column is the last one: prebooking online cuts the daily maximum in every lot, by as much as $20 a day.
| Official EWR lot | Per ½ hour | After 3 hours, per ½ hour | Drive-up 24h max | Prebook 24h max | Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P6 Economy | — | — | $35 first 24h, then $17.50 per 12h | $30 | Free shuttle to A, B and C about every 10 min |
| P4 Daily garage | $4.25 | $8.50 | $60 | $40 | AirTrain to all terminals; 13 EV ports |
| Terminal A short-term | $5.25 | $10.50 | $65 | $50 | Walk; 162 EV ports on level 5 |
| Terminals B & C short-term | $5.25 | $10.50 | $70 | $50 | Walk |
| Restricted-mobility placard | Charged at the lowest drive-up rate on the airport. Drive up and pull a ticket — never prebook or use an E-ZPass lane, because the discount is applied at exit and cannot be reserved. | Any lot | |||
How the prebook discount actually works. You book a specific lot for a date and time on parking.newarkairport.com, with no booking fee, and enter through the lane marked Prebooking; the barrier reads your plate and lifts. You can amend a reservation up to one hour before entry, and the Port Authority recommends booking at least three hours ahead to guarantee a space. Premium spaces closer to each terminal exist in every garage and can only be reserved online.
Height limits catch people every week. Terminal C is 7 feet 8 inches on every level. P4 is 11 feet 6 inches on level 1 and 7 feet 8 inches on levels 2 to 6. The Conrac garage at Terminal A is 10 feet on level 4 and 8 feet 6 inches above. P6 and the Terminal A and B surface areas have no restriction.
Thirty days is the hard limit. Any lot allows up to 30 days. Beyond that you must tell the parking office in advance or the vehicle is treated as abandoned and towed; on exit the charge is adjusted to the Economy drive-up maximum.
A 7-day trip in the P6 Economy lot costs $210 prebooked or $245 at the gate. The same trip at Pacific Parking, $5.06 a day, is $35.42. The economy lot's shuttle runs about every 10 minutes and the off-airport shuttles every 15, so the $175 to $210 difference buys almost nothing in time.
Off-Airport Lots Near EWR: Verified Rates and Shuttle Details
Newark's off-airport hotel parking ecosystem clusters along Routes 1/9 and the North Avenue corridor in Elizabeth and Newark — within 1–3 miles of the terminal complex. These properties have operated airport shuttle service for years and their reliability generally tracks with brand tier: national hotel flags tend to have more consistent shuttle operations than independents.
| Lot / Property | Daily Rate | Shuttle Frequency | Shuttle Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Parking Lot Corporation | $5.06/day | Every 15 min | 10 min |
| Royal Airport Parking | $6.25/day | Every 15 min | 10 min |
| Red Carpet Inn | $6.95/day | On call | 0 min (on-premises) |
| Motel 6 Newark Airport | $7.95/day | Every 15 min | 10 min |
| Maas Parking Newark | $8.95/day | Every 15 min | 10 min |
| The Parking Point | $8.95/day | Every 15 min | 10 min |
| Courtyard Newark Liberty | $8.99/day | Every 15 min | 10 min |
| Park Plus Airport Parking | $8.99/day | Every 15 min | 1 min |
| Airpark Newark | $8.99/day | Every 15 min | 10 min |
| Apex Airport Parking | $9.45/day | Every 15 min | 10 min |
| Hilton Newark Airport | $10.99/day | Every 20 min | 1 min (on-premises) |
| Park2Fly Airport Parking | $11.45/day | Every 15 min | 10 min |
| Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel | $11.99/day | Every 15 min | 10 min |
| Embassy Suites Newark Airport | $11.99/day | Every 15 min | 10 min |
| Official EWR Economy Lot P6 | $35/day | AirTrain (continuous) | 5–10 min |
One standout in the table: Park Plus Airport Parking ($8.99) has a 1-minute shuttle time — it's effectively adjacent to the terminals. For anyone prioritizing speed over maximum cost savings, this beats the 15-minute options while still saving ~$9–19/day versus official parking.
The AirTrain Change on September 14, 2026, and Who It Hits
The Port Authority is replacing the AirTrain Newark under a $3.5 billion programme; guideway construction began in January 2026 and the new system is not due until 2030. The operational consequence lands this month. NJ Transit's station advisory states that from Monday, September 14, 2026, on most weekdays from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m., the AirTrain is replaced by a Port Authority shuttle bus at Newark Airport Station, until further notice. AirTrain runs normally on Saturdays and Sundays and during certain holiday and vacation periods. NJ Transit trains continue to stop at Newark Airport Station throughout.
Who that affects, in order of pain:
- P4 daily garage parkers. P4 has no bus of its own; it is reached by AirTrain. On a weekday morning departure you are on the replacement bus. Budget extra time, and weigh whether P6 at $30 prebooked, which has its own dedicated shuttle, is now the better on-airport choice.
- Anyone arriving by NJ Transit rail. The train still stops; the last leg from the station to your terminal is a bus during the window.
- Terminal A travellers overnight. Separately, from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. the AirTrain serves only Terminals B and C every 15 minutes, with a shuttle onward to Terminal A.
- Everyone on the third Saturday of the month. The AirTrain is fully shut for maintenance that day, subject to change.
Off-airport lots are unaffected: their shuttles go kerb to kerb at the terminal, which is the one route into EWR the replacement programme does not touch.
Not driving: NJ Transit, the AirTrain and rideshare
EWR has a dedicated NJ Transit station reached from every terminal by AirTrain. Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast Line trains connect to Newark Penn Station and New York Penn Station; PATH connects at Newark Penn. This is a seated train, not a shuttle, and for anyone starting in Manhattan, Jersey City or along the Northeast Corridor it is the reason not to bring a car at all. During the weekday 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. window from September 14, 2026 the station-to-terminal leg is a bus.
The AirTrain itself also links the terminals to central parking, the on-airport hotel shuttle stops, the rental car centre and the P4 garage. A free shuttle bus runs between Terminal A and the Parking A garage, which doubles as the rental car centre, about every 5 minutes.
Uber and Lyft are the other alternative and the metro premium shows up in the fare, not just the parking rate: a round trip from Manhattan is routinely more than a week at an off-airport lot. The rideshare break-even section below runs the numbers by origin.
EWR Terminal Guide: Which Airlines Fly From Where
Newark Liberty International Airport has three terminals — A, B, and C — connected airside and via the AirTrain. Terminal C is the hub for United Airlines, which operates the most flights through EWR. Terminals A and B serve the remaining carriers. All three terminals feed into the same AirTrain circuit connecting to on-airport parking, the NJ Transit Rail Link, and the rental car facility.
| Terminal | Primary Airlines |
|---|---|
| Terminal A | American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Frontier, Spirit, Allegiant |
| Terminal B | Delta Air Lines, Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, and other domestic + select international |
| Terminal C | United Airlines (hub) — largest terminal, most international and domestic United flights |
All hotel shuttle lots near EWR serve all three terminals — the driver will ask which terminal before dropping you. The AirTrain is the cleanest internal connection between terminals if you need to switch (e.g., arriving Terminal C but your party is at the shuttle stop near Terminal A).
EWR Rideshare vs Parking: What the NY Metro Math Actually Shows
Newark sits between two distinct markets: New York City riders (who face tunnel/bridge tolls and long distances) and New Jersey suburban riders (shorter drives, no toll). The break-even calculation differs dramatically depending on which side of the Hudson you live on.
| Origin | Approx Uber RT (tolls + base) | Parking Wins At |
|---|---|---|
| Manhattan (15–20 miles + tunnel) | ~$80–130 round trip | Day 1 — driving to NJ makes limited sense; NJ Transit from Penn Station NYC is ~$15 RT and often faster |
| Brooklyn / Queens (18–25 miles) | ~$90–140 round trip | Day 1 — same logic; consider NJ Transit from NYC |
| Jersey City / Hoboken (8 miles) | ~$40–60 round trip | Day 1 — $5.06/day parking wins at every trip length over 1 day |
| Newark / Elizabeth (5 miles) | ~$25–40 round trip | Day 5 — very short trips, rideshare can tie parking for 1-night trips |
| Parsippany / Morris County (25 miles) | ~$80–110 round trip | Day 1 |
| Princeton / Central NJ (35 miles) | ~$100–140 round trip | Day 1 — driving makes clear sense |
The exception is Manhattan residents: they're often better off taking NJ Transit to EWR ($15 round trip from Penn Station NYC) than either driving to NJ to park or paying $80–130 for an Uber. Driving only makes sense for NJ residents who live within 5–10 miles and are traveling 1–2 days maximum.
Original research: what a week at EWR actually costs, prebooked versus at the gate
Method: we took the Port Authority's published drive-up and prebook maximums for every on-airport lot, ran each across a 7-day trip, and set them against ParkingAccess's own bookable inventory at EWR. The competitor set for "ewr parking rates" has a median length of 567 words, and the aggregator snippets in that set still quote "long-term parking at Newark from $8 to $24 per day" — a range that does not correspond to any Port Authority rate in force since July 2024.
| Option | Per day | 7 days | Prebook saving over the week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Parking (off-airport) | $5.06 | $35.42 | — |
| ARB Parking Newark (off-airport, 4.4★ on 3,219 reviews) | $9.49 | $66.43 | — |
| P6 Economy, prebooked | $30 | $210 | $35 |
| P6 Economy, drive-up | $35 | $245 | — |
| P4 Daily, prebooked | $40 | $280 | $140 |
| P4 Daily, drive-up | $60 | $420 | — |
| Terminal A short-term, prebooked / drive-up | $50 / $65 | $350 / $455 | $105 |
| Terminals B & C short-term, prebooked / drive-up | $50 / $70 | $350 / $490 | $140 |
Three findings. First, the spread on one week is $35.42 to $490, a factor of fourteen, for the same seven days at the same airport. Second, prebooking P4 saves $20 a day — more than the entire daily rate of most off-airport lots — so the $60 drive-up figure quoted in most guides is a price almost nobody should pay. Third, the cheapest on-airport option prebooked, P6 at $210, is still six times Pacific Parking and three times ARB, and both of those run shuttles on a 15-minute cycle against P6's 10.
Frequently Asked Questions: Newark Airport Parking
How much does it cost to park at Newark Liberty Airport?
Official Port Authority rates are $35 a day in the P6 Economy lot, $60 in the P4 daily garage, $65 in the Terminal A short-term garage and $70 at Terminals B and C, at drive-up. Prebooking online lowers those to $30, $40, $50 and $50. Off-airport lots near EWR start at $5.06 a day with a free shuttle.
What is the cheapest EWR parking option?
Among the lots ParkingAccess can book, Pacific Parking at $5.06 a day with a shuttle every 15 minutes. On the airport itself, the cheapest is the P6 Economy lot at $30 a day when prebooked or $35 at the gate.
Can I leave my car at Newark Airport for a week?
Yes, in any lot for up to 30 days. A 7-day stay costs $210 prebooked or $245 drive-up in P6 Economy, $280 or $420 in P4, and $35.42 at Pacific Parking off-airport. Stays over 30 days require advance notice to the parking office or the vehicle is towed.
How does economy parking work at Newark Airport?
P6 Economy is a surface lot with no height restriction. A free shuttle bus runs to Terminals A, B and C about every 10 minutes. It charges $35 for the first 24 hours at drive-up and $17.50 per 12 hours after that, or $30 a day if you prebook online.
Is there free parking at EWR?
No. Every Port Authority lot is charged. Travellers with a state restricted-mobility placard pay the lowest drive-up rate on the airport, but must drive up and pull a ticket rather than prebook, because the discount is applied at exit.
Is a week considered long-term parking at Newark?
The Port Authority does not sell a separate long-term product; P6 Economy and the P4 daily garage both accept stays up to 30 days at the same daily rate. Anything beyond 30 days needs prior arrangement.
How do I get from the parking lots to the terminal during the AirTrain works?
From Monday, September 14, 2026, NJ Transit advises that on most weekdays from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. the AirTrain is replaced by a Port Authority shuttle bus, with normal service at weekends and during certain holiday periods. P6 has its own dedicated shuttle and is unaffected; P4 and the NJ Transit station rely on the AirTrain and use the replacement bus in that window.
Which terminal is American Airlines at Newark Airport?
Terminal A, alongside Air Canada, Alaska, Delta and JetBlue; United operates from Terminal C, with Terminal B handling most international carriers. Confirm on your booking, as assignments change.
Rates verified against the Port Authority Schedule of Charges (effective July 8, 2024), newarkairport.com and NJ Transit on August 31, 2026. Confirm before travelling.
Where the rates on this page come from
- Newark Liberty International Airport: Airport parking, lots and P6 shuttle
- Parking Newark FAQ: prebooking lanes, height limits, 30-day rule
- NJ Transit advisory: AirTrain replaced by shuttle bus from September 14, 2026
- Newark AirTrain: overnight service and Terminal A shuttle
- Port Authority press release: $3.5 billion AirTrain Newark replacement
