Baggage info

It is prohibited to take items, which may endanger the aircraft, passengers or crew, into the cabin of the aircraft. The baggage may not contain highly flammable or flammable, explosive, corrosive, poisonous or otherwise hazardous substances or items. Therefore, if you have any doubts, we recommend that you place the item in your checked baggage.

When preparing your baggage, please also take a look at our FAQs section, where you shall find frequently asked questions concerning hand baggage.

See Hand Baggage FAQ

In aviation security, liquids are defined as:

• completely liquid products (e.g. drinks and perfumes)
• pastes, creams, cosmetic liquids, liquid/dry mixtures and pressurized containers

Thus, for an air passenger, this also includes toothpaste, hair gel, shaving mousse, soups, syrups, sandwich creams and other products with similar consistency. Also, all non-solid foodstuffs are classified as liquids.

At Tallinn Airport, it is prohibited to carry on liquids, gels and aerosols in individual packs of more than 100 ml or equivalent capacity into the cabin of an aircraft in one’s hand baggage.  This rule is not applied to medicines or special diet food.

In hand baggage, it is permitted to carry on:

The list below is illustrative and general, and may not include all prohibited articles. Therefore, in case of doubt, it is advisable to package the item into the checked baggage.

The most common items found in the hand baggage of passengers that are prohibited in hand baggage:

• liquids in larger than 100 ml containers
• metal crochet hooks, knitting needles and nail files
• razor blades
• metal combs with a long sharp end
• lighters (you may only take one lighter with you, but don’t put it in your hand baggage and certainly not in checked baggage. Instead, have it in your pocket – that way you can easily take it out and put it in the security control tray)
• scissors that are longer than 6 cm, as measured from fulcrum
• knives with a blade longer than 6 cm
• tools (e.g. a Leatherman multi-tool)
• fireworks, sparklers (prohibited also in checked baggage)
• camping gas, mace (prohibited also in checked baggage)
• batteries including power banks with a capacity over 100 Wh (up to 160 Wh batteries are allowed only with the special permit from the airline). Please see the FAQs section for more detailed information on batteries.
• ammunition (e.g. cartridges)
• toy guns
• corkscrews

Categories of prohibited items

Guns, firearms and other projectile devices

Devices that can and seem to be used for inflicting serious injuries through the firing of projectiles, including:

• all types of firearms, e.g. pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns
• toy guns, imitations of firearms and replicas of firearms that may be mistaken for real weapons
• parts of firearms, excl. telescopic sights
• compressed air and CO2 guns, e.g. pistols, pellet guns, rifles and spring-loaded guns and pistols; flare guns and starting pistols
• bows, crossbows and arrows
• harpoon and underwater firearms
• slingshots and catapults

Explosive and incendiary agents and explosive and incendiary devices

Explosive and incendiary agents and devices, which can or seem to be used for inflicting serious injuries or endangering the safety of the aircraft, including:

• ammunition
  
• igniters
• detonators and fuse cords
• imitations of explosive devices or replicas of explosive devices
• mines, grenades and other explosive military stores
• fireworks and other pyrotechnics
• smoke-generating canisters and smoke-bombs
• dynamite, black gunpowder and plastic explosives
• batteries/power banks with a capacity over 160 Wh

Items with a sharp point or edge

Items with a sharp point or edge that can be used for inflicting serious injuries, including:

• items designed for chopping, e.g. axes and butcher’s knives
• icepicks, pickaxes and knives
• razor blades
• box cutters
• knives with blades over 6 cm long
• scissors with blades over 6 cm long, as measured from fulcrum
• combat sports equipment with a sharp point or edge
• swords and sabres
• metal crochet hooks and knitting needles

Tools

Tools that can be used for inflicting serious injuries or endangering the safety of the aircraft, including:

• crowbars
• drill bits/drills and their parts, including portable wireless electric drills
• tools with a longer blade or stem than 6 cm that can be used as a weapon, e.g. screwdrivers and chisels
• saws, including portable wireless electric saws
• blowtorches
• nail and rivet guns

Stunning devices

Devices that are specially intended for stunning or incapacitating, including:

• electric shock devices, e.g. electric shock pistols, electric shock dart guns and electric batons
• devices for tranquillising and killing animals
• incapacitating chemicals, gases and sprays, e.g. irritating gases, maces, tear gases, acid gases and animal repellents

Blunt instruments

Instruments, which can inflict serious injuries by striking, including:

• baseball and softball bats
• bats and batons, e.g. truncheons
• combat sports equipment

When packing your bags before embarking on a flight, we recommend paying attention to the following:

• Pack your own luggage!
• Do not take items or belongings from strangers with you for delivery, despite your sincere desire to help someone!
• Determine the content and composition of the items to be packed to make sure they do not contain prohibited items or substances!
• Don’t leave your luggage unattended!

Explosive and incendiary substances and devices as well as devices that can be used to cause serious injury or to threaten the security of the aircraft. This includes:

• ammunition*
• fuses
• detonators and safety fuses
• mines, grenades and other military munition
• fireworks and other pyrotechnics (e.g. sparklers)
• smoke cartridges and smoke bombs
• dynamite, gunpowder and plastic explosives

* As an exception, the passenger may carry in checked baggage the ammunition of firearms permitted to be used for civilian purposes on condition that:

1. ammunition is transported pursuant to procedure set out in the Aviation Act and Weapons Act
2. carrying the ammunition into the country of destination is permitted
3. ammunition is transported in accordance with the rules of the air carrier

• power banks
• lighters
• e-cigarettes
• Zippo gas
• pepper spray
• CO2 bottles

When preparing your baggage, we recommend examining also the list of dangerous goodsand if necessary, to ask for assistance from your air carrier.

When travelling with large sports equipment, make sure to include it when buying the flight ticket and make sure you will get the confirmation from the airline that your bike/skis or other large sports equipment is accepted on board.

Please note that only a limited number of sets of sports equipment can be accepted on each flight and therefore anyone wishing to transport sports equipment should declare it in advance.

If you wish to take gas cartridges to pump up your tires, make sure that cartridges are filled with non-flammable gas (i.e. CO2 or other suitable gas without a subsidiary hazard). One person may take not more than four  (4) cartridges up to 50ml water capacity (=28g). Please kindly note that you need to receive separate confirmation from the airline in order to transport gas cartridges.