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Items you can’t bring on an airplane

You are not allowed to bring the following items on an airplane:

  • Knives - except for plastic or round bladed butter knives.
  • Scissors with pointed metal tips longer than 4 inches.
  • Any sharp metal object not specifically stated as permissible, including drills, box cutters, screwdrivers, etc.
  • Torch lighters (Zippos, etc.)
  • Guns or realistic replicas.
  • Baseball bats, crowbars, wrenches, or any other club-like items.
  • Explosives, such as fireworks, ammunition, or any realistic replica.
  • Incendiaries, such as cooking fuel, lighter fuel, strike-anywhere matches, paint thinner, or any realistic replica.
  • Hazardous chemicals, such as chlorine, bleach, spray paint, pepper spray, etc.
  • Gel shoe inserts
  • Snow globes and like decorations
  • Anything that does not meet size requirements.

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What items you can bring on an aircraft

I know the list is always changing as to what you can bring on board an aircraft and with holiday travels coming up in the next 2 months this may change. You are currently allowed to bring the following items on an airplane:

  • Solid cosmetics and personal hygiene items as such lipstick, lip balm and similar solids.
  • Cigar Cutters
  • Corkscrews
  • Cuticle Cutters
  • Eyeglass Repair Tools - including screwdrivers.
  • Eyelash Curlers
  • Knitting and Crochet Needles
  • Nail Clippers & Files
  • Safety Razors - including disposable razors.
  • Scissors - plastic or metal with blunt tips, or metal with pointed tips and blades shorter than four inches in length.
  • Toy Weapons - if not realistic replicas.
  • Tweezers
  • Umbrellas- allowed in carry-on baggage once they have been inspected to ensure that prohibited items are not concealed.
  • Walking Canes - allowed in carry-on baggage once they have been inspected to ensure that prohibited items are not concealed.
  • Medically necessary items, such as insulin, unused or preloaded syringes, etc. These items must be presented for inspection at security checkpoints.
  • Book type, strike-on-cover matches (4 books max).
  • Non-torch lighters.
  • Tools used to put on or remove prosthetic devices.
  • Camcorders and most other camera equipment.
  • Laptop computers.
  • Mobile phones, pagers, and PDA’s.
  • Musical instruments that meet size requirements.

More airline regulations

Reasonable amounts of the excepted items are allowed in your carry-on baggage, but you will need to:

  • Separate these items from the liquids, gels, and aerosols in your quart-size and zip-top bag.
  • Declare the items to airport security personnel.
  • Present these items for additional inspection once reaching the X-ray.