Checked in and carry-on baggage

Entrance Security Check

All citizens shall pass the entrance security checks upon entering the passenger terminals of Vnukovo International Airport.

All persons entering the Vnukovo International Airport terminal, as well as their baggage and carry-on baggage, are subject to this control.

The security check is performed by aviation security officers using stationary and hand-held metal detectors, X-ray television introscopes, explosive vapor detectors, and other technical means of ensuring transport security and safety.

Queues may occasionally form at the terminal entrances during peak flight departure times.

Please take this into account when planning your trip to the airport. Please be sure to leave for the airport in advance, giving yourself enough time to calmly and comfortably go through pre-flight security check and all pre-flight formalities.

Rules for Carriage of Baggage and Carry-on Baggage

You can find the rules for baggage and carry-on baggage, transporting weapons and ammunition, as well as the list of items, substances and other devices, which are banned or restricted for movement into the transport security area, in the section called Special Information on Transport Safety.

Information on the procedure for screening certain categories of passengers and handling prohibited items and/or substances in the event that they are found on passengers

Passengers with implanted devices that stimulate cardiac activity shall be examined without the use of special and technical means upon presentation of a certificate from a medical institution.

In cases where a passenger is suspected of having items and/or substances prohibited for transportation, a personal (individual) control check is performed, as well as a manual (contact) search of the contents of the passenger’s carry-on baggage.

Substances and items prohibited for transportation found in a passenger’s baggage and carry-on baggage during the security check may be handed over to accompanying persons or accepted for temporary storage. Such items and substances will be stored for 2 months from the date of seizure.

Compressed gases, toxic, poisonous, flammable liquids, batteries with a range of capacity, and other dangerous goods (objects or substances) may not be accepted for storage.

Seized items and substances can be obtained at Vnukovo Airport, Terminal A, 1st floor, domestic arrivals area, unclaimed baggage room. Upon arrival at the terminal, please contact directly the unclaimed baggage room located in the waiting area for domestic passengers.

Cost of tariffs for the services «Registration for storage and issuance of items and substances prohibited for carriage on board the aircraft» and «Storage of items and substances prohibited for carriage on board the aircraft»:

Unclaimed Baggage Helpline: +7 (495) 436-45-13.

Operating hours: 24/7

Passengers who are unable to pass pre-flight security check on a general basis due to their health conditions (on stretchers, disabled people, etc.) shall pass pre-flight security check at the first-aid post at Vnukovo International Airport.

Unclaimed Baggage Helpline: +7 (495) 436-45-13.

Operating hours: 24/7

Passengers who are unable to pass pre-flight security check on a general basis due to their health conditions (on stretchers, disabled people, etc.) shall pass pre-flight security check at the first-aid post at Vnukovo International Airport.

Passengers who refuse to pass pre-flight security check shall not be allowed for carriage.

Rules for Transporting Liquids in Carry-on Baggage

According to the Rules for Pre-Flight and Post-Flight Security Checks approved by Order of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation No. 104 dated July 25, 2007, liquids, gel-like substances and aerosols in containers of 100 milliliters and less are allowed for transportation on board the aircraft. The total volume of containers allowed for transportation shall not exceed one liter per passenger.

Containers carried in carry-on baggage shall be packed in a transparent bag. Liquids purchased from duty-free shops can also be taken on board the aircraft if sealed in a transparent bag.

Rules for the Transportation of Weapons, Ammunition, and Special Devices

Passengers carrying weapons and ammunition (including bladed weapons and gas weapons) shall inform an aviation security officer and an employee of the Regional Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia at Vnukovo Airport before the pre-flight security check (at the entrance to the airport terminal).

After check-in, passengers who are entitled to keep and bear arms shall hand over their firearms and special devices to an aviation security service officer in the collection room for further processing and handing over to the aircraft crew for temporary storage during the flight:

• Terminal A, domestic air lines — room 3219;
• VIP-ZOLD terminal, room for collecting weapons and special equipment.

1. When booking and checking in on airline flights, the passenger shall inform the airline representative of the intention to carry weapons as baggage.
2. During check-in and baggage handling, the passenger presents the weapon for weighing and marking. The check-in agent then weighs the weapon and includes its weight in the total weight of the baggage, which is noted on the boarding pass and entered into the check-in system. The weapon is marked with a baggage tag.
3. Passengers carrying a weapon shall appear for check-in no later than 1 hour 40 minutes prior to departure.
4. At the departure airport, to hand over weapons and ammunition to aviation security employees, a passenger must arrive at room No. 3219 (the room for handling (receiving/handing) special equipment) no later than 1 hour and 30 minutes before departure.
5. When transporting weapons across the territory of the Russian Federation, passengers shall have with them an appropriate permit to store and carry weapons.
6. When importing/exporting weapons to/from the territory of the Russian Federation and carrying them through the territory of the Russian Federation, passenger s shall have a permit to import/export weapons issued by an authorized body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
7. Weapons and ammunition of transfer passengers traveling within the Russian Federation and carrying weapons are not re-registered at Vnukovo Airport. For details, please call: +7 (495) 436-79-88, +7 (495) 436-27-30.
8. In accordance with the Law of the Russian Federation «On Weapons», foreign citizens:

   • may import sporting and hunting weapons into the territory of the Russian Federation if they have an invitation from a legal entity that has a hunting license, if there is a hunting contract with the specified legal entity or an invitation to participate in sporting events and the corresponding permit from the Federal National Guard Troops Service of the Russian Federation;

   • shall not import into the territory of the Russian Federation and use on the territory of the Russian Federation all types and models of weapons to ensure personal safety, protect the lives and health of other citizens, their property, escort cargo and for other purposes not specified above, unless it is provided for by separate international treaties of the Russian Federation.

9. Imitation weapons (e.g., pistols, revolvers, rifles, carbines, machine guns, electroshock devices, as well as items that are structurally similar to firearms, pneumatic weapons or bladed weapons, including those capable of being used in committing an act of unlawful interference as such types of weapons) are prohibited from being transported in aircraft cabins.

10. Simulator weapons are allowed for carriage only in checked baggage.

11. Weapons are accepted for carriage only in a clear state in passenger’s packaging (covers, holsters, special containers, cases, boxes) that meet the weapon safety and security requirements. In this case, weapons and ammunition shall be in separate packages.

12. One passenger may transport weapons as checked baggage in an amount not exceeding 5 units, cartridges in an amount not exceeding 1000 pieces, weighing not more than 5 kg (category 1.4S classified as dangerous goods, Doc 9284 AN/905 The Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, packed in gun-cases, holsters or special cases, as well as in special packing of the weapons manufacturer (for foreign citizens, weapons imported into the Russian Federation for hunting and participation in sporting events shall be carried to the venue of the relevant event in locked cases).

13. Cartridges weighing more than 5 kg are allowed for carriage only as dangerous goods registered in accordance with the requirements of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air, Annex 18 Doc 9284 AN/905 «The Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air» of the Convention on International Civil Aviation.

14. Carriage of ammunition with explosive or incendiary bullets, cartridges for gas weapons, and devices filled with tearing or irritating substances is prohibited on board civil aviation aircraft (Order of the Ministry of Transport of Russia No. 275 dated August 16, 2021 «On Approval of the Federal Aviation Regulations «On Air Carriage of Weapons and Ammunition»).

15. The certificate of acceptance of weapons and ammunition from a passenger is drawn up in four (4) copies. All copies are signed by the passenger. One copy is given to the passenger to collect weapons and ammunition at the airport of arrival. After handing over the weapon, passengers board in accordance with the general procedure.

16. When registering weapons belonging to transfer passengers at the initial airport of departure, the Certificate shall be issued by an aviation security service officer in 5 copies, each of which is signed by the passenger. Upon arrival, the passenger receives weapons and ammunition in the special equipment check-in room at the airport of arrival, using the Certificate previously issued to the passenger.