# Matches, strike-anywhere · FAA (air transport) — Flying with restricted items: FAA, TSA and IATA baggage and air cargo rules

For Matches, strike-anywhere, authority is FAA (air transport); restriction type is prohibited; scope is carry-on and checked baggage; conditions is Strike-anywhere matches are forbidden, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item or substance:** Matches, strike-anywhere
- **Authority:** FAA (air transport) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** carry-on and checked baggage _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Strike-anywhere matches are forbidden.

## What the source says

> Strike-anywhere matches are forbidden in carry-on and checked baggage.

## Source

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

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/).