If you are travelling with children, you will find many opportunities at the Airport for your children to have fun or take a rest. We also lend pushchairs and have changing tables available to make travelling with the youngest children easier.
Child passport
Just like an adult, every child needs a valid travel document to travel abroad. More information on travelling with children is provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic here.
Tips for travelling with children
Before arriving at the airport, explain to your children what to expect there. Prepare them for each procedure such as check-in and security check.
Liquids, including baby food necessary for the duration of the flight, have to be declared at the security checkpoint. Therefore, when packing your baggage, place them at the top to speed up your passage through security.
Transport
Parking
If you arrive at the airport by car, we recommend that you park at Parking C when departing from Terminal 1 and at Parking A when departing from Terminal 2.
Taxi
If you arrive at the airport using our partner taxi service providers – FIX TAXI or Taxi Praha – you can request a car equipped with a child safety seat appropriate for your child’s age.
Travelling with pushchairs
Using your own pushchair
If you travel with your own pushchair, you can usually use it until boarding. Your pushchair is subject to security check, during which you will be asked to fold the pushchair and put it through the x-ray machine. At the gate, it is necessary to hand over the pushchair. The handling company’s staff will make sure it is safely stored in the baggage compartment or in other designated area of the plane. Specific conditions regarding the transport of pushchairs always depend on the particular air carrier and on the particular flight capacity.
Borrowing our pushchair for free
If you do not need to use your pushchair to get through the airport, you can check it in at the check-in counter and hand it over at the oversize baggage counter. You can then borrow one of your pushchairs for free – they can be found behind the passport checkpoint in Terminal 1, behind the security checkpoint in Terminal 2 and at many other points in both terminals. They are suitable for children up to 25 kg. You can use our pushchair throughout your whole time at the airport until you arrive at your gate.
Passport control – Terminal 1
If you depart from Terminal 1, you must go through passport control. When travelling with children under 15 years of age, it is not possible to use the EasyGo Gates for automated passport control. Therefore it is necessary that you go through the standard passport control that is carried out by police officers. If you travel with a pushchair, upon approaching the boarding pass validator, contact the security control officer present there.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask any information assistant in the passport control area for help.
Security control with children
Security control of children in pushchairs
If you get through the airport with your own pushchair, it must pass through security control. The folded pushchair will be screened by the x-ray machine. If the screening cannot be done due to the dimensions of the pushchair, some other form of control will be used.
Parents travelling with children in pushchairs departing from Terminal 2 can use a designated lane at security control. Upon arriving at the boarding pass control checkpoint, follow the pushchair sign.
Going through the security frame
In order to go through the security frame, await the instructions of the security control officer. Older children pass through the security frame on their own, younger children are allowed to be carried in arms.
There is no need to be afraid of going through the security frame when travelling during pregnancy. The security frame works as a metal detector and does not emit dangerous radiation. Nevertheless, mothers-to-be have the option to avoid passing through the security frame. If they choose to do so, some other form of control will be used.
Baby food
Although baby food necessary for the duration of the flight is allowed on board without limitations, is has to be declared and presented for x-ray screening outside the baggage.
Facilities for parents with children
At the airport, there are special rooms for parents with children who are looking for a quiet and private place. They are equipped with a changing table, a playroom, a private restroom and a kitchenette, where it is possible to, for example, heat up food for young travellers.
Lounges
more comfortably. Among other things, the lounges also feature playrooms for children.
Changing tables
Changing tables are located not only in the special rooms for parents with children, but also in most women’s and men’s restrooms in both public and transit areas of the airport.
Special toilet cubicles for parents with children
In selected restrooms in Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, there are cubicles for parents with children that are equipped with children size toilets and sinks.
AeroRooms
In case you need to wait at the airport with your children longer than expected or if you want to avoid an early morning journey to the airport or get some rest after your arrival, you can come and stay in AeroRooms Hotel. Its rooms offer accommodation for 1–4 persons and may be equipped with a baby crib upon request. The rooms in the public area must be booked in advance, whereas those in the transit area do not require prior booking.
Having fun at the airport
There are various climbing frames, slides and toys available for children in public and transit areas of the airport, which will certainly keep them entertained.
Viewing terrace
If you have plenty of time prior to the departure of your flight, you can have some fun at our viewing terrace, which provides a direct view of the runway and from which the aircraft can be observed.
Geocaching
Those who love geocatching can take part in the Geotour, thanks to which they can get to know the airport and its surroundings better.
More information is available here Geocaching.com.
Giant Games
Giant games give both adults and children the opportunity to have more fun at the airport than ever before. Come and enjoy a game of Ludo and chess or go jumping. It is only up to you whether you decide to play with your family and friends or challenge someone else to a game. Not only children but also adults will appreciate being able to play with truly giant game pieces while waiting for a flight.
World of Airports, New Mobile Device Game
Children can enjoy the World of Airports app, a mobile device game, partnered by Prague Airport. In World of Airports players handle individual flights, earning money to gradually build their own fleet of aircraft, launch new routes and expand their base airport’s capacity. Alongside Prague Airport, which is the most elaborate in the game, the players can choose from airports in Innsbruck, Austria, and Bari in Italy. The game can now be downloaded for free from the App Store and Google Play. Use our free WiFi connection to download and play the game.
Eating
Restaurant Runway
In our new Restaurant Runway, you can choose either from the daily menu comprising a variety of Czech and international meals or from the fixed menu which includes two children’s meals. There are high chairs available to use for free.
Drinking fountains
There are drinking fountains for refreshment and bottle refills across the whole airport, in its public and non-public areas.
Room for parents with children
The rooms for parents with children in Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 are used free of charge. They are equipped with children’s chairs and a microwave for heating up meals.
Children travelling alone
Some air carriers offer accompaniment services for children who travel alone. The service can be booked with the air carrier, usually already when booking the flight. The child will be accompanied by an employee of the handling company until boarding the plane. After arriving at the final destination, the child will be again accompanied by the worker of the handling company until being collected by a responsible person designated in advance.
The age at which children can travel unaccompanied, as well as the conditions and charges for the provision of this service vary according to the air carrier.
Pushchairs
Using your own pushchair
After arrival of the flight, you will get your pushchair back either immediately after disembarking from the plane or later at the oversize baggage counter in the baggage reclaim area. The place and method of offloading your pushchair depends on the way it was checked-in and on the rules of your air carrier. Please check these conditions before your departure.
Borrowing our pushchair for free
Just as before your departure, you can borrow one of our pushchairs for free after your arrival to get through the airport. The pushchairs are located at many points in the arrival corridors in Terminal 1 and 2. You can use the pushchair to get around the airport until reaching the area in front of baggage reclaim, where you simply leave it.
Passport control – Terminal 1
If you arrive at Terminal 1, you must go through passport control. When travelling with children under 15 years of age, it is not possible to use the EasyGo Gates for automated passport control. Therefore it is necessary that you go through the standard passport control which is carried out by police officers.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask any information assistant in the passport control area for help.
Transport
Taxi
If you leave the airport using our partner taxi service providers – FIX TAXI or Taxi Praha – you can request a car equipped with a child safety seat appropriate for your child’s age.
