Can I Fly With This?
Can I bring knife on a plane?
Quick rules for flying with knife in carry-on and checked baggage. Verdicts and conditions across the major aviation regions below.
🇺🇸 United States (TSA)
All knives are banned from carry-on (one exception: round-bladed butter knives and plastic/wooden cutlery). Knives must be sheathed or securely wrapped in checked baggage.
🇪🇺 European Union (EASA)
All bladed knives prohibited in carry-on. Allowed in checked bags if safely wrapped.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom (CAA)
Knives of any length banned from cabin. Allowed in hold luggage, sheathed.
🌎 Latin America
All bladed knives prohibited in carry-on. Checked only, sheathed. Mexico restricts switchblades; Brazil restricts knives over 9 cm blade as 'arma branca' under federal law (declaration recommended).
🌏 Asia (ICAO / IATA baseline)
All bladed knives prohibited in carry-on. Important country-level restriction: Japan has a Banned Sword Law — blades over 6 cm illegal to carry / import / possess without a permit, even in checked. Singapore similar restriction on fixed-blade knives. Survival knives, kukris and 'tactical' folders heavily scrutinised across the region. Pack only standard kitchen / utility knives, properly sheathed, in checked.
🇦🇺 Australia & Pacific (CASA)
Knives banned from cabin. In checked: sheathed and wrapped. Australia + NZ: state-level laws ban switchblades, push-daggers, butterfly knives, knuckle knives — these are confiscated regardless of bag. Standard kitchen / pocket knives fine when checked.