Rental cars are seen in the lot of Avis Car Rental at DIA in this undated Denver Post file photo.Denver International Airport said Monday it has selected an employee parking lot south of the main terminal as the future site of a huge rental car garage facility that will help accommodate the, is still a ways off. DIA’s planning process is expected to ramp up over the course of 2024 with airport officials hoping to put the project out to bid to contractors late next year.
That would eliminate the need for the branded shuttle buses that ferry customers to and from the spread-out rental car lots today. Airport leaders are charting a path forward as DIA’s passenger traffic is projected to reach more than 120 million people per year by 2045. Last year, DIA accommodated 69.3 million passengers, making it theMost car rental agencies’ lots at Denver International Airport are located north of Peña Boulevard, in a sprawling complex that’s southwest of the terminal, accessible only by corporate-branded shuttle buses.
The airport hasn’t released a project budget for the planned facility. But it made a move to supply financing when itto $6 earlier this year, up from $2.15. That increase brought DIA closer to the fees charged at other big hubs such as Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport . The fees could rise further to support the project.