# Portable oxygen concentrators (POCs) · FAA (air transport) — Flying with restricted items: FAA, TSA and IATA baggage and air cargo rules

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** allowed _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** carry-on and checked baggage _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** POCs do not actually contain or generate oxygen; they concentrate it from the ambient air.

## 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.

## Source

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

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/).