Live Flight Arrivals at Malaga Airport
Malaga Airport Terminal 3 Arrivals Hall
There are three terminals at Malaga Airport which are just a few minutes walk from each other and connected by travelators, lifts and escalators.
If you land at Terminal 2 at Malaga Airport you will be directed into the new Terminal 3 to clear security and collect your baggage. This is because the older Terminal 2 is currently undergoing refurbishment.
Baggage Reclaim at Malaga Airport Terminal 3
Once you have gone through passport control you need to take the escalators down to the baggage reclaim hall where there are 11 baggage carousels (9 European Union and 2 non-European Union) and one special baggage reclaim carousel.
The new automated baggage handling system can handle 7,500 cases per hour, with an approximate processing time of 3 minutes, but I still know a number of passengers who have had to wait for an hour before their luggage appears. Hopefully these “teething problems” will soon be ironed out!
Make sure you follow the signs and go down the escalators to the baggage reclaim (even if you only have hand luggage) as this is also the way out to the terminal forecourt which is where the bus stops and taxi rank are located.
There is a Prensa shop in the public arrivals area where you can get newspapers, magazines, maps and sweets for your onward journey.
Transport Connections from Malaga Airport Terminal 3
If you have hired a car from Malaga Airport then the car rental desks are still located in the Terminal 1 extension, on the lower level of Terminal 2 and now on the ground floor outside the arrivals hall at Terminal 3.
If you have arranged a private transfer from Malaga Airport or are being met by someone, then go through the Terminal 3 baggage hall and head out through the doors into the public area where there is an area they can wait, or they can arrange to meet you in VIPs café which is open daily from 07:30 until midnight.
After you have collected your luggage from the carousel head out into the public arrivals hall you will see a forecourt where the Malaga Airport Taxis and Malaga Airport Buses are waiting.
There is transportation hub which links the new Terminal 3 to the bus station, pedestrian access to P1 and P2 and suburban train station. When you access it from arrivals you will enter a large square (atrium) over the bus station and the terminal arrivals floor. Lifts and mechanical ramps provide access to the transportation hub's Arrivals and Departures levels.
Until the new railway station in Terminal 3 at Malaga Airport is completed at the end of this year the train will continue to stop at its old platform behind the car parks with access via the pedestrian walkway that links car parks P1 and P2 with the transportation hub and T3.
Terminal 1 Arrivals Hall at Malaga Airport
The arrivals hall at Terminal 1 is reserved for passengers coming from non-Schengen countries and Ceuta and Melilla. It is on the ground floor of the terminal and also doubles as the departure area.
There are six luggage carousels airside and after you collect your bags and enter the public area where there are 17 check-in desks. Outside the main doors is an automated pay machine for P1 car park.
This terminal connects with the departures area on the first floor of Terminal 1 via an escalator.
