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Kite bag policy
Garuda Indonesia kiteboard bag policy
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Extra fee
A kite bag is charged on top of the ticket.
Free for 1 piece of sports equipment up to 23kg (separate from, and in addition to, the standard checked baggage allowance) (2026)
What it costs and what fits
- Fee
- Free for 1 piece of sports equipment up to 23kg (separate from, and in addition to, the standard checked baggage allowance).
- A second board/piece, or weight beyond 23kg, is charged against the passenger's standard Free Baggage Allowance (FBA) or billed as excess.
- Max weight
- 23 kg
- Max length
- 300 on mainline jets, 230 on CRJ1000, 160 on ATR cm
- Pieces
- 1 free piece per passenger; additional pieces charged
- Pre-booking
- Not stated as strictly required, but give advance notice anyway
- Small aircraft
- ATR-operated Garuda routes cap sports equipment/board length at just 160cm - well under a typical kite coffin/quiver bag length - and the CRJ1000 caps at 230cm; only mainline jet routes (up to 300cm) comfortably fit a full kite quiver bag.
- Filed as
- Free 'sports equipment' allowance - Garuda's baggage info page lists surfboards, bicycles, golf clubs and dive equipment as qualifying items;
- kiteboards are not separately named but riders report kite quivers are commonly accepted under this same sports-equipment allowance when declared as surf/board equipment.
- Home region
- Indonesia
Policy as of August 2026 · Garuda Indonesia’s own policy page
Before you pack
3 points
- Explicitly request the 'sports equipment' free allowance at check-in - it is separate from your normal checked bag and gate/counter staff won't always apply it automatically
- If flying an ATR-operated domestic leg (common on smaller Indonesian island routes), confirm the 160cm length cap before packing - many kite quiver bags exceed this and may need to be split or shipped separately
- Only one piece travels free; a second kiteboard or spare board should be planned for as excess weight against your standard checked allowance
What riders report at the counter
1 report
- The free 23kg sports-gear allowance is the one Bali travellers most often miss, because they don't know to ask for it separately from checked baggage — a second board in the same bag is weighed against the ordinary checked allowance instead.