The Aviation Department currently operates and maintains approximately 6,100 public parking spaces and 1,000 employee parking spaces for a total of 7,1000 parking spaces.  In October 1999, the long term parking garage was completed and opened.  This facility accounts for 2,700 of the new 7,100 spaces and includes the reconfiguration of access roadways, and the development of a new cashier plaza and toll plaza.

A parking study conducted in august 2001 was developed for the airport parking system, which recommended further expansion to the parking system in order to meet projected growth.  The City, therefore, will construct a new parking facility at San Antonio International Airport. 

In April 2004, the City entered into an agreement with the firm of HNTB, Inc. to provide a engineering and planning services to develop a programming study.  The purpose of this study was to determine and evaluate various options and alternatives relating to the design and layout of the new parking facility.  The accepted alternatives and recommendations from this study include a five level pre-cast structure which will have an approximate capacity of 3,000 spaces, of which 600 are short term and 2,400 are long term.  Consideration was given to pedestrian and vehicular movement, FAA/TSA security issues, utilities, and terminal/roadway construction under the Terminal Expansion Project.

The New Parking Facility project includes the restoration and conversion of the former North Loop Service Center into a surface parking lot, which will be used for overflow parking during the garage construction and airport employee parking. 

The design services by HNTB will include a production schedule, which requires that the design be completed, ready for bidding by March 2006.  The construction duration has been estimated at 24 months, which results in a completion date of March 2008.