Here’s what you can take to your seat
- Scissors (metal with pointed tips and blades shorter than four inches)
- Tools (seven inches or less like Screwdrivers, Wrenches, or Pliers)
- Non-flammable liquid, gel, or aerosol paint – 3.4 ounces (100ml) or less
- One book of safety (non-strike anywhere) matches
common lighters (maybe – be prepared to toss)
This stuff can go in your checked luggage
Sharp items
- Box Cutters
- Ice Axes/Ice Picks
- Knives
- Meat Cleavers
- Razor-Type Blades
- Sabers
- Swords
Sport items
- Baseball Bats
- Bows and Arrows
- Cricket Bats
- Dumbbells/Hand Weights
- Golf Clubs
- Hockey Sticks
- Lacrosse Sticks
- Pool Cues
- Ski Poles
- Spear Guns
Guns & Firearms
- Ammunition (Get more information from your airline or travel agent for what is permitted, whether you need to declare it at check-in, how to pack it, and whether there is a limitation or fees.)
- BB guns
- Compressed Air Guns (without compressed air cylinder attached)
- Paintball Guns (without compressed air cylinder attached)
- Firearms (MUST be unloaded, packed correctly and declared at check-in)
- Flare Guns (MUST be unloaded, packed correctly and declared at check-in)
- Gun Lighters without lighter fluid
- Parts of Guns and Firearms
- Pellet Guns
- Realistic Replicas of Firearms
- Starter Pistols (MUST be unloaded, packed correctly and declared at check-in)
Tools
- Axes and Hatchets
- Cattle Prods
- Crowbars
- Hammers
- Drills and drill bits (including cordless portable power drills)
- Saws (including cordless portable power saws)
- Tools (greater than seven inches in length)
Martial Arts & Self Defense Items
- Billy Clubs
- Black Jacks
- Brass Knuckles
- Kubatons
- Self Defense Sprays – One 4 ounce (118ml) container of mace or pepper spray is permitted in checked baggage provided it is equipped with a safety mechanism to prevent accidental discharge
- Martial Arts Weapons
- Night Sticks
- Nunchakus
- Stun Guns/Shocking Devices
- Throwing Stars
You can’t take it with you
- Any Flammable liquid, gel, or aerosol paint
- Any Realistic Replicas of Explosives
- Any Realistic Replicas of Incendiaries
- Blasting Caps
- Dynamite
- Fireworks
- Flares (in any form)
- Gun Powder(black powder)
- Hand Grenades
- Plastic Explosives
- Aerosol (any except for personal care or toiletries in limited quantities)
- Fuels (including cooking fuels and any flammable liquid fuel)
- Gasoline
- Gas Torches
- Lighter Fluid
- Percussion Caps
- Torch Lighters
- Matches
- Flammable Paints
- Turpentine and Paint Thinner
- Chlorine for Pools and Spas
- Fire extinguishers and other compressed gas cylinders
- Liquid Bleach
- Spillable Batteries (except those in wheelchairs)
- Spray Paint
- Tear Gas – Self Defense Sprays containing more than 2% by mass of Tear Gas (CS or CN)
- Vehicle Airbags
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