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Travelers can leave cars at airport for a month


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POSTED: Wednesday, February 24, 2010

QUESTION: I plan to be away for a week and would like to leave my car at the airport. Is there long-term parking available? How much does it cost per day? There used to be a private parking lot that would drive you to the airport and pick you up. Is this service still available?

ANSWER: You can park for up to 30 days at any Honolulu Airport parking facility.

The one offering long-term “;economy parking”; is Lot J, located just Diamond Head of the lei stands. It is an automated lot with a pay station located in the middle.

The charge is $10 per day, with a two-day, $20 minimum.

All the other lots, all open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, charge a maximum daily fee of $13.

Although there is a 30-day parking limit in all of the airport lots, arrangements to park longer can be made by contacting Ampco System Parking (861-1260), said Tammy Mori, spokeswoman for the state Department of Transportation.

The other lots are:

» Lot B: the commuter parking lot adjacent to the Commuter Terminal.

» Lot D: the overseas parking garage directly across from the Overseas Terminal.

» Lot M: the interisland parking garage adjacent to the Interisland Terminal.

» Lot A: the international parking garage directly across from the International Arrivals Building.

The private Park Express Service that was just outside the airport is no longer operating.

For short-term parking, people picking up or dropping off passengers have a 15-minute grace period at all state airport lots, Mori said.

Drivers also have the option of parking in the Cellular Telephone Waiting areas without charge for up to one hour, she said. Go to hawaii.gov/hnl/airport-parking/cell-phone-waiting-lots for locations.

Another option is valet parking, for $20, available on the fourth floor of the Interisland Terminal.

Otherwise, parking rates at Honolulu and the larger neighbor island airports — Lihue, Kahului, Hilo and Kona — are $1 for the first half-hour, $2 for the second half-hour or fraction thereof and $2 for each additional hour. At the Lihue, Kahului, Hilo and Kona airports, the maximum daily fee is $9.

QUESTION: Is there any place I can recycle my old batteries? Not car batteries, but the AA, AAA, D and C type. I just hate throwing them in the trash to fill the landfill and have them leak into the ground.

ANSWER: Thanks to the nonprofit Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp., you can take your old batteries and cell phones to four drop-off locations on Oahu:

Best Buy, 478 Alakawa St. in Iwilei and 98-051 Kamehameha Highway in Aiea; RadioShack at 98-1005 Moanalua Road in Aiea; and Home Depot, 98-1021 Kamehameha Highway in Pearl City.

The corporation, established by the rechargeable power industry, has Charge Up to Recycle! collection boxes at those retail locations.

To find drop-off sites in other areas, go to hsblinks.com/21l and click on “;Find a Recycling Location”; at the top left of the Web site.

In the meantime, the city says its landfills have liners and leachate catchment systems so that nothing seeps into the ground. See hsblinks.com/21e.

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