# Oxygen, compressed or liquid (medical, recreational, canned oxygen) · FAA (air transport) — Flying with restricted items: FAA, TSA and IATA baggage and air cargo rules

For Oxygen, compressed or liquid (medical, recreational, canned oxygen), authority is FAA (air transport); restriction type is prohibited; scope is carry-on and checked baggage; conditions is Passengers may not carry their own oxygen; canned, recreational and flavored oxygen are also prohibited, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item or substance:** Oxygen, compressed or liquid (medical, recreational, canned oxygen)
- **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:** Passengers may not carry their own oxygen; canned, recreational and flavored oxygen are also prohibited.

## What the source says

> Passengers may not carry their own oxygen (compressed oxygen or liquid oxygen) in checked baggage, carry-on baggage or on their person. Products such as "canned oxygen," "recreational oxygen" and "flavored oxygen" are also prohibited.

## Source

- https://www.faa.gov/hazmat/packsafe/oxygen-compressed-or-liquid

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/).