How Much Does Parking Cost at Long Beach Airport? Parking Rates, Parking Revenue and Passenger Traffic at a Slot-Controlled US Airport from City Fee Schedules, Financial Disclosures and Monthly Activity Reports, Fiscal 2011–2026

Airport parking prices are posted but rarely analysed together with the finances and traffic behind them. We assemble the public record for Long Beach Airport (LGB), California: posted rates, City of Long Beach fee schedules and budgets, continuing disclosure reports for fiscal 2011–2025 and monthly commercial activity reports to July 2026. The daily maximum in Structure A rose from USD 19 in fiscal 2021 to USD 30 in October 2025 and is scheduled to reach USD 35 on 1 October 2026, an increase of 84.2%; Structure B rises from USD 17 to USD 30 (76.5%), the hourly rate from USD 3 to USD 5 in two years, and valet from USD 38 to USD 42 a day. Parking fees earned USD 13,118,601 in fiscal 2025, 21.43% of operating revenue, against 26.92% in fiscal 2011. Divided by enplanements, parking yielded USD 6.82 per departing passenger in fiscal 2025, the highest of 15 years and 51.7% of what airlines paid per passenger (USD 13.18). Operating expenses were 2.02 times their fiscal 2011 level, and the airport recorded an operating loss of USD 10,937,616 in fiscal 2025. Enplanements fell 7.2% in fiscal 2025 and a further 9.4% in January–July 2026, so the city's theoretical estimate of about USD 1.55 million a year from the October 2026 increase equals 11.8% of fiscal 2025 parking income. At USD 35, the Structure A rate sits in the middle of nine other airports' terminal garages (USD 25–USD 45). Nationally, the consumer price index for parking fees and tolls rose 15.2% from 2021 to 2025. All inputs are public.