The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority (CMAA) has made it easier for travelers to make a quick exit from the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport. Airport customers can now use the airport’s express payment option to pay for their parking before exiting the airport terminal building. “We realize that most of our passengers are in a hurry to get home following a business or leisure trip,” said Mike Landguth, President and CEO of the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority. “Our passengers can speed up their departure from the Chattanooga Airport by using this payment option. Customers simply pick up their luggage, pay for their parking in the terminal then use the express exit lanes instead of waiting in line at the parking booth.”

How does the express parking payment option work?

1. A customer comes to the airport and parks in the Short-Term, Long-Term or Intermediate parking lots.
2. The customer takes their parking ticket with them on their trip.
3. On their return trip, (after picking up their luggage) they can use one of two Parking Pay Stations located on each side of the Rotunda (first floor) to pay for their parking. For personal assistance, a parking attendant will be available at one exit lane from the Short and Long Term Lots. The machines will recode the parking ticket to give the customer 20 minutes to exit their designated parking lot.
4. The customer uses one of the express parking lanes to exit the parking lots. The customer simply swipes their parking ticket and the gate will open automatically.