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Kite bag policy
Hawaiian Airlines kiteboard bag policy
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Free within your allowance
A kite bag flies free inside the standard baggage allowance.
counts as standard bag - no additional surfboard/sports-equipment fee since January 8, 2025
What it costs and what fits
- Fee
- counts as standard bag - no additional surfboard/sports-equipment fee since January 8, 2025
- Max weight
- 32 kg
- Max length
- 292 cm
- Max L+W+H
- 292 cm
- Filed as
- Standard checked baggage (surfboards, kiteboards, paddleboards, bicycles, windsurf gear all now treated as ordinary checked bags, no special sports fee)
- Home region
- USA (Hawaii)
Policy as of 2025 · Hawaiian Airlines’ own policy page
Before you pack
2 points
- Bikes and windsurf equipment get a higher 32kg (70lb) weight cap than other sports gear (23kg/50lb) - kiteboards/surfboards fall in the standard 23kg tier unless paired as "windsurf equipment"
- Print or screenshot the current policy in case a check-in agent still tries to apply the old fee schedule
What riders report at the counter
2 reports
- Hawaiian dropped its dedicated surfboard and sports-equipment fee on 8 January 2025 — it had run up to USD 200 per direction on some routes
- Check-in counters have stayed inconsistent since the policy change — be ready to show the current written policy if the agent has not caught up with it