About checking in firearms | Aena

Passengers

Check the dimensions, weight and number of items permitted by your airline before travelling. Each airline has its own restrictions.

Check that you are not carrying any prohibited or restricted items in your hand luggage. Remember that the lists shown are for guidance, they are not definitive.

You must be there at least 45 minutes before the departure of the flight. Please bear in mind traffic jams and possible building works at the airport.

Go to the check-in desks upon arrival at your terminal. Take into account queues, police processes, passing through security and the transfer to the boarding areas.

For you own wellbeing, we recommend you keep all your medication in your hand luggage and ensure it is easy to access.

Checking in firearms

How should they be transported?

  • Firearms or regulated firearms whose acquisition, possession or use is authorised must be checked-in.
  • They must be unloaded and properly packaged to ensure safety during the journey.
  • Ammunition must be transported in a hard case that is separate from the firearm and it must weigh no more than 5 kg. (including the container).

Transporte de armas en aeronaves comerciales (pdf - 957.59 kB)

Remember

  • Complete form 790 and pay the fee. You can do this before you go to the airport, online and at cash machines and banks included in the AEAT agreements.
  • If you are transporting a firearm that is not yours, you must show authorisation from the owner and the original guide for the weapon. Temporary transfer of weapons document
  • These procedures can be carried out remotely at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, Bilbao, Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat and Málaga-Costa del Sol airports: https://sede.guardiacivil.gob.es/procedures/choose-ambit/idp/731

What procedures should I follow?

Departure airport

At the Guardia Civil firearms control office.

  1. If you are the owner, you must show:

    Spanish resident

    • National ID card (DNI) or passport
    • Firearms licence
    • Firearm owner’s guide
    • Flight ticket

    EU resident or in transit

    • European Firearms Pass (EFP), if travelling to countries that are EU members or that have signed agreements regarding the EFP (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and the Principality of Liechtenstein).

    Foreign national from outside the EU

    • Passport
    • Special permit granted on entering Spain
    • Flight ticket

  2. Form 790 (payment of fees) completed and paid (one per passenger). The fee can be paid online and at cash machines and banks included in the AEAT agreements.

    Download form 790 here.

  3. You will be issued with the firearms boarding authorisation (original and copy) and the receipt of payment of the fee.
  4. Your firearm and ammunition cases will be checked.

These procedures can be carried out remotely at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, Bilbao, Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat and Málaga-Costa del Sol Airports: https://sede.guardiacivil.gob.es/procedures/choose-ambit/idp/731

At the check-in desk

  1. You must show the authorisation that the Civil Guard Firearms Control Unit (Intervención de Armas) has issued to you in your name.
  2. You must hand over the firearm and ammunition for pre-sealing along with the baggage you are checking in.
  3. You must keep the original with you; the copy should be included in the luggage or case containing the firearm.

Arrival airport

If it is in an EU country:
  1. You must show your European Firearms Pass (EFP) at the border entry point.
  2. You will be issued with an invitation to go hunting or take part in a sporting activity.
  3. You must collect your firearm from the offices of the police authorities at your destination airport, where you will have to show the authorisation issued to you on departure.
If it is not in an EU country

Inquire at the country’s embassy or consulate in Spain about current local legislation on the possession, transportation and use of firearms.

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