I take the CTA blue line... only been harassed by two homeless people this month so far. Wear a Northface over your uniform.

Is there an employee lot at the airport for pilots?

$8-9 a day gets you covered parking at Preflight Parking on Manheim and Irving. Plus they have shuttles literally every 5-10 minutes.



Most airlines with crew bases there have free parking in one of several employee parking lots.

...if you choose
to get a monthly pass for cumberland cta blue line garage, it is $120/mo. that comes out to $4 a day(plus cta fee to airport)

not sure if your airline can register your cta card as an employee so you don't pay the full fee departing the airport on the blue line

Thanks guys, my airline does not have a crew base so that's out I suppose. The preflight parking, do they just need an ID for employee rate?


I just looked at preflight. $12 a day with tax, still better than the cta, where I am at the moment- $13 a day plus $8 round trip train ride. Thanks guys, if anyone has a better please post it

Pride parking on Manheim. $6 a day and frequent vans.

It's hard to find monthly parking at ORD. However, Routes car rental located on Mannheim road has parking. They charge $6.99/day+ tax BUT I have talked their manager into monthly parking. He gave it to me for $150/month flat (tax included). If you are interested, PM me and I will give you his info. Hope this helps.

I just read your post to my capt and she says she found a sweet illegal parking spot- I suggest you do the same.