- Needles/syringes will be allowed providing the passenger also has in their possession medication that
has a pharmaceutically printed label identifying the medicine.
- Boarding with lancets for blood sugar monitoring is acceptable as long as lancets are capped, and as long
as the lancets are brought on with the glucose meter.
- The FAA recommends that passengers traveling with a glucagon kit keep it intact in its original pre-printed
pharmaceutically labeled container.
- Program into your cell phone (or carry) emergency phone numbers such as parents, doctors, HMO’s, and pharmacy
and keep these numbers with you at all times.
- Be prepared for delays and carry adequate snacks. Also, check with the airline to find out if meals will or
will not be served.
- If you plan on traveling to a different time zone work with your doctor on adjusting your insulin doses.
- Always have your medical identification with you.
- If you should have a problem with security, please ask to speak to one of the airline managers or
a security supervisor to resolve the issue.
Be advised that each airline’s policy is subject to change.
Call the airline in advance to confirm its policy with regard to diabetes medication and supplies.
NOTE: Print and save this for reference. This information is intended to assist you, not to be a substitute
for your medical care.
