Pittsburgh International · Rental cars
Pittsburgh airport rental cars.
No shuttle bus, no off-site lot. Eight companies, counters in a covered walkway and cars waiting on the first level of the new Terminal Garage.
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Short answer
Pittsburgh International has eight rental car companies: Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz, National and Sixt. Counters are in the covered walkway between the terminal and the Terminal Garage, and you pick up and return cars on the garage's first level. No shuttle is needed.
Verified
Rental cars at PIT, by the numbers
Interactive
Where is my car?
Choose your company for its counter, its zone in the garage and the phone number the airport lists. Then check whether you need a car at all.
- Counter
- Covered walkway between the terminal and the Terminal Garage, counter 5 of 8 counting from the terminal side
- Pick up and return
- Avis/Budget zone, Level 1 (first zone from the walkway)
- Phone (as listed by the airport)
- 412-472-5200
Enter a typical rideshare fare to price the no-car option.
Enter a daily rental rate to price the car.
Your own numbers in, a straight comparison out. We do not publish rental or rideshare prices because they change by the day. For scale: the terminal curb is about 19.2 road miles from Downtown and 22 from Oakland (OSRM, no traffic).
Checked October 19, 2026 against the airport's own site. Counter order and garage zones are read from the airport's interactive map. PGH Nonstop is independent and is not the airport.
From the plane to the car
The walk, step by step
- Baggage claim. Collect bags on the Arrivals level, then head down to the Ground level.
- Covered walkway. Walk toward the Terminal Garage. The eight counters line this walkway: Alamo and National nearest the terminal, then Enterprise, Budget, Avis, Dollar, Hertz and Sixt.
- Garage Level 1. Cars are in four zones: Avis/Budget nearest the walkway, then Enterprise/National, Hertz/Dollar and Sixt.
- Returning. Follow the signs to the Terminal Garage and your company's Level 1 zone, then walk back through the walkway to the terminal.
Order read from the coordinates in the airport's interactive map, October 19, 2026. Signs at the airport take precedence.
Good to know
Before you rent
Fill up nearby
The airport's map shows a Sunoco gas station on the airport campus, handy before a return.
Booking help
For rentals booked through the airport's own rental search, the airport lists 833-289-4044. Otherwise, call the company directly.
Maybe skip it
Downtown and Oakland are on the $2.75 28X bus. Compare every way into the city.
Driving into the city?
A bridge-and-tunnel welcome.
The new terminal's Skybridge is modeled on Pittsburgh's famous front door, the Fort Pitt Bridge and Tunnel. See what else changed.
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Questions
Where are the rental cars at Pittsburgh airport?
Which rental car companies are at Pittsburgh airport?
Do I need a shuttle to get my rental car at PIT?
Where do I return a rental car at Pittsburgh airport?
Who do I call about a rental booked through the airport's site?
More of the PIT guide
Sources
- Pittsburgh International Airport: Ground Transportation (car rental companies, counters, phone numbers)
- The Transformed PIT: Ground Transportation (enclosed car rental building, connection to garage)
- Pittsburgh International Airport: interactive map (counter and Level 1 zone locations; read October 19, 2026)
- The Transformed PIT: Skybridge (modeled on the Fort Pitt Bridge and Tunnel)
- OSRM road routing from the PIT terminal curb, no traffic (fetched Oct. 19, 2026)