Carry-on Restrictions

Most airlines allow passengers to carry a purse, laptop, briefcase, or a small tote plus a carry-on bag.

1. Liquids, gels and aerosols

Carry-on or Checked: 3 oz containers or smaller, in a 1 quart (1 liter), plastic zip-top bag, baby formula, breast milk and baby food, medications, liquids or gels for diabetic or other medical needs

Checked: Other liquids, gels and aerosols over 3 oz

2. Personal items

Carry-on or Checked: cigar cutters, corkscrews, cuticle cutters, eyeglass repair tools, eyelash curlers, knitting and crochet needles, nail clippers, nail files, safety razors, scissors, toy transformer robots, toy weapons, tweezers, umbrellas, walking canes

Checked: knives, snow globes

3. Medication and special needs devices

Carry-on or Checked: Braille note-taker, slate and stylus, augmentation devices, diabetes, nitroglycerine pills or spray for medical use, prosthetic device tools and appliances, ostomy scissors

4. Sharp objects

Carry-on or Checked: scissors

Checked: box cutters, ice axes/ice picks, knives, meat cleavers, razor-type blades, sabers, swords

5. Sporting goods

Checked: baseball bats, bows and arrows, cricket bats, golf clubs, hockey sticks, lacrosse sticks, pool cues, ski poles, spear guns

6. Firearms, guns and ammunition

Checked: ammunition, BB guns, compressed air guns, parts of guns and firearms, pellet guns, realistic replicas of firearms, starter pistols

Prohibited: firearms, flare guns, gun powder

7. Tools

Carry-on or Checked: tools of seven inches in length or less, such as wrenches and pliers

Checked: tools longer than seven inches, such as axes and hatchets, cattle prods, crowbars, hammers, drills and drill bits, saws

8. Martial arts/ self-defense items

Checked: Billy Clubs, Black Jacks, brass knuckles, Kubatons, Mace/Pepper Spray (one 118 ml or 4 fl. oz. container equipped with a safety mechanism), martial arts weapons, night sticks, nanchakus, stun guns/shocking devices, throwing stars

9. Explosive materials

Prohibited: blasting caps, dynamite, fireworks, flares, hand grenades, plastic explosives, realistic replicas of explosives

10. Flammable items

Carry-on: common lighters

Prohibited: aerosol, fuels, gasoline, gas torches, lighter fluid, torch lighters, strike-anywhere matches, turpentine paint thinner, realistic replicas of incendiaries

11. Disabling chemicals and dangerous items

Prohibited: Chlorine for pools and spas, compressed gas cylinder, liquid bleach, spillable batteries, spray paint, tear gas

12. Electronic devices

Carry-on or Checked: camcorders, camera equipment, laptop computers, mobile phones, pagers, personal data assistants (PDAs)

13. Alcohol

Checked: alcohol bought outside the security checkpoint

Prohibited: over 70% alcohol content

14. Batteries (new)

Carry-on: spare batteries

Carry-on or Checked: batteries installed in devices

The above is an outline of the permitted and prohibited items on carry-on and checked baggage. For further information, please visit www.faa.gov and www.tsa.gov or check your airline or travel agent for the latest specific regulations.