Heading to JIA? Parking options limited after fire sweeps through airport parking garage
As flight operations at Jacksonville International Airport returned to some semblance of normal May 17, travelers were told that "all on-airport parking is currently full" in the aftermath of the previous day's fast-moving parking garage fire.
JAX told travelers via X, formerly Twitter, that they "should find alternate means of transportation to the terminal, park at off-airport lots, or get dropped off at the terminal."
The Jacksonville Aviation Authority (JAA) said the Hourly Garage is "closed indefinitely to vehicles and pedestrians due to structural damage." Vehicles won't be allowed to enter or exit the facility until further notice, according to a JAA news release.
The airport's Daily Garage and Daily Surface Lot are closed to incoming vehicles. However, passengers with vehicles already in the Daily Garage and Daily Surface Lot can exit those two facilities, JAA said.
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In addition, travelers with flights over the next few days, weeks and months were encouraged to seek alternatives to on-site airport parking. Those alternatives included parking facilities along Airport Road, alternate means of transportation to the airport such as Uber, Lyft or taxi; or getting picked up or dropped off at the terminal, according to the news release.
JAA also said travelers parked in the Hourly Garage can go to the JIA website and sign up to get periodic updates, when available, about the status of airport parking facilities.
To sign up, travelers will be asked to provide contact information as well as the license plate number of their vehicle, JAA said.
Meanwhile, flight operations were getting back to a normal schedule. As of 10:35 a.m. May 17, a half-dozen departures were listed as canceled. No arrivals were canceled, according to the JIA website.
This story was updated to add a video.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: After Jacksonville airport garage fire, parking options limited
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