# Magnets (fishing magnets, strong magnetic items) · FAA (air transport) — Flying with restricted items: FAA, TSA and IATA baggage and air cargo rules

For Magnets (fishing magnets, strong magnetic items), authority is FAA (air transport); restriction type is restricted; scope is carry-on and checked baggage; conditions is A magnetic field of more than 0.00525 gauss measured at 4.5 m (15 feet) from any surface of the package or magnet cannot fly, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item or substance:** Magnets (fishing magnets, strong magnetic items)
- **Authority:** FAA (air transport) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** carry-on and checked baggage _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** A magnetic field of more than 0.00525 gauss measured at 4.5 m (15 feet) from any surface of the package or magnet cannot fly. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> A magnetic field of more than 0.00525 gauss measured at 4.5 m (15 feet) from any surface of the package or magnet cannot fly.

## Source

- https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/packsafe/magnets

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Flying with restricted items: FAA, TSA and IATA baggage and air cargo rules](https://referencesource.org/air-travel-item-restrictions/).