www.Carpark-Fly.com: Anyone planning to park at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) can obtain real-time parking availability information prior to arriving at the Airport.
SurePark(TM), MSP's new, up-to-the-minute parking availability information system, offers customers three methods for retrieving parking availability information for both the Lindbergh and Humphrey Terminals' general and short-term parking ramps.
SurePark(TM) is fast, convenient and free. Customers can log on, call in or request a text message:
1. Log-on: www.mspairport.com/msp/parking/realtime.aspx- to view parking availability percentages
2. Call in: 1-877-FLY-PARK (1-877-359-7275) for an audible parking availability message
3. Text message: call 1-877-FLY-PARK from a text-enabled communications device and press 5 to request a text message be sent within a user-specified number of minutes
Customers who wish to receive a text message can simply choose that option from the 1-877-FLY-PARK menu and then key in the number of minutes from that time that they would like to receive an updated message. Parking rates and facility information are also available online and audibly via the FLY-PARK telephone number.
"The Metropolitan Airports Commission is dedicated to seeking out innovative, high-tech means for helping customers to keep informed and stay on schedule," says Arlie Johnson, assistant airport director for landside operations. "The SurePark(TM) system is a first-of-its-kind for an airport parking program, as is our very successful ePark(R) convenient self payment method."
Use of MSP's parking facilities is at an all-time high, with Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays being particularly busy. Customers who use the SurePark(TM) system will know in advance if the Lindbergh Terminal parking facilities are full or nearly full, so they have time to plan ahead and park at the Humphrey Terminal.
"Travelers who park at the Humphrey Terminal ramp but will be boarding their flight at the Lindbergh Terminal should allow an extra 30 minutes to park and take the shuttle to the Lindbergh Terminal," said Johnson. This free shuttle bus operates between the Humphrey and Lindbergh Terminals every 10 minutes. The shuttle bus stop is located in the Ground Transport Center on the ground level of the Humphrey Terminal parking ramp.
Scheduled to open in July 2008, a new parking ramp, currently under construction and adjacent to the existing Humphrey Terminal parking ramp, will add 4,300 parking spaces at MSP.
For more information, visit www.mspairport.com.