Flying with a surfboard on KLM
Checked bag or sports fee · up to 300 cm · 23 kg.
Booking: Reservation required for bags over 107 cm
- a surfboard in a board bag can replace a checked bag in your allowance
- bags over 300 cm not carried
- the 23 kg figure (32 kg in Business) sits in the ski section; the surf text does not repeat it
- extra fee may apply on flights to or from Canada, Mexico and the US, and if the board is on top of your allowance
KLM's sports baggage page · checked 2026-10. Rules and fees change: check before you fly.
Surf trips on KLM
Bali, Biarritz, Hossegor, Lisbon, Ericeira, Peniche, Costa Rica (San José), Peru (Lima), Barbados, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, California, San Diego, California, Los Angeles, Panama, Ecuador, Montañita (Guayaquil), Chile (Santiago, for Pichilemu).