Benefit from numerous services that make it easy to travel with your kids. Are your children travelling alone? Please contact your flight agency and book the service for unaccompanied children. This will ensure that your children will be in professional hands during the whole journey.
Flying with children
Tips for a relaxing family vacation
- Use day-before or online check-in: Avoid pre-departure stress by taking advantage of the day-before check-in service. With online check-in, you can book your favorite seats well in advance from the comfort of your home.
- Arrive in plenty of time: Budget enough time to get to the airport, hand in your luggage and get through the screening points at the airport. Especially during holiday periods, occasional surges in passenger volumes may result in longer waiting times in some areas. Our suggestion: Be in the terminal early, but not before the counters open. To find out how long before departure the counters open please contact your airline.
- Park directly at the airport: Take advantage of the spacious parking areas and multi-storey car parks at Munich Airport and get to your departure quickly and conveniently. You can park particularly close to the terminal in the P5, P7 or P20. Terminal Parking
- Did you forget something? No need to panic! At Munich Airport you'll find a supermarket, drugstore, pharmacy, news agent and many more stores for you and your family. Diapers, baby food or children's books - you'll find anything you need before take-off.
- Is your child flying alone? Then contact your flight agency in advance to inquire about and book the service for unaccompanied children.
Travel documents for children
Remember: A travel document is required for every person travelling. The type of document depends on the destination. To find out whether a passport, child ID card or personal identity card is required, contact the embassy or consulate of the destination country.
If your minor children are travelling with relatives or friends, remember that documented permission is required from all parents or legal guardians. That also applies if only one of two legal guardians is making the trip.
The easiest solution is to have a written declaration of consent on hand with the signatures of all legal guardians. These data should be included:
- Last name, first name and date of birth of the minor child
- Purpose and destination of the trip
- Duration of the trip
- Accompanying persons
- Names and contact details of all parents / legal guardians
Checklist hand luggage
- Warm socks
- Clothing and a blanket to keep children warm in the cool air from the air conditioning
- A favourite teddy bear
- Book and a small toy
- Coloring book and crayons
- Baby food, bottles and pacifier
- Favorite snack
- Diapers and wet wipes
- Bag for dirty clothing and diapers
- Extra clothing for children and parents
- Any necessary medication
Baby food and medication
Any baby food and medication needed by you or your child during the trip can be carried in your hand luggage.
Our suggestion: Keep the containers within easy reach, as you will have to present them at security screening.
Buggies and child seats
You can bring your stroller or buggy, but they need to be labeled as baggage item.
In Terminal 2 you can take your own (labeled) buggy or pram with you up to the aircraft door.
In Terminal 1, you can hand over your stroller or buggy at the check-in desk like a regular baggage item. Immediately after the Terminal 1 security checkpoint, you can borrow a buggy free of charge.
You can hand in child car seats as bulky luggage. With some airlines, you can also use car seats as a restraint system in the aircraft. Please contact your airline in advance for more information.
If you don't bring your car seats or buggy on the vacation, you can hand them in at the Left luggage point in the Service Center at a low charge.
Faster through security checks
At Munich Airport, families with small children and pregnant women get through security screening and passport control faster:
In Terminal 1, you can use all fast-track lanes preferentially.
In Terminal 2, there is a dedicated family access to the central security checkpoint.
Our staff on site will be happy to help you and show families and pregnant women the appropriate lanes - for a fast and relaxed way through the controls.
All information about security screening and passport control
