Portable oxygen concentrators (POCs) · FAA (air transport)
For Portable oxygen concentrators (POCs), authority is FAA (air transport); restriction type is allowed; scope is carry-on and checked baggage; conditions is POCs do not actually contain or generate oxygen; they concentrate it from the ambient air, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.
- Item or substance
- Portable oxygen concentrators (POCs)
- Authority
- FAA (air transport) our reading
- Restriction type
- allowed our reading
- Scope
- carry-on and checked baggage our reading
- Conditions
- POCs do not actually contain or generate oxygen; they concentrate it from the ambient air.
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
Portable oxygen concentrators do not actually contain or generate oxygen, they concentrate it from the ambient air. Those depending on a POC while traveling must bring sufficient spare batteries in carry-on baggage for the duration of the flight. Spare batteries must be protected from damage and short circuit.
— faa.gov, retrieved 2026-08-10
Source
- faa.govhttps://www.faa.gov/hazmat/packsafe/pocs