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    Updated September 30, 2006: The TSA has recently made changes that allow for passengers to carry-on small amounts toiletries under certain conditions. To comply with the new rules, each of your toiletries must be 3oz or less (most drug stores have a section that features these smaller travel sizes) and you must place all the toiletries in a single quart-size zip-top bag. You must remove this zip-top bag from your carry-on for screening at the security checkpoint. Read more about the new TSA Carry-on Rules. When traveling in the USA, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) enforces rules on what type of items can be carried aboard your flight in your carry-on bags, as well as what can be packed in your checked baggage. The following lists detail which items are allowed, and which are prohibited.

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    Make-up & Toiletries ( > 3oz. and not in a clear bag)
    Item Type Carry-on Bags Checked Bags
    All creams and lotions including Neosporin or first-aid creams and ointments, topcial or rash creams and ointments, suntan lotions, moisturizers, etc. No Yes
    Bug sprays No Yes
    Bubble bath including gel or liquid filled bubble bath balls or bath oils or moisturizers No Yes
    Gel deodorants No Yes
    Gel cap type pills No Yes
    Hair styling gels No Yes
    Hair sprays of all kinds including aerosol No Yes
    Nail polishes, such as those shown here, are now prohibited from the security checkpoint and in your carry-on baggage. Hair straightener or detangler No Yes
    Lip gels, glosses or liquids No Yes
    Liquid foundations No Yes
    Liquid soaps No Yes
    Make up removers or facial cleansers No Yes
    Mascara No Yes
    Mouthwash    
    Nail polish and removers No Yes
    Perfumes or colognes    
    Toothpaste No Yes

    Food & Drinks
    Item Type Carry-on Bags Checked Bags
    All beverages No Yes
    Baby formula and breast milk if a baby or small child is traveling Yes Yes
    Empty Camelbaks, similar backpacks and water bottles Yes Yes
    Gel based sports supplements No Yes
    Jellos No Yes
    Puddings No Yes
    Yogurts or gel like substances No Yes

    Personal Items
    Item Type Carry-on Bags Checked Bags
    Baby teethers with gel or liquid inside No Yes
    Children’s toys with gel inside No Yes
    Cigar Cutters Yes Yes
    Corkscrews Yes Yes
    Cuticle Cutters Yes Yes
    Eyeglass Repair Tools (including screwdrivers) Yes Yes
    Eyelash Curlers Yes Yes
    Gel candles No Yes
    Gel shoe inserts No Yes
    Knitting and Crochet Needles Yes Yes
    Knives - prohibited as carry-on except for plastic or round bladed butter knives. No Yes
    Nail Clippers Yes Yes
    Nail Files Yes Yes
    Personal care or toiletries with aerosols, in limited quantities (such as hairsprays, deodorants) Yes Yes
    Safety Razors (including disposable razors) Yes Yes
    Scissors - plastic or metal with blunt tips Yes Yes
    Scissors - metal with pointed tips and blades longer than four inches in length No Yes
    Toy Transformer Robots Yes Yes
    Toy Weapons (if not realistic replicas) Yes Yes
    Tweezers Yes Yes
    Umbrellas (allowed in carry-on baggage once they have been inspected to ensure that prohibited items are not concealed) Yes Yes
    Walking Canes (allowed in carry-on baggage once they have been inspected to ensure that prohibited items are not concealed) Yes Yes

     

    Note: Some personal care items containing aerosol are regulated as hazardous materials. The FAA regulates hazardous materials. Click here for details

    Medication and Special Needs Devices
    Item Type Carry-on Bags Checked Bags
    Blood sugar treatment up to 8 oz. of liquid or gel Yes Yes
    Braille Note-Taker, Slate and Stylus, Augmentation Devices Yes Yes

    Diabetes-Related Supplies/Equipment, (once inspected to ensure prohibited items are not concealed) including: insulin and insulin loaded dispensing products; vials or box of individual vials; jet injectors; pens; infusers; and preloaded syringes; and an unlimited number of unused syringes, when accompanied by insulin; lancets; blood glucose meters; blood glucose meter test strips; insulin pumps; and insulin pump supplies. Insulin in any form or dispenser must be properly marked with a professionally printed label identifying the medication or manufacturer’s name or pharmaceutical label.

    		 Yes Yes

    Nitroglycerine pills or spray for medical use (if properly marked with a professionally printed label identifying the medication or manufacturer’s name or pharmaceutical label)

    		 Yes Yes
    Ostomy Scissors All scissors with blades four inches or less Yes Yes
    Prescription medicine with a name that matches the passenger’s ticket Yes Yes
    Non-Prescription medicine up to 4 oz. Yes Yes

    Prosthetic Device Tools and Appliances, including drill, allen wrenches, pullsleeves used to put on or remove prosthetic devices, if carried by the individual with the prosthetic device or his or her companion

    		 Yes Yes

    Electronic Devices
    Item Type Carry-on Bags Checked Bags
    Camcorders Yes Yes
    Camera Equipment - The checked baggage screening equipment will damage undeveloped film in camera equipment. We recommend that you either put undeveloped film and cameras containing undeveloped film in your carry-on baggage or take undeveloped film with you to the checkpoint and ask the screener to conduct a hand-inspection. Yes Yes

    Laptop Computers

    		 Yes Yes

    Mobile Phones

    		 Yes Yes
    Pagers Yes Yes
    Personal Data Assistants (PDA’s) Yes Yes

     

    Note: Check with your airline or travel agent for restrictions on the use of these and other electronic items during your flight.

    Sharp Objects
    Item Type Carry-on Bags Checked Bags
    Box Cutters No Yes
    Ice Axes/Ice Picks No Yes

    Knives - prohibited as carry-on except for plastic or round bladed butter knives.

    		 No Yes

    Meat Cleavers

    		 No Yes
    Razor-Type Blades, such as box cutters, utility knives, razor blades not in a cartridge, but excluding safety razors No Yes
    Sabers No Yes
    Scissors – metal with pointed tips and blades longer than four inches No Yes
    Swords No Yes

     

    Note: Any sharp objects in checked baggage should be sheathed or securely wrapped to prevent injury to baggage handlers and inspectors.

    Sporting Goods
    Item Type Carry-on Bags Checked Bags
    Baseball Bats No Yes
    Bows and Arrows No Yes

    Cricket Bats

    		 No Yes

    Golf Clubs

    		 No Yes
    Hockey Sticks No Yes
    Lacrosse Sticks No Yes
    Pool Cues No Yes
    Ski Poles No Yes
    Spear Guns No Yes
    Can I take it? Carry-on Checked

    Guns and Firearms
    Item Type Carry-on Bags Checked Bags
    Ammunition - Check with your airline or travel agent to see if ammunition is permitted in checked baggage on the airline you are flying. If ammunition is permitted, it must be declared to the airline at check-in. Small arms ammunitions for personal use must be securely packed in fiber, wood or metal boxes or other packaging specifically designed to carry small amounts of ammunition. Ask about limitations or fees, if any, that apply. No Yes
    BB guns No Yes

    Compressed Air Guns

    		 No Yes
    Firearms No Yes
    Flare Guns No No
    Gun Lighters No No
    Gun Powder No No
    Parts of Guns and Firearms No Yes
    Pellet Guns No Yes
    Realistic Replicas of Firearms No Yes
    Starter Pistols No Yes

     

    Note: Check with your airline or travel agent to see if firearms are permitted in checked baggage on the airline you are flying. Ask about limitations or fees, if any, that apply. All of the firearms listed above, as well the frame or receiver of such firearms, carried as checked baggage, MUST be unloaded, packed in locked hard-sided gun case, and declared to your airline at check-in.

    Tools
    Item Type Carry-on Bags Checked Bags
    Axes and Hatchets No Yes
    Cattle Prods No Yes

    Crowbars

    		 No Yes

    Hammers

    		 No Yes
    Drills (including cordless portable power drills) No Yes
    Saws (including cordless portable power saws) No Yes
    Tools (greater than seven inches in length) No Yes
    Tools (seven inches or less in length) Yes Yes
    Screwdrivers (seven inches or less in length) Yes Yes
    Wrenches and Pliers (seven inches or less in length) Yes Yes

     

    Note: Any sharp objects in checked baggage should be sheathed or securely wrapped to prevent injury to baggage handlers and security screeners.

    Martial Arts/Self Defense Items
    Item Type Carry-on Bags Checked Bags
    Billy Clubs No Yes
    Black Jacks No Yes

    Brass Knuckles

    		 No Yes

    Kubatons

    		 No Yes
    Mace/Pepper Spray
    One 118 ml or 4 Fl. oz. container of mace or pepper spray is permitted in checked baggage provided it is equipped with a safety mechanism to prevent accidental discharge. For more information visit Click here for details click on Passengers, then Preparing to Fly.    		 No Yes
    Martial Arts Weapons No Yes
    Night Sticks No Yes
    Nunchakus No Yes
    Stun Guns/Shocking Devices No Yes
    Throwing Stars No Yes

     

    Note: Any sharp objects in checked baggage should be sheathed or securely wrapped to prevent injury to baggage handlers and security screeners

    Explosive Materials
    Item Type Carry-on Bags Checked Bags
    Blasting Caps No No
    Dynamite No No

    Fireworks

    		 No No

    Flares (in any form)

    		 No No
    Hand Grenades No No
    Plastic Explosives No No
    Realistic Replicas of Explosives No No

    Flammable Items
    Item Type Carry-on Bags Checked Bags
    Aerosol (any except for personal care or toiletries in limited quantities) No No
    Fuels (including cooking fuels and any flammable liquid fuel) No No

    Gasoline

    		 No No

    Gas Torches

    		 No No
    Lighter Fluid No No
    Lighters * No* No*
    Strike-anywhere Matches ** No** No**
    Turpentine and Paint Thinner No No
    Realistic Replicas of Incendiaries No No
    * All lighters are prohibited as carry-on items. Lighters without fuel are permitted in checked baggage. Lighters with fuel are prohibited in checked baggage, unless they adhere to the DOT exemption, which allows up to two fueled lighters if properly enclosed in a DOT approved case. If you are uncertain as to whether your lighter is prohibited, please refrain from bringing it to the airport.** Up to 4 books of safety (non-strike anywhere) matches are permitted as carry-on items, but all matches are prohibited in checked baggage

     

    Note: There are other hazardous materials that are regulated by the FAA. Click here for details

    Disabling Chemicals and Other Dangerous Items
    Item Type Carry-on Bags Checked Bags
    Chlorine for Pools and Spas No No
    Compressed Gas Cylinders (including fire extinguishers) No No

    Liquid Bleach

    		 No No

    Spillable Batteries (except those in wheelchairs)

    		 No No
    Spray Paint No No
    Tear Gas No No

     

    Note: There are other hazardous materials that are regulated by the FAA. Click here for details

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