The Transportation Security Administration states that the following is allowed in your carry-on:
- Solid Lipstick or Chapsticks
- Laptop computers, cell phones, pagers, handheld devices and cameras
- Prescription medication with Name on Label that matches the Passenger Ticket
- Up to 4oz of non-prescription liquid medications, cough syrup, eye drops, contact lens solution or nasal spray
- Baby Formula or Breast Milk if traveling with an infant
You may not bring the following on the plane (in your carry-on):
Lighters
Toothpaste
Mouthwash
Perfumes and Colognes
All creams, lotions, sunscreens, first-aid creams, moisturizers and hand lotions
Shaving Creams
Hair Style Gels
Hair Spray (any kind)
Hair Strengthener or Detanglers
Mascara
Liquid Foundations (Make-up)
Make-up Remover or Face Cleanser
nail polish and Nail Polish Removers
Liquid Soaps
Liquid Sanitizers
Gel Deodorants
Spray Deodorants
Gel Cap Pills
Lips Gels, glosse or liquids (including Carmex)
Gel Shoe Inserts
Bubble Bath, including gels, oils, moisturizers and liquid filled bath balls
Gel candles
Bug Spray
Children's toys or figurines with gel inside
Baby teethers with liquid or gel
Food and Drinks banned
TSA says that for checked luggage (non-carry on), you may bring the following:
- Box cutters
- Ice Axes/Picks
- Knives - except for plastic or round bladed butter knives
- Meat Cleavers
- Razor-Type Blades - such as box cutters, utility knives, razor blades not in a cartridge, but excluding safety razors.
- Sabers
- Scissors - metal with pointed tips and blades shorter than four inches
- SWords
- Baseball Bats
- Bows and Arrows
- Cricket Bats
- Hockey Sticks
- Lacrosse Sticks
- Pool cues
- Ski Poles
- Spear Guns
- 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.
- Compressed Air Guns (to include paintball markers) - Carried in checked luggage without compressed air cylinder attached.
- BB Guns
- Firearms - firearms carried as checked baggage MUST be unloaded, packed in a locked hard-sided container, and declared to the airline at check-in.
- Flare Guns - May be carried as checked baggage MUST be unloaded, packed in a locked hard-sided container, and declared to the airline at check-in.
- Gun Lighters
- Parts of Guns and Firearms
- Pellet Guns
- Realistic Replicas of Firearms
- Starter Pistols
- 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)
- Tools (seven inches or less in length)
- Screwdrivers (seven inches or less in length)
- Wrenches and Pliers (seven inches or less in length)
- Billy Clubs
- Black Jacks
- Brass Knuckles
- Kubatons
- 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.
- Martial Arts Weapons
- Night Sticks
- Nunchakus
- Stun Gun/Shocking Devices
- Throwing Stars
- Small compressed gas cartridges (Up to 2 in life vests and 2 spares. The spares must accompany the life vests and presented as one unit)
- Gel-type candles
- Gel shoe inserts - Gel shoe inserts are not permitted, but shoes constructed with gel heels are allowed and must be removed and screened.
- Non-flammable liquid, gel, or aerosol paint
- Snow globes and like decorations regardless of size or amount of liquid inside, even with documentation.
