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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. Free shuttle bus to car rental center Dallas Fort Worth International Airport DFW.jpg
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.

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The most important incentives for building consolidated facilities are greatly reduced traffic congestion in airport pick up and drop off areas and increased convenience for travelers. A single unified fleet of shuttle buses can serve all car rental agencies, instead of each company operating their own individual shuttle buses which may come less frequently. 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 operates retail 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 either on-site or at a nearby location, 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 were already sharing facilities and shuttle buses at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, and in 1988 companies at Minneapolis–Saint Paul airport introduced common shuttle buses. [4] These differed from modern CONRACs in that the majority of rental car companies at Dallas/Fort Worth continued to operate their own off-site facilities and shuttle buses, while at Minneapolis, only the shuttle buses and not the facilities themselves were shared (in other words, a single shuttle bus line served multiple off-site rental car companies). [4]

Furthermore, the rental car industry has seen major mergers, creating three major holding companies that now represent ten brands commonly seen at airports, the Avis Budget Group (which operates Avis Car Rental, Budget Rent a Car, Payless Car Rental and Zipcar), Enterprise Holdings (which operates Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Alamo Rent a Car and National Car Rental) and The Hertz Corporation (which operates Hertz Rent A Car, Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental). [5] Because of these mergers, even in cities without a consolidated facility, many of these companies have consolidated all their brands into one location.

Locations

LocaleAirportYearNotes
Sacramento, CA Sacramento International Airport 1994First facility in the U.S. [1] [2]
Cedar Rapids, IA Eastern Iowa Airport 1996Opened New Joint Use Rental Car Facility in 1996
Minneapolis–Saint Paul Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport 1998Had been operating common shuttle buses since 1988. [4]
Cleveland, OH Cleveland Hopkins International Airport 1998 [6]
San Francisco, CA San Francisco International Airport 1998Connected to AirTrain APM (automated people mover) system. Expanded in June 2008 [7]
Dallas–Ft. Worth, TX Dallas Fort Worth International Airport 2000In 1990, DFW had two rental car sites on the north and south sides of the airport. Both hosted Avis, Budget, Hertz and National. [4]
A new facility that consolidated more brands opened south of the airport in March 2000 [8]
Albuquerque, NM Albuquerque International Sunport 2001 [9]
Baltimore, MD–Washington, DC Baltimore/Washington International Airport 2003 [10]
Houston, TX George Bush Intercontinental Airport 2003 [11]
Oakland, CA Oakland International Airport 2003 [12]
Ft. Lauderdale, FL Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport 2005At its opening, this was the largest facility in the US. [13]
Phoenix, AZ Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport 2006Connected to PHX Sky Train APM. [14]
Las Vegas, NV Harry Reid International Airport 2007 [15]
Kansas City, MO Kansas City International Airport 2007 [16]
Anchorage, AK Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport 2007 [17]
Spokane, WA Spokane International Airport 2008 [18]
Atlanta, GA Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport 2009Connected to ATL SkyTrain APM. [19]
Fresno, CA Fresno Yosemite International Airport 2009 [20]
Miami, FL Miami International Airport 2010Connected to MIA Mover APM. Part of the Miami Intermodal Center [21]
San Jose, CA San Jose International Airport 2010 [22]
Nashville, TN Nashville International Airport 2011 [23] [24]
Memphis, TN Memphis International Airport 2012 [25] [26]
Seattle, WA Seattle–Tacoma International Airport 2012At opening, largest facility in the US to win LEED Silver certification. [27] [28] [29] [30]
New Orleans, LA Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport 2012 [31] [32] [33]
Chicago, IL Midway International Airport 2013
Boston, MA Logan International Airport 2013 [34]
Newark, NJ/New York City Newark Liberty International Airport 2013Connected to AirTrain Newark monorail. [35]
Burbank, CA Hollywood Burbank Airport 2014Part of the Regional Intermodal Transportation Center.
San Juan, Puerto Rico Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport 2014
Moline, IL Quad Cities International Airport 2014
Austin, TX Austin–Bergstrom International Airport 2015 [36]
Charlotte, NC Charlotte Douglas International Airport 2015 [37]
San Diego, CA San Diego International Airport 2016 [38]
Oklahoma City, OK Will Rogers World Airport 2016 [39]
Salt Lake City, UT Salt Lake City International Airport 2016 [40] [41]
San Antonio, TX San Antonio International Airport 2018 [42]
Tampa, FL Tampa International Airport 2018Connected to SkyConnect APM. [43] [44] [45] [46] [47]
Chicago, IL O'Hare International Airport 2018Connected to Airport Transit System APM. [48] [49]
Kahului, HI Kahului Airport 2019Connected to CONRAC Tram. [50]
Honolulu, HI Daniel K. Inouye International Airport 2020
Columbus, OH John Glenn Columbus International Airport 2021 [51]
Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport 2021 [52]
Portland, OR Portland International Airport 2021
Windsor Locks, CT Bradley International Airport 2022

Facilities under construction

The LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility is currently under construction at Los Angeles International Airport. When completed in mid-2024, the US$1.5 billion building will be the largest CONRAC in the world at 6,300,000 square feet (590,000 m2) and will host up to 21,000 rental vehicles. It will be connected to the airport's terminals by an under construction people mover. [53]

The Reno–Tahoe International Airport is currently building a Rental Car and Ground Transportation Center, scheduled to open in 2025. [12]

The Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, MI is currently construction a 4 story ConRAC, scheduled to open in 2026. [54]

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