TSA item rules

Can you bring it on a plane?

TSA's official answers, item by item — each checked against tsa.gov with the date we verified it. Quick verdicts below; click through for the exact limits.

Liquids, gels and aerosols follow the 3-1-1 rule. Checking a bag size instead? Use the bag fit checker.

Two rules the table above cannot show you

Every verdict in the table is TSA's answer for that item at a US checkpoint, copied from that item's own entry and dated. Two limits cut across the whole list and belong to a different authority, so they are worth knowing before you read a single row:

• Anything pourable is capped at 3.4 oz (100 ml) in the cabin, and all of your containers together must fit one quart-sized bag — liquids, aerosols, gels, creams and pastes alike. An item marked "allowed" above is still allowed only in that size. Source: TSA — Liquids, Aerosols and Gels Rule
• Aerosols in a checked bag have a ceiling too, and it is the FAA's, not TSA's: each toiletry or medicinal container may hold up to 500 ml (17 fl oz), and one passenger may not exceed 2 L (68 fl oz) in total. That is the number behind the "within FAA limits" wording on the hairspray, dry shampoo and nail polish rows. Source: FAA PackSafe — Aerosols

The verdicts themselves come from TSA — What Can I Bring?, item by item, each with the date we last read it. TSA's own caveat applies to every row: the final decision rests with the officer at the checkpoint.