Consolidated rental car facility

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A bus reading "rental car center" seen at a U.S. airport
These facilities are located away from the terminal buildings, and are often accessed using shuttle buses like this one seen at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Texas.

A consolidated rental car facility (CRCF) or consolidated rental car center (CONRAC) is a complex that hosts numerous car rental agencies, typically found at airports in the United States.

The largest incentive for building consolidated facilities is reduced vehicle congestion in the airport area, As one fleet of shuttle buses can serve all car rental agencies, instead of each company operating their own buses. Congestion can be further reduced by connecting the consolidated facility to the airport terminal with a people mover.

Consolidated facilities are typically built around two areas: a customer service building where each company have counters to serve renters, and a "ready/return" lot or garage where cars are temporarily parked while ready and awaiting a renter, or when recently returned and in need of servicing before the next renter.

Facilities usually also feature a Quick Turn Around (QTA) area on-site or nearby, where light maintenance of vehicles can be conducted including cleaning, fueling, and inspection of engine fluids. There can be several QTA areas operated by the different companies, or the services can be shared.[1]

The first known consolidated facility was built at Sacramento International Airport in 1994.[2][3] However, as early as 1974, four companies shared facilities Dallas/Fort Worth airport, and in 1988 companies at Minneapolis–Saint Paul airport introduced common shuttle buses.[4] Furthermore, with recent mergers in the rental car industry, even in cities without a consolidated facility, many brands have consolidated into one location.

Locations[]

Locale Airport Year Notes
Sacramento, CA Sacramento International Airport 1994 First CRCF in the U.S.[1][2]
Minneapolis–St. Paul Metro Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport 1998 Had been operating common shuttle buses since 1988.[4]
Cleveland, OH Cleveland Hopkins International Airport 1998 [5]
San Francisco, CA San Francisco International Airport 1998 Expanded in June 2008[6]
Dallas–Ft. Worth Metro Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport 2000 The CRCF was opened in March 2000[7]
Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque International Sunport 2001 [8]
Baltimore-Washington Metro Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport 2003 [9]
Houston, TX George Bush Intercontinental Airport 2003 [10]
Ft. Lauderdale, FL Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport 2005 At the opening date this was the largest CRCF in the U.S.[11]
Phoenix, AZ Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport 2006 To connect to the airport by an automated people mover (APM), PHX Sky Train, expected in 2022.[12]
Las Vegas, NV Harry Reid International Airport 2007 [13]
Kansas City, MO Kansas City International Airport 2007 [14]
Anchorage, AK Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport 2007 [15]
Spokane, WA Spokane International Airport 2008 [16]
Atlanta, GA Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport 2009 Connected to the airport by an automated people mover (APM), ATL Skytrain, which was completed the same year.[17]
Fresno, CA Fresno Yosemite International Airport 2009 [18]
Miami, FL Miami International Airport 2010 First major structure of the Miami Intermodal Center[19]
San Jose, CA Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport 2010 [20]
Nashville, TN Nashville International Airport 2011 [21][22]
Memphis, TN Memphis International Airport 2012 [23][24]
Seattle, WA Seattle–Tacoma International Airport 2012 Largest consolidated rental car facility in the United States to win the U.S. Green Building Council's Silver certification.[25][26][27][28]
New Orleans, LA Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport 2012 [29][30][31]
Chicago, IL Midway International Airport 2013
Boston, MA Logan International Airport 2013 [32]
New York City–Newark, NJ Newark Liberty International Airport 2013 [33]
Burbank, CA Hollywood Burbank Airport 2014
San Juan, Puerto Rico Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport 2014
Moline, IL Quad City International Airport 2014 [34]
Charlotte, NC Charlotte Douglas International Airport 2015 [35]
San Diego, CA San Diego International Airport 2016 [36]
Oklahoma City, OK Will Rogers World Airport 2016 [37]
Salt Lake City, UT Salt Lake City International Airport 2016 [38][39]
San Antonio, TX San Antonio International Airport 2018 [40]
Tampa, FL Tampa International Airport 2018 The SkyConnect system links the Main Terminal.[41][42][43][44][45]
Chicago, IL O'Hare International Airport 2018 [46]
Kahului, HI Kahului Airport 2019 The 1.3 million square foot CONRAC has three floors and one basement and includes parking stalls for 1,817 ready-return vehicles, 1,926 staging/storage vehicles and 693 airport employee vehicles.[47]
Honolulu, HI Daniel K. Inouye International Airport 2020
Columbus, OH John Glenn Columbus International Airport 2021 [48]
Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport 2021 [49]

CRCFs Under Construction[]

Los Angeles International Airport’s consolidated rental car facility is currently under construction. Said to be the largest CONRAC when completed in 2023. 6.3 million square foot facility will store 18,000 vehicles. Will be connected by a under construction people mover.[50][51]

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