✈️ Airport
In this section you'll learn useful Spanish airport vocabulary and everyday expressions for checking in, going through security, finding your gate, boarding a flight, and collecting your luggage after arrival.
🟢 Basic Airport Vocabulary
✈️ Airport → Aeropuerto
🛫 Flight → Vuelo
🎫 Ticket → Boleto / Billete
🎟️ Boarding pass → Tarjeta de embarque
🛂 Passport → Pasaporte
🪪 Identification / ID → Identificación
🟡 Luggage & Airport Areas
🧳 Luggage → Equipaje
👜 Carry-on luggage → Equipaje de mano
🚪 Boarding gate → Puerta de embarque
🔍 Security checkpoint → Control de seguridad
🛃 Customs → Aduana
🧳 Baggage claim → Recogida de equipaje
🔵 Flight Information
⏰ Departure → Salida
🛬 Arrival → Llegada
🧍 Passenger → Pasajero / Pasajera
⏳ Delayed → Retrasado / Retrasada
❌ Canceled → Cancelado / Cancelada
🛫 To board → Embarcar
🧠 Useful Airport Language
💡 Use facturar when talking about checking in luggage for a flight.
Quiero facturar esta maleta.
I want to check this suitcase.
¿Dónde puedo facturar mi equipaje?
Where can I check my luggage?
Quiero facturar esta maleta.
I want to check this suitcase.
¿Dónde puedo facturar mi equipaje?
Where can I check my luggage?
💡 Airport screens often use salidas for departing flights and llegadas for arriving flights.
Busca el vuelo en la pantalla de salidas.
Look for the flight on the departures screen.
Nos vemos en la zona de llegadas.
We'll meet in the arrivals area.
Busca el vuelo en la pantalla de salidas.
Look for the flight on the departures screen.
Nos vemos en la zona de llegadas.
We'll meet in the arrivals area.
💡 To ask about a flight's status, you can use ¿Está...? with words such as retrasado or cancelado.
¿Está retrasado el vuelo?
Is the flight delayed?
¿Han cancelado el vuelo?
Has the flight been canceled?
¿Está retrasado el vuelo?
Is the flight delayed?
¿Han cancelado el vuelo?
Has the flight been canceled?
💬 Useful Airport Phrases
🎟️ Tengo el pasaporte y la tarjeta de embarque en mi mochila.
I have my passport and boarding pass in my backpack.
I have my passport and boarding pass in my backpack.
🚪 ¿Me puede decir dónde está la puerta de embarque número quince?
Can you tell me where boarding gate number fifteen is?
Can you tell me where boarding gate number fifteen is?
⏳ Nuestro vuelo lleva una hora de retraso, así que tenemos que esperar.
Our flight is one hour late, so we have to wait.
Our flight is one hour late, so we have to wait.
🧳 Después de aterrizar, tenemos que recoger las maletas antes de salir.
After landing, we have to collect our suitcases before leaving.
After landing, we have to collect our suitcases before leaving.
💬 Everyday Conversations
Checking in for a flight
A: Buenos días. Quisiera facturar esta maleta.
B: Claro. ¿Me puede mostrar su pasaporte, por favor?
A: Sí, aquí tiene.
A: Good morning. I would like to check this suitcase.
B: Of course. Can you show me your passport, please?
A: Yes, here you are.
A: Buenos días. Quisiera facturar esta maleta.
B: Claro. ¿Me puede mostrar su pasaporte, por favor?
A: Sí, aquí tiene.
A: Good morning. I would like to check this suitcase.
B: Of course. Can you show me your passport, please?
A: Yes, here you are.
Finding the boarding gate
A: Disculpe, ¿sabe de qué puerta sale el vuelo a Madrid?
B: Sí, sale de la puerta veintidós. El embarque empieza en treinta minutos.
A: Excuse me, do you know which gate the flight to Madrid leaves from?
B: Yes, it leaves from gate twenty-two. Boarding starts in thirty minutes.
A: Disculpe, ¿sabe de qué puerta sale el vuelo a Madrid?
B: Sí, sale de la puerta veintidós. El embarque empieza en treinta minutos.
A: Excuse me, do you know which gate the flight to Madrid leaves from?
B: Yes, it leaves from gate twenty-two. Boarding starts in thirty minutes.
📝 Example Sentences
🧳 Llegamos temprano al aeropuerto porque necesitábamos facturar dos maletas grandes.
We arrived at the airport early because we needed to check two large suitcases.
We arrived at the airport early because we needed to check two large suitcases.
🔍 Había una fila larga en el control de seguridad, pero avanzaba bastante rápido.
There was a long line at the security checkpoint, but it was moving quite quickly.
There was a long line at the security checkpoint, but it was moving quite quickly.
🛬 El vuelo aterrizó un poco antes de la hora prevista.
The flight landed a little earlier than scheduled.
The flight landed a little earlier than scheduled.
🚪 Cambiaron nuestra puerta de embarque cuando ya estábamos esperando para subir al avión.
They changed our boarding gate when we were already waiting to get on the plane.
They changed our boarding gate when we were already waiting to get on the plane.
👜 Solo llevo equipaje de mano porque el viaje dura tres días.
I'm only taking carry-on luggage because the trip lasts three days.
I'm only taking carry-on luggage because the trip lasts three days.
🧳 Una de nuestras maletas tardó mucho en aparecer en la zona de recogida de equipaje.
One of our suitcases took a long time to appear in the baggage claim area.
One of our suitcases took a long time to appear in the baggage claim area.
🏆 Final Practice
Try saying each phrase before pressing play.
- ¿Dónde está la puerta de embarque?
- Quiero facturar esta maleta.
- Aquí tiene mi pasaporte.
- ¿Está retrasado el vuelo?
- Solo llevo equipaje de mano.
- ¿Dónde está la recogida de equipaje?