# Consolidated rental car facility

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 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 rental.
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.
The first known consolidated facility was built at Sacramento International Airport in 1994. 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. 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).
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). Because of these mergers, even in cities without a consolidated facility, many of these companies have consolidated all their brands into one location.

## Locations

| Locale | Airport | Year | Notes |
| Sacramento, CA | Sacramento International Airport | 1994 | First facility in the U.S. |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | Eastern Iowa Airport | 1996 | Opened New Joint Use Rental Car Facility in 1996 |
| Minneapolis–Saint Paul | Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport | 1998 | Had been operating common shuttle buses since 1988. |
| Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Hopkins International Airport | 1998 | |
| San Francisco, CA | San Francisco International Airport | 1998 | Connected to AirTrain APM (automated people mover) system. Expanded in June 2008 |
| Dallas–Ft. Worth, TX | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport | 2000 | In 1990, DFW had two rental car sites on the north and south sides of the airport. Both hosted Avis, Budget, Hertz and National. A new facility that consolidated more brands opened south of the airport in March 2000 |
| Albuquerque, NM | Albuquerque International Sunport | 2001 | |
| Baltimore, MD–Washington, DC | Baltimore/Washington International Airport | 2003 | |
| Houston, TX | George Bush Intercontinental Airport | 2003 | |
| Oakland, CA | Oakland International Airport | 2003 | |
| Ft. Lauderdale, FL | Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport | 2005 | At its opening, this was the largest facility in the US. |
| Phoenix, AZ | Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport | 2006 | Connected to PHX Sky Train APM. |
| Las Vegas, NV | Harry Reid International Airport | 2007 | |
| Kansas City, MO | Kansas City International Airport | 2007 | |
| Anchorage, AK | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport | 2007 | |
| Spokane, WA | Spokane International Airport | 2008 | |
| Atlanta, GA | Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | 2009 | Connected to ATL SkyTrain APM. |
| Fresno, CA | Fresno Yosemite International Airport | 2009 | |
| Miami, FL | Miami International Airport | 2010 | Connected to MIA Mover APM. Part of the Miami Intermodal Center |
| San Jose, CA | San Jose International Airport | 2010 | |
| Nashville, TN | Nashville International Airport | 2011 | |
| Memphis, TN | Memphis International Airport | 2012 | |
| Seattle, WA | Seattle–Tacoma International Airport | 2012 | At opening, largest facility in the US to win LEED Silver certification. |
| New Orleans, LA | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport | 2012 | |
| Chicago, IL | Midway International Airport | 2013 | |
| Boston, MA | Logan International Airport | 2013 | |
| Newark, NJ/New York City | Newark Liberty International Airport | 2013/2023 | Original location closed, with a new one opened in 2023 as part of new Terminal A project. Connected to AirTrain Newark monorail. |
| Burbank, CA | Hollywood Burbank Airport | 2014 | Part 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 | |
| Charlotte, NC | Charlotte Douglas International Airport | 2015 | |
| San Diego, CA | San Diego International Airport | 2016 | |
| Oklahoma City, OK | Will Rogers World Airport | 2016 | |
| Salt Lake City, UT | Salt Lake City International Airport | 2016 | |
| San Antonio, TX | San Antonio International Airport | 2018 | |
| Tampa, FL | Tampa International Airport | 2018 | Connected to SkyConnect APM. |
| Chicago, IL | O'Hare International Airport | 2018 | Connected to Airport Transit System APM. |
| Kahului, HI | Kahului Airport | 2019 | Connected to CONRAC Tram. |
| Honolulu, HI | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | 2020 | |
| Columbus, OH | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | 2021 | |
| Cincinnati, OH | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport | 2021 | |
| Portland, OR | Portland International Airport | 2021 | |
| Windsor Locks, CT | Bradley International Airport | 2022 | |
| Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) | 2024 | The US$1.5 billion building is the largest CONRAC in the world at 6,300,000 square feet (590,000 m$^2$) and hosts up to 21,000 rental vehicles. It connects to the airport's terminals by an under construction people mover. |

### Facilities under construction

The Reno–Tahoe International Airport is currently building a Rental Car and Ground Transportation Center, scheduled to open in 2028.
The Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, MI is currently construction a 4-story ConRAC, scheduled to open in 2026.