Before O’Hare opened, Midway International Airport used to be the busiest airport in the world. Of course, neighboring airports help to spread the traffic out, combating congestion at any one airport, but that has not stopped the rapid growth in population of the Chicago area. Now, Midway is the 2nd largest passenger airport in the Chicago metropolitan area and is heavily used by low-cost carriers, such as AirTran, ATA, and Southwest.
All of the Chicago residents looking to catch a deal on expensive air travel rates are crowding the ticket lines at Midway, but not until after they crowd Midway airport parking. Since Midway boasts the best on-time arrival rates of US airports, the short-term pick up parking lot is not the issue for most accessing the airport by car. On the other hand, Midway airport parking of the long-term variety can become quite burdensome both price and time-wise. The first covered parking garage did not come to the airport until the late 90’s, so parking development is severely lacking.
Parkingspotter lists many off-site parking garages and parking lots, which can often be cost-effective and convenient alternatives to on-site Midway airport parking. There are often shuttles that run from these private lots right to the terminal, and they offer competitive prices to gain some of the customers normally paying more for Midway airport parking. Many Chicagoans are unaware of these parking lots, so rather than have a parking spot pre-booked with all their needs accommodated, they head to the airport ready to accept whatever Midway airport parking they can get. Reserve the right spot on Parkingspotter. In addition to listings for off-site Midway airport parking, Parkingspotter also lists off-site O’Hare airport parking, for those traveling in the Chicago area.