MAYOR'S  OFFICE  OF 
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES

Contact: Phyllis VanIstendal, 215-937-6946

For Immediate Release: September 15, 2009

PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO OPEN
ON-AIRPORT CELL PHONE PARKING LOT BY YEAR’S END

IMPROVED TEMPRORARY SIGNAGE
TO BE POSTED UNTIL LOT OPENS

Philadelphia, September 15 – Rina Cutler, Deputy Mayor for Transportation and Utilities announced today that Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) will open a cell phone parking lot on airport property by year’s end. “The issue has been discussed for many years. It is time we created a cell phone waiting lot for the safety and convenience of the traveling public,” said Cutler.

The 150 vehicle surface lot will provide a safe area for visitors to wait in their vehicles to pick-up arriving passengers.  Located on the asphalt that once carried State Route 291, the lot will be easily accessible to drivers arriving at the airport from all directions.   Construction is estimated to cost about $500,000 and will be paid for out of airport funds, not general tax revenue. 

“We are proud that Philadelphia International is rated highest in customer satisfaction for large airports by J.D. Power and Associates.  The addition of this lot is another way to make flying into and out of PHL more convenient than ever before,” said Mayor Michael A. Nutter.

Until the lot opens, those picking-up passengers to use the PennDOT’s Park-n-Ride/Cell Phone parking lot on Bartram Avenue.  In the next few weeks additional signage will be posted directing drivers to the Bartram Avenue lot.  Directions to the Park-n-Ride/Cell Phone parking lot are posted on the airport’s website, www.phl.org.

PHL also offers short term parking for those drivers that wish to meet their arriving passengers in the terminal.  Short term parking is available at all terminal garages for just $3 for up to 30 minutes and $5 for up to one hour.

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