Kiosk check-in at Prague Airport: a five-minute checklist

On some flights from Prague Airport, charter flights sold by tour operators among them, passengers are now sent to self-service kiosks instead of a check-in desk. You print your own boarding pass and bag tag and drop off the case yourself. It is easy once you know the order.

Before you leave

• Check whether your airline offers online check-in. If it does, do it at home: with a boarding pass on your phone you can skip the kiosk.
• Keep your passport and booking code to hand. The kiosk finds your flight from the passport, the e-ticket or the code.
• Move power banks and spare batteries into your hand luggage before you leave. At the bag drop you confirm there are none in the case.
• Allow extra time for the drive: the Aviatická junction on the road to the airport is being rebuilt until 2027, and it jams at rush hour.

At the airport

1. Kiosk. Kiosks stand in the departure halls of both terminals but work only for selected airlines. Scan your passport or ticket, pick a seat, and the kiosk prints the boarding pass and the bag tag.
2. Tag. Fix the tag to the handle and keep the tear-off stub. Photograph the barcode: if the bag goes missing, that number is the first thing the lost-luggage desk asks for.
3. Self bag drop. Counters 272–295 in Terminal 2 and 130–135 in Terminal 1. Scan the boarding pass, put the bag on the belt, confirm it holds nothing forbidden and take the receipt.
4. Security. Scan the boarding pass at the gates. In Terminal 2 security comes next; in Terminal 1 you go through passport control first and security is at the departure gate.

If it doesn't work

There is usually an agent near the kiosks. If you cannot use a kiosk at all, for example you have no smartphone or a baby in your arms, say so and staff will send you to a staffed counter. Staffed counters usually open about two hours before departure and close 40 minutes before it.

More on flying out of Prague, including terminals, security and how early to arrive: our Prague Airport departure guide. A car from your hotel to the terminal at a price agreed in advance: Prague Airport drop-off.