Airport Guide to Piedmont Triad International (GSO)

Airport Name

Piedmont Triad International Airport

Airport Location

The airport is located at the centre of North Carolina, at the hub of the Piedmont Triad region, between the cities of Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point.

Terminals

1

IATA Code

GSO

Telephone

+1 336 665 5600

Airport Overview

Piedmont Triad International Airport is located between Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point in North Carolina.

There is a great selection of shops at the airport including a PGA Shop, for all those golfing enthusiasts. Piedmont Triad is also well serviced by transport options including buses, taxis and hotel shuttles. For those driving to and from the airport Interstates I-40 and I-85 are right on its doorstep.

Flights to Piedmont Triad International Airport are available with a number of North American airlines. The airport operates almost 60 flights per day to cities across the United States, including Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Detroit and Miami.

Although security procedures tend to take a significant amount of time regardless of which airport you’re in, Piedmont Triad is still a great one to choose if you want to spend less time at the airport and more time at your destination. It’s reasonably small, but still well serviced by major airlines and well connected. Plus, the roaming Airport Ambassadors, each equipped with an iPad, are a great help.

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Terminal Transfer

Not applicable as there is only one terminal.

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Getting into Town

Bus: The Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation (PART) operates a shuttle to and from Piedmont Triad International. The shuttles run every 30 minutes or so. There are four PART Shuttles that transport passengers to Piedmont Centre, Burnt Poplar, the PTIA Airport area and Pleasant Ridge. If you’re using the shuttle to get to a PART Express bus hub you can use it free of charge, but passengers not transferring onto a bus will have to pay $2.40 for the service. Visit the PART website for route maps.

Taxis: Triad Transportation (tel: (336) 668 9808) provides taxis at the airport. The Triad Transportation desk is located on the lower level of the terminal building. Fares to downtown Greensboro cost about $25 while a taxi to Winston-Salem runs to about $50. The taxi fare to High Point will set you back $40. A $3 surcharge is added if there are more than two passengers. There are also a number of free hotel and motel shuttles.

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Car Parking

The multilevel parking garage is directly across from the terminal and the easiest parking option at the airport. Other options available are surface parking lots for long-term parking, which is also located across from the terminal building and next to the parking garage. The parking garage has a daily rate of $8 and the long-term car parks cost $6 per 24 hours. There is a free shuttle service connecting the surface lots to the terminal, it runs at 10 to 20 minute intervals throughout the day. Short-term metered parking bays are available directly in front of the terminal. Finally, there is also an overflow parking lot located north of the terminal. It is served by airport shuttles and costs just $4 per day.

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Information Desks

The Airport Ambassadors are all equipped with iPads to assist passengers. There are also three information booths.

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Airport Facilities

Money and communications: ATMs and US Postal Service facilities are available in the terminal. UPS and FedEx drop-off boxes are also located in the departures area.

Luggage: A number of airlines, such as Delta, US Airways and United, have offices at the airport in case of lost baggage. For items lost in the airport, head to the airport information centre located near the rental car desks on the arrivals floor or just after the security checkpoint in departures.

Conference and business: The airport’s conference room is located in the arrivals section of the airport next to the United Airlines Baggage Claim Office. It can seat up to 20 people and costs $50 for up to four hours and $100 for longer than that. It is equipped with a TV, flip charts, white board and an overhead projector. In the departures section of the airport the Executive Centre is equipped for business travellers. Alternatively, the Marriot Hotel is also on the airport’s property.

Other facilities: A chapel, shoe shine, help phones, police, hotel info desks, vending machines, a games room and airline lounges are all available at the airport.

Wi-Fi: The airport is equipped with Wi-Fi, which is supplied by Boingo and Opti-Fi. Boingo’s rates start at $9.95 per month, and Opti-Fi starts at $2.99 per 15 minutes.

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Oonagh Shiel
Content Manager at Cheapflights whose travel life can be best summed up as BC (before children) and PC (post children). We only travel during the school holidays so short-haul trips and staycations are our specialities!
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