Can I take it? |
Carry-on |
Checked |
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Personal Items |
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Cigar Cutters |
Yes |
Yes |
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Corkscrews |
Yes |
Yes |
Cuticle Cutters |
Yes |
Yes |
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Eyeglass Repair Tools (including screwdrivers) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Eyelash Curlers |
Yes |
Yes |
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Knitting and Crochet Needles |
Yes |
Yes |
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Knives, round-bladed butter or plastic |
Yes |
Yes |
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Nail Clippers |
Yes |
Yes |
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Nail Files |
Yes |
Yes |
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Personal care or toiletries with aerosols, in limited quantities (such as hairsprays, deodorants) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Safety Razors (including disposable razors) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Scissors-plastic or metal with blunt tips |
Yes |
Yes |
Scissors-metal with pointed tips |
No |
Yes |
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Toy Transformer Robots |
Yes |
Yes |
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Toy Weapons (if not realistic replicas) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Tweezers |
Yes |
Yes |
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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 |
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Note Some personal care items containing aerosol are regulated as hazardous materials. The FAA regulates hazardous materials. This information is summarized at http://cas.faa.gov/these.html
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Medication and Special Needs Devices |
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Braille Note-Taker, Slate and Stylus, Augmentation Devices
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Yes |
Yes |
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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.
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Yes |
Yes |
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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)
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Yes |
Yes |
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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
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Yes |
Yes |
Can I take it? |
Carry-on |
Checked |
Electronic Devices |
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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.
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Yes |
Yes |
Laptop Computers |
Yes |
Yes |
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Mobile Phones |
Yes |
Yes |
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Pagers |
Yes |
Yes |
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Personal Data Assistants (PDA’s) |
Yes |
Yes |
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Note Check with your airline or travel agent for restrictions on the use of these and other electronic items during your flight. |
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Sharp Objects |
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Box Cutters |
No |
Yes |
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Ice Axes/Ice Picks |
No |
Yes |
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Knives (any length and type except round-bladed, butter, and plastic cutlery)
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No |
Yes |
Meat Cleavers |
No |
Yes |
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Razor-Type Blades, such as box cutters, utility knives, razor blades not in a cartridge, but excluding safety razors
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No |
Yes |
Sabers |
No |
Yes |
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Scissors – metal with pointed tips
Scissors with plastic or metal blunt tips are permitted in your carry-on.
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No |
Yes |
Swords |
No |
Yes |
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Note Any sharp objects in checked baggage should be sheathed or securely wrapped to prevent injury to baggage handlers and inspectors. |
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Sporting Goods |
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Baseball Bats |
No |
Yes |
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Bows and Arrows |
No |
Yes |
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Cricket Bats |
No |
Yes |
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Golf Clubs |
No |
Yes |
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Hockey Sticks |
No |
Yes |
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Lacrosse Sticks |
No |
Yes |
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Pool Cues |
No |
Yes |
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Ski Poles |
No |
Yes |
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Spear Guns |
No |
Yes |
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Note Any sharp objects in checked baggage should be sheathed or securely wrapped to prevent injury to baggage handlers and security screeners.
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Can I take it? |
Carry-on |
Checked |
Guns and Firearms |
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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.
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No |
Yes |
BB guns |
No |
Yes |
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Compressed Air Guns |
No |
Yes |
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Firearms |
No |
Yes |
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Flare Guns |
No |
No |
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Gun Lighters |
No |
No |
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Gun Powder |
No |
No |
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Parts of Guns and Firearms |
No |
Yes |
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Pellet Guns |
No |
Yes |
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Realistic Replicas of Firearms |
No |
Yes |
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Starter Pistols |
No |
Yes |
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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. Firearms carried as checked baggage MUST be unloaded, packed in a locked hard-sided gun case, and declared to the airline at check-in. Only you, the passenger, may have the key or combination. |
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Tools |
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Axes and Hatchets |
No |
Yes |
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Cattle Prods |
No |
Yes |
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Crowbars |
No |
Yes |
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Hammers |
No |
Yes |
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Drills (including cordless portable power drills) |
No |
Yes |
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Saws (including cordless portable power saws) |
No |
Yes |
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Screwdrivers (except those in eyeglass repair kits) |
No |
Yes |
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Tools (including but not limited to wrenches and pliers) |
No |
Yes |
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Wrenches and Pliers |
No |
Yes |
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Note Any sharp objects in checked baggage should be sheathed or securely wrapped to prevent injury to baggage handlers and security screeners. |
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Martial Arts/Self Defense Items |
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Billy Clubs |
No |
Yes |
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Black Jacks |
No |
Yes |
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Brass Knuckles |
No |
Yes |
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Kubatons |
No |
Yes |
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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 on these and other hazardous materials, visit http://cas.faa.gov/these.html . |
No |
Yes |
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Martial Arts Weapons |
No |
Yes |
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Night Sticks |
No |
Yes |
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Nunchakus |
No |
Yes |
