Forbidden objects

Firearms and shooting equipment

Any object that can be used to shoot a projectile or cause injury, or any object that looks as if it can be used for that purpose, including;

  • All firearms
  • Replica and imitation firearms
  • Parts of firearms (with the exception of telescopic view finders and  sights)
  • Air pistols, air guns and pellet guns
  • Signal guns
  • Starting pistols
  • All types of toy firearms
  • BB guns (ball bearing guns)
  • Industrial screw guns and nail guns
  • Crossbows
  • Catapults
  • Harpoons & harpoon guns
  • Slaughter pistol guns
  • Stun guns and shock prods, including cattle prods and ballistically guided energy weapons (tasers)
  • Lighters in the shape of a firearm

Pointy / sharp weapons & sharp objects

Pointy items or items with cutting edges that can be used to cause harm, including:

  • Axes & choppers
  • Arrows and darts
  • Climbing irons
  • Harpoons and spears
  • Ice axes and ice picks
  • Ice skates
  • Clasp knives or stilettos with any size blade
  • Knives, including ceremonial knives with blades exceeding a length of 6 cm, made of metal or any other material that is strong enough to be used as a weapon
  • Meat carvers
  • Machetes
  • Open razors (with the exception of safety razors and disposable razors in which the blades are in a holder)
  • Sabres, swords & sword canes
  • Scalpels
  • Scissors with blades exceeding a length of 6 cm
  • Ski sticks and walking/hiking poles
  • Ninja / throwing stars
  • Tools that can be used as a stabbing or cutting weapon, e.g. drill bits, Stanley knives, tool knives, all types of saws, screwdrivers, crowbars, hammers, pliers, open-ended and nut wrenches and spanners, blowtorches

Blunt objects

Any blunt object that can be used to cause harm, including:

  • Baseball bats and softball bats
  • Hard or flexible clubs or sticks such as batons, bludgeons, coshes
  • Truncheons
  • Cricket bats
  • Golf clubs
  • Hockey sticks
  • Lacrosse sticks
  • Canoe and kayak paddles
  • Skateboards
  • Billiards, snooker and pool cues
  • Fishing rods
  • Martial arts equipment, e.g. knuckle-dusters, sticks, clubs, flails, numchucks, kubatons, kubasaunts

Explosives and combustibles

All explosive or highly combustible substances that may pose a danger to the health of the passengers and the crew and to the safety of the airplane and property, including:

  • Ammunition
  • Percussion caps
  • Igniters, detonators &  fuses
  • Explosives & gear for explosive materials
  • Mines & other explosive military materials
  • Grenades of any kind
  • Gas & gas canisters e.g. butane, propane, acetylene, oxygen in large quantities
  • Firework or signalling lights of all shapes and kinds (including firecrackers and caps for toy guns)
  • Matches other than safety matches
  • Smoke grenades and smoke cartridges
  • Combustible liquids, e.g. gasoline, diesel fuel, lighter fluid, alcohol, ethanol
  • Spray paint canisters
  • Turpentine & paint thinner
  • Alcoholic beverages with an alcohol content of 70% (14% proof) and up

Chemical and toxic substances

All chemical and toxic substances that may pose a danger to the health of the passengers and the crew and to the safety of the airplane and property, including:

  • Acids and alkali, e.g. wet cell batteries that may leak
  • Corrosive and bleaching agents e.g. mercury, chlorine
  • Eliminating materials in canisters, e.g. mace, pepper spray, teargas
  • Radioactive materials, e.g. medical or commercial isotopes
  • Poison
  • Contagious or bio-hazardous materials e.g. infected blood, bacteria and viruses
  • Materials that may inflame or ignite spontaneously
  • Fire extinguishers

The following items may also not be taken along in the check-in luggage

  • Explosive materials, including detonators, fuses, grenades, mines and other explosives
  • Gasses: propane, butane
  • Combustible liquids, including gasoline, methanol
  • Combustible solids and reactive substances, including magnesium, firelighters, firework, signalling lights
  • Oxidants and organic peroxides, including bleach, bodywork repair kits
  • Toxic and contagious substances, including rat poison, infected blood
  • Radioactive materials, e.g. medical or commercial isotopes
  • Corrosive materials, including mercury, vehicle batteries
  • Parts of vehicle fuel systems that have contained fuel
  • Attention: It is not allowed to carry a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on a flight from Groningen Airport. This applies to both: carry-on and checked baggage.