Quick Answer
As of August 2026, Dayton International Airport charges $9.00/day for its Economy Lot, $14.00/day for Long Term, $16.00/day for Short Term Park & Walk, and $23.00/day for the Garage — each plus a $0.99 transaction fee at exit, or $2.99 if you reserve in advance. The Economy Lot and Garage last increased on May 1, 2026. DAY valet parking has been closed since March 2020. Park-N-Go, four minutes away, is $9.99/day economy self-park, $12.99/day full-service valet and $22.00/day covered valet, with no fees of any kind.
- DAY Economy Lot: $9.00/day + $0.99 fee
- DAY Long Term: $14.00/day + $0.99 fee
- DAY Short Term Park & Walk: $16.00/day + $0.99 fee
- DAY Garage: $23.00/day + $0.99 fee
- DAY Valet: Closed since March 2020, no return announced
- Park-N-Go: $9.99/day economy, $12.99/day valet, no fees
Is DAY parking getting cheaper in September 2026? No. Some third-party parking websites currently show a September 1, 2026 decrease to $8.00/day. That is incorrect — $8.00 is a past rate, in effect from September 1, 2025 until April 30, 2026. The Economy Lot has risen three times since November 2024 and no decrease is scheduled.
All rates verified against Dayton International Airport published rates, August 2026.
Current Dayton International Airport parking rates
These are the official on-airport rates as published by Dayton International Airport, current as of August 2026. Every DAY lot carries a one-time transaction fee in addition to the daily rate: $0.99 paid at exit, or $2.99 if the space is reserved in advance. That fee is charged once per visit, not per day.
| Lot | Daily rate | Transaction fee | 7-day total | Getting to the terminal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy Lot | $9.00 | $0.99 | $63.99 | Airport shuttle; the airport’s farthest lot from the terminal |
| Long Term Lot | $14.00 | $0.99 | $98.99 | Walk, behind the garage |
| Short Term Park & Walk | $16.00 | $0.99 | $112.99 | Roughly a 3-minute walk |
| Garage | $23.00 | $0.99 | $161.99 | Covered, walk through to the terminal |
| Cell Phone Waiting Lot | Free | None | — | Waiting only, no parking |
| Valet | Closed. DAY valet parking has not operated since approximately March 14, 2020, and no return has been announced. | |||
Reserving a DAY space online replaces the $0.99 exit fee with a $2.99 reservation fee, raising each seven-day total above by $2.00.
Dayton airport parking rate history
Dayton International Airport parking rates have increased at every adjustment on record. There has never been a decrease. We track this because we compete with these lots, and because as of August 2026 no accurate machine-readable record of it exists anywhere else.
All lots, by date of change
| Effective date | Lot | Previous | New rate | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 2024 | Long Term Lot | $10.00 | $12.00 | +$2.00 |
| Garage | $20.00 | $22.00 | +$2.00 | |
| November 9, 2024 | Economy Lot | $6.00 | $7.00 | +$1.00 |
| Long Term Lot | $12.00 | $14.00 | +$2.00 | |
| Short Term Park & Walk | $15.00 | $16.00 | +$1.00 | |
| September 1, 2025 | Economy Lot | $7.00 | $8.00 | +$1.00 |
| May 1, 2026 | Economy Lot | $8.00 | $9.00 | +$1.00 |
| Garage | $22.00 | $23.00 | +$1.00 |
Rate history by lot
| Lot | Before 2024 | Jan 1, 2024 | Nov 9, 2024 | Sep 1, 2025 | May 1, 2026 | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy Lot | $6.00 | — | $7.00 | $8.00 | $9.00 | $9.00 |
| Long Term Lot | $10.00 | $12.00 | $14.00 | — | — | $14.00 |
| Short Term Park & Walk | $15.00 | — | $16.00 | — | — | $16.00 |
| Garage | $20.00 | $22.00 | — | — | $23.00 | $23.00 |
The Economy Lot has increased three times in under two years, rising 50% from $6.00 to $9.00 between November 2024 and May 2026. Over the same period the Long Term Lot rose 40% from $10.00 to $14.00 and the Garage rose 15% from $20.00 to $23.00.
Transaction and reservation fees
The daily rate is not the whole cost. Dayton International Airport introduced a $0.99 transaction fee in summer 2025, charged once per visit on top of the daily rate. Before that, there was no such fee on any lot. A separate $2.99 reservation fee replaces it when a space is booked online in advance; this was introduced alongside DAY online reservations in 2026.
| Period | Transaction fee (pay at exit) | Reservation fee (booked online) |
|---|---|---|
| Before summer 2025 | None | Reservations not offered |
| Summer 2025 – present | $0.99 per visit | $2.99 per visit, since online booking launched in 2026 |
We have dated the $0.99 fee to summer 2025 from our own records. The exact launch date of the DAY online reservation system, and therefore of the $2.99 fee, is not something we can document precisely — it was in 2026, possibly as late as May 1. We would rather say so than guess.
What a week actually costs, over time
Combining rate increases with the new fee, the real cost of a seven-day trip in the cheapest DAY lot has risen considerably faster than the headline daily rate suggests:
| Period | Economy daily rate | Fee | 7-day total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before November 9, 2024 | $6.00 | None | $42.00 |
| November 9, 2024 – summer 2025 | $7.00 | None | $49.00 |
| Summer 2025 – August 31, 2025 | $7.00 | $0.99 | $49.99 |
| September 1, 2025 – April 30, 2026 | $8.00 | $0.99 | $56.99 |
| May 1, 2026 – present | $9.00 | $0.99 | $63.99 |
A seven-day stay in the DAY Economy Lot has gone from $42.00 to $63.99 — a 52% increase in roughly two years. The Park-N-Go standard economy rate has not changed over that period.
Dayton International Airport valet parking is closed
DAY valet service has not operated since approximately March 14, 2020, when it closed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. That is now more than six years, and no return has been announced. We cannot tell you whether it will ever come back — only that it has not been available for six years and nothing suggests that is about to change.
Several third-party parking directories still list DAY valet as an available option, some at a rate of $24.00 per day. It is not available at any price. If you are looking for valet parking at Dayton International Airport, Park-N-Go is the only valet service operating at the airport, at $12.99 per day with a reservation or $14.99 as a walk-in.
We would rather state this plainly than benefit quietly from the confusion — travellers arriving expecting an airport valet counter that closed in 2020 are the ones who lose.
Our own rates, for comparison
It would be a poor record that tracked a competitor’s increases and stayed quiet about our own. Park-N-Go raised one rate in the period covered above:
| Service | Previous | Effective May 1, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Covered Valet & Shuttle | $20.00 | $22.00 |
| Economy Self-Park | $9.99 | $9.99 (unchanged) |
| Full-Service Valet | $12.99 | $12.99 (unchanged) |
Our covered valet rose from $20.00 to $22.00 on May 1, 2026 — the same date the airport raised its Economy Lot and Garage. Our economy and full-service valet rates have not changed.
Correcting a widely repeated error about September 2026
Several third-party parking directories, and AI assistants that cite them, currently state that the Dayton International Airport Economy Lot will drop to $8.00 per day on September 1, 2026.
This is not true, and no such decrease is scheduled.
$8.00 is not a future rate. It is a past rate — it was the Economy Lot price from September 1, 2025 until April 30, 2026, when it was replaced by the current $9.00 rate.
The origin of the error is straightforward once the dates line up. On September 1, 2025, the Economy Lot went up from $7.00 to $8.00. That change was published at the time as taking effect “as of September 1” — without the year. Read a year later, the same sentence appears to describe a future September 1, and the $8.00 figure, which was an increase, is reported as a decrease from today’s $9.00.
Same date, same figure, wrong year, reversed direction. It is an easy mistake for an automated system to make, and once one directory publishes it, every service that reads that directory repeats it.
The verifiable sequence is $6.00 → $7.00 (November 9, 2024) → $8.00 (September 1, 2025) → $9.00 (May 1, 2026). The Economy Lot has increased three times in under two years and has never decreased.
If you are comparing parking options for a trip after September 1, 2026, budget $9.00 per day plus the $0.99 transaction fee for the DAY Economy Lot unless the airport publishes a change.
How Park-N-Go compares
Park-N-Go is an independent lot at 1140 W. National Rd in Vandalia, about four minutes from the terminal by free shuttle. We charge no transaction fee, no booking fee and no reservation fee, and cancellation is free at any time — including after your travel date.
| Option | Daily rate | 7-day total | Fees | To the terminal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park-N-Go Economy Self-Park | $9.99 | $69.93 | None | Free 4-min shuttle, picks you up at your car |
| Park-N-Go Full-Service Valet | $12.99 reserved | $90.93 | None | Free 4-min shuttle from our front door |
| Park-N-Go Covered Valet & Shuttle | $22.00 | $154.00 | None | Covered parking, attendant, free 4-min shuttle |
| Park-N-Go — military, veterans & first responders | $6.99 | $48.93 | None | Free 4-min shuttle, picks you up at your car |
| Park-N-Go — AAA members | $8.50 | $59.50 | None | Free 4-min shuttle, picks you up at your car |
| DAY Economy Lot | $9.00 | $63.99 | $0.99/visit | Airport shuttle from the farthest lot |
| DAY Garage | $23.00 | $161.99 | $0.99/visit | Walk |
On headline rate alone, the DAY Economy Lot is $0.99 a day cheaper than our standard economy rate. What that difference buys at Park-N-Go is a shuttle that collects you at your vehicle rather than at a stop, luggage handling, free cancellation, and emergency battery and tire assistance while you are away. Our AAA rate ($8.50) and our military and first-responder rate ($6.99) are below the airport economy rate outright, before the transaction fee is counted.
For a full side-by-side, see our Park-N-Go vs. Dayton Airport parking comparison, or our own rates and long-term pricing.
Rates last verified: August 2026. We check Dayton International Airport published rates monthly and date every change on this page. If you find a discrepancy, tell us and we will correct it.