Baggage Info: Restricted and/or Dangerous Goods

Restricted Carry-On Items

The folowing items cannot be packed in your carry-on baggage:

• Fireworks: Signal flares, sparklers or other explosives, freon or helium.
• Flammable Liquids, Gases or Solids: Fuel, paints, lighter refills, matches.
• Household Items: Bleach, adhesives, linseed oil spray starch, insecticides, drain, bathroom or oven cleaners and solvents.
• Pressure Containers: Spray cans, butane, fuel, scuba tanks, propane tanks, fire extinguishers, CO2 cartridges, self-inflating rafts.
• Weapons: Firearms, ammunition, gunpowder; or items that contain gunpowder (Christmas crackers/Party poppers), mace, tear-gas, or pepper spray cannot be packed in carry-on Baggage. Click here for more information on traveling with firearms.
• Other Hazardous Materials: Dry ice, gasoline-powered tools, wet-cell batteries, camping equipment with fuel, radioactive materials (except limited quantities), poisons, infectious substances.
• Miscellaneous Items: Knives of any length (except rounded blade butter knives and plastic cutlery), cutting instruments of ANY kind including carpet knives, box cutters and folding or retractable blades regardless of length, ice picks, straight razors (safety/disposable razors ARE allowed), and scissors (metal, with pointed tips).

NOTE: Many common items used everyday in the home or workplace may seem harmless; however, when transported by air, they can be very dangerous. In flight, variations in temperature and pressure can cause items to leak, generate toxic fumes or start a fire.

Acceptable To Pack

• Personal Care Items: Items containing hazardous materials (e.g., flammable perfume, aerosols) totaling no more than 70 ounces may be carried on board. Contents of each container may not exceed 16 fluid ounces.
• Safety Matches and/or a Lighter: These may only be carried on your person. However, "strike-anywhere" matches, lighters with flammable liquid reservoirs and lighter fluid are forbidden.
• Firearms and Ammunition: May not be carried by a passenger on an aircraft. However, unloaded firearms may be transported in checked Baggage if declared to the agent at check in and packed in a crush-proof container manufactured specifically for the firearm or a hard-sided suitcase. Click here for more information on traveling with firearms.
• Handguns: Must be in a locked container. Properly packaged small arms ammunition for personal use may be transported in checked Baggage. Amounts may vary depending on the airline. Click here for more information on traveling with firearms.
• Dry Ice: (4 pounds/ 2 kilograms or less) Used for packing perishables, may be carried onboard an aircraft in a hard plastic. Ticket or gate agents must be advised.
• Electric Wheelchairs: Must be transported in accordance with Peninsula Airways requirements. The battery may need to be dismounted.
• Alcoholic Beverages: In retail packaging containing between 24% up to 70% alcohol by volume and in receptacles not exceeding 5 liters and a total quantity per person of 5 liters may be accepted in checked Baggage.

You must declare your dangerous goods to the airline. Failure to do so violates U.S. Federal Law. Violators may be subject to a maximum penalty of 5 years' imprisonment and $250,000 or more (49 U.S.C. 5124). Further restrictions may apply to the above items. Some items may be shipped as air cargo. If you are unsure whether the item you wish to pack in your Baggage or ship by air is hazardous, please contact Peninsula Airways, Inc. Reservations (toll-free).