What am I allowed to travel with on an aircraft? | 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.

Always carry your valuable items (jewellery, electronic devices, etc.), important documents and money in your hand luggage.

Bring photocopies of all your documentation (tickets, passports, visas, health cards, insurance documents, driving licences) and keep them separate from their originals.

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

What is allowed in hand luggage on a plane?

Permitted liquids

You may travel with:
  • Liquids, perfumes
  • Creams.
  • Aerosols.
  • Foams.
  • Gels, shampoo and toothpaste.

  • Liquid medicines or special diets that have to be used during the journey(outward flight, stay return flight).

  • Drinks, cosmetics, perfumes, etc. bought at airport shops or on an aircraft belonging to any airline.
How should I carry them?

Liquids, perfumes, creams, aerosols, foams, gels, shampoo and toothpaste: in individual containers not exceeding 100 ml, placed in individual containers with a capacity of less than 100 ml. These containers must be carried in a transparent plastic bag that can be resealed, with a capacity of not more than 1 litre (a bag approximately 20 x 20 cm in size). Each passenger may carry only one such bag (including children). transparent, resealable plastic bag (1 bag per passenger, including children, approx. 20 x 20 cm), which must be fully closed. Bags must be placed in security checkpoint trays, separate from luggage.

Liquid medicines or special diets: whenever possible, have your prescription with you or proof of your specific condition, including children’s food.

Drinks, cosmetics, perfumes, etc.: keep any purchases made at the airport or on board the aircraft inside an approved sealed security bag, together with the receipt. Do not open these bags until you reach your final destination.

Prepare liquids for security control (pdf - 640.46 kB)

Remember

  • Security personnel may require containers of liquid to be opened for inspection.
  • Liquids that do not pass inspection, or that passengers refuse to have inspected, cannot be passed through security.
  • Restrictions relating to the transport of liquids do not affect checked luggage.

Food

You may travel with:

Small amounts for personal consumption, meeting the restrictions on animal and dairy products, provided they comply with the size and weight limits established by the airline.

How do I carry them?

You can carry them in any of your hand luggage items.

Security personnel may require you to open the packages.

Remember

  • Check the regulations of the destination country.
  • Check the food products to which restrictions apply.

Drugs and medical utensils

You may travel with:
  • Liquid drugs that are to be used during the trip (outgoing and return flights and stay) are exempt from the restrictions applicable to transporting liquids in hand luggage.
  • Solid drugs.
How should I carry them?

You should carry the relevant prescription with you. You must carry a medical certificate with you, if you have to carry objects in your hand luggage such as syringes or other objects included in any of the prohibited categories.

You must talk to your airline if you are going to travel to a country outside the European Union and, if that is the case, check the conditions for taking medication into the country, or for transporting medical equipment (syringes for diabetics, measuring devices, etc.) if you need to.

Electronic devices

You may travel with:
  • Laptop computers.
  • Mobile phones and tablets.
  • External batteries and hard drives.
  • Other devices with lithium batteries (find more information about the restrictions here).
How do I carry them?

They must be taken out of their cases or sleeves and put into separate security trays.

Dangerous goods provisions (pdf - 450.76 kB)

Other permitted objects

You may travel with:
  • Crutches or walking sticks, provided that you need them to get around.
  • Foldable trekking poles, which can be kept inside the suitcase for inspection with the X-ray scanner.
  • Prams and pushchairs.
  • Cots and baby seats.
  • Urns for ashes.
How do I carry them?

Crutches, walking sticks, prams, pushchairs, and baby seats: must pass through the x-ray security separately.

Cremation urns: the urn should be accompanied by the death certificate (people) and the cremation certificate (people and animals). This type of object should be placed on a different rack to the rest of the luggage.

What items are prohibited in hand luggage?

Prohibited products

  • Firearms and weapons in general: if you are going to transport weapons, you need authorisation. Please refer to the weapons check-in section for information on how to obtain it.
  • Devices that fire projectiles.
  • Devices to stun or immobilise.
  • Objects with a sharp point or a cutting edge.
  • Blunt instruments.
  • Tools which can cause serious injuries.
  • Flammable, explosive and incendiary substances and devices.
  • Chemical and toxic substances.

Some of these prohibited hand luggage items may be carried in your checked baggage. Please refer to the attached files for more detailed information on items prohibited on aircraft (carry-on and/or checked baggage).

Items Prohibited on Aircraft (pdf - 1.3 MB)

Dangerous goods provisions (pdf - 450.76 kB)

Important

  • For passenger security reasons, passengers should not check in or transport luggage for strangers.
  • Security staff may deny access to the boarding area and the aeroplane cabin to any passenger in possession of an article which, although not considered prohibited, arouses their suspicions.
  • Bear in mind that these items may be affected by more than one regulation (airport security, transport without risk of dangerous goods, etc.). In this case, the most restrictive regulation applies.
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