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Kite bag policy
Southwest Airlines kiteboard bag policy
Free within your allowance
A kite bag flies free inside the standard baggage allowance.
Counts as standard bag: free if used as one of the first 2 free checked bags (Southwest's signature 'bags fly free' policy) provided under 50 lb/62 in (2026)
What it costs and what fits
- Fee
- Counts as standard bag: free if used as one of the first 2 free checked bags (Southwest's signature 'bags fly free' policy) provided under 50 lb/62 in;
- overweight fee applies above 50 lb.
- Oversize fee is waived.
- Max weight
- 45.3 kg
- Max L+W+H
- 292 cm
- Pieces
- 1 kiteboard/board bag = 1 checked item
- Pre-booking
- No pre-booking needed
- Filed as
- Sports equipment (including kiteboards, surfboards, windsurf boards) travels as a standard checked bag; oversize fees are waived, but standard and overweight bag fees apply.
- Home region
- USA
- Hawaii inter-island Surfboard travels free as one of the 2 free bags
- to/from Hawaii (mainland connections) and all other routes Standard bag counted toward the 2 free bags; $75 fee if it exceeds 62 linear inches or 50 lb
Policy as of August 2026 · Southwest Airlines’ own policy page
Before you pack
2 points
- Remove keels/fins and pack them in carry-on or padded within the checked bag as required by Southwest's own kiteboard policy article.
- Since Southwest gives 2 free checked bags to all passengers, a kiteboard bag under 50 lb/62 in typically flies at no extra cost as one of those two.
What riders report at the counter
1 report
- Southwest's own kiteboard baggage support article notes items are carried under a 'limited release of liability' -- damage to fins/keels or the board is not reimbursable unless properly packed and fins removed.