Surfboard policy · AV
Flying with a surfboard on Avianca
Avianca takes surfboards with no published fee figure.
The fine print
Surf equipment: one bag containing up to three surfboards, bag up to 3.7 m (12 ft) long, total weight under 32 kg (70 lb). Add via avianca.com at purchase, Manage your booking, or Contact Center up to 48 hours before departure; also purchasable at the airport counter. Unconventional baggage requires signing Avianca's limited-liability release. Note: help-center article fetch was blocked (HTTP 403); dimensional details confirmed via official-domain (ayuda.avianca.com) search snippets plus a partial browser capture of the article.
Will your bag clear it?
Avianca publishes a length figure rather than a linear cap, so the comparison depends on your bag's own numbers. Check your exact bag: we hold the measured dimensions of 128 board bags and print a verdict per airline.
Fair questions
Does Avianca charge for surfboards?
Avianca publishes no fee figure for boards. Transported by paying the applicable sports-equipment fee; amount is route-dependent and not published as a flat figure — Avianca directs passengers to its baggage calculator / booking flow (buying online is cheaper than at the airport).
What is Avianca's surfboard size limit?
Bag of up to 3.7 m (12 ft) long (pure length).
Does a board bag count as a checked bag on Avianca?
No. The board is handled outside the standard checked-bag allowance. Transported by paying the applicable sports-equipment fee; amount is route-dependent and not published as a flat figure — Avianca directs passengers to its baggage calculator / booking flow (buying online is cheaper than at the airport).
Airline policies change without notice, and the operating carrier's policy is the one that counts, not the airline that sold the ticket. Confirm on the airline's baggage page before you fly. Fees across all 59 carriers: which airlines charge for a board. Size math: every bag against every limit.
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