If you haven’t been pinged driving within the designated zone and plan on waiting it out to snag a request, don’t park anywhere you see a no parking sign, don’t try to sneak into the restricted livery (taxi/cab/limo) or cell-phone waiting lots, don’t recirculate back through either departures or arrivals terminals as it’s typically frowned upon by harbor / port authority police, and don’t park in airport employee only or rental car spots! All these “NO-NO’s” are likely airport property resulting in being automatically kicked from the FIFO queue. Related article: Essential gear for rideshare driversĪs for UberBLACK and UberSUV (required commercial plates & insurance), they’ll be sharing a fenced off regulated area with other livery drivers. As a secondary tactic if you find yourself “just passing through” the airport by happenstance, remember that while arrival fares can only be accepted inside the FIFO queue, regular fares are still based on who’s closest so stick to the fringes. Flights between larger cities and warmer climates will be fuller so heed prior “FROM” destinations.
It’s not the distance but number of people piling off planes that’ll shrink the queue quickly: more potential passengers, more potential fares. Schedule ahead by checking the shortest timetable landings at all terminals to hedge the clock. But how can you anticipate shorter FIFO queue times? It literally pays to be in the right place at the best time.
#LYFT DRIVER INSTRUCTIONS FOR SKY HARBOR DRIVERS#
You can also view this timer even if you’re not on airport grounds – this comes in handy if you want to see what the wait is like for a ride at the airport.Įditor’s Note: This timer is not available in many smaller cities but I do expect it to be rolled out eventually to all airports.Īt busiest hours (early AM & late afternoon PM), wait times between 20-25 minutes aren’t unheard of because full time drivers are already planted for the rush, but expect an average wait time of 10-15 minutes.ĭuring peak demand (between 7 AM to 10 AM and 4 PM to 7 PM), flights will be landing every few minutes and taking off just as quickly.
Once within this outlined radius, a timer will populate the driver app as you’re placed in a digital first-in-first-out (FIFO) queue. While still indirectly competing with taxis and cabs, they’ll stay in their lanes while you sneer from yours! Airport Geo-fenceįor UberX and UberXL (or those NOT required to carry commercial plates & insurance), pickup requests will come by way of entering a highly defined geofence around the airport itself. Get a ticket (and potentially a court date) and it’ll be out-of-pocket.įear not though as more airports are warming to the idea of allowing roll up passenger loading near arrival areas, such as CVG / MEM / CLE have already done. And unlike in the past, Uber will not pay these fines.
#LYFT DRIVER INSTRUCTIONS FOR SKY HARBOR PLUS#
Get caught grabbing designated fares at the incorrect spot or worse, street hails, and it’ll result in a citation ranging between $100 to $1,000 plus your car could be impounded (yes, same draconian penalties applied as when it was blatantly illegal). If you’re just starting out, you may not know this, but as a rideshare driver for either Uber or Lyft, pickups are not always allowed (it depends on the airport). You’d pull up as you would similar to personal favors for friends or family, stop the car while it’s still running, pop the trunk to help with bags, and send your passengers on their way! This should be a quick transaction with little fuss. So let’s delve into a few airport rules and regulations that’ll keep you on the right side of the law.ĭrop-offs can be performed 99% of the time at any departures terminal. LAX / ATL / DTW / EWR / ORD have all experienced their fair share of growing pains related to legislative battles with Uber & Lyft and now we have a confusing web of policies that vary by city and airport. Stories abound of being stopped, detained, and fined, then cars impounded due to local airport servicing being off limits unbeknownst to drivers of course.
And the best part for some is that you don’t have to deal with drunks.įrom the rider perspective, getting an Uber or Lyft from the airport is more convenient than ever! The plane lands, you flip off airplane mode, grab overhead bin bags, exit to the luggage carousel, and order an Uber while waiting.įor drivers looking beyond our hands on the wheel at 10 & 2, it’s a bit more complicated though. Business travelers depart early in the week on Monday afternoons or Tuesday morning and arrive home Thursday afternoons or Friday mornings like clockwork.
Ask an Uber driver where the easiest money is, and a lot of them will say “at the airports.” Airport runs are predictable.
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