Passengers with diabetes

  • Notify the screener that you have diabetes and are carrying your supplies with you. Lancets, blood glucose meters and blood glucose test strips can be carried through the security checkpoint.
  • Notify screeners if you're wearing an insulin pump and ask if they will visually inspect the pump since it cannot be removed.
  • Insulin pumps and supplies must be accompanied by insulin with professionally printed labels described above.
  • If possible, advise screeners when/if you are experiencing low blood sugar and are in need of medical assistance.

Passengers with pacemakers

  • Advise the screener that you have an implanted pacemaker and ask the screener to conduct a pat-down inspection of you rather than you walking through the metal detector or being hand-wanded.
  • Though not required, carrying a Pacemaker Identification Card (issued by your healthcare provider) when going through airport security can help avoid delays.

Passengers with mobility aids or other assistive devices

  • Notify screener if X-ray inspection will harm your equipment. Ask for your device to be visually and physically inspected instead.
  • You will not be asked to remove your prosthetic device or body brace for it to undergo X-ray inspection. Prosthetic devices and body braces will be visually and physically inspected once you have gone through the metal detector. Private screenings are available.
  • If equipment cannot fit through the X-ray machine, the screener will perform a visual and physical inspection of your equipment.
  • Crutches, canes, and walkers need to go through the x-ray machine. Collapse canes whenever possible before they are put on the x-ray belt.

Bringing assistive devices on the plane

US Airways permits passengers with a disability to bring certain assistive devices on board as long as they can be stowed in designated priority storage areas, in overhead compartments or under seats, consistent with applicable safety, security and hazardous materials rules. US Airways does not count these items toward the limit for carry-on baggage.

You can bring:

  • Prescription medications and any medical devices needed to administer medication such as syringes or auto-injectors.
  • Vision-enhancing devices
  • POCs, ventilators and respirators that use non-spillable batteries, as long as they comply with safety, security and hazardous materials rules. If your device does not comply with applicable safety, security and hazardous materials rules, then US Airways can transport your device in the cabin, but you may not use the device in the cabin. In all instances, liquefied oxygen is prohibited.

Passengers that must travel with medical certificates

A medical certificate is a written statement from the passenger's physician that must be dated within 10 days of the scheduled date of the passenger's flight.*

US Airways requires that a passenger with a disability have a medical certificate as a condition for being provided transportation in some cases:

  • A passenger has a medical condition where there is reasonable doubt that the individual can complete the flight safely, without requiring extraordinary medical assistance during the flight.
  • A passenger has a communicable disease or condition that could pose a direct threat to the health or safety of others on the flight.
Oxygen To Go

Passengers with portable oxygen concentrators

If you require medical oxygen, you can travel with approved models of portable oxygen concentrators (POCs):

  • Inogen One
  • AirSep Lifestyle
  • AirSep FreeStyle
  • Sequal Eclipse
  • Respironics EverGo
  • Delphi Medical Systems RS-00400 (also known as EVO-CA1)
  • Invacare Corp XP02

Physician's statement:

To use a POC in flight, you must show a physician's statement at the gate. The physician's statement must state:

  • That you are able to hear/see the alarms/indicators and take appropriate action when necessary.
  • Whether oxygen is necessary for all or a portion of the trip (constant or intermittent).
  • The maximum oxygen flow rate corresponding to the pressure in the cabin of the aircraft under normal operating conditions (maximum flow rate of 4 LPM permitted).

These devices are permitted for use on any US Airways, US Airways Shuttle or US Airways Express flight). For codeshare flights, contact the operating carrier for rules on traveling with portable oxygen concentrators on other carriers. POCs must be stowed underneath the seat in front of you during taxi, takeoff and landing.



Before you travel

  • You must carry an adequate number of fully charged batteries onboard, based on the battery manufacturer’s estimate of the hours of battery life while the device is in use and the information provided in the physician’s statement, to power the device for not less than 150% of the expected maximum flight duration and damage.
  • US Airways recommends that passengers plan to bring 50% more batteries than recommended to ensure they have enough to last throughout the flight.
  • You must ensure that extra batteries carried on board to power the device are packaged and protected from short circuit and damage in accordance with SFAR 106, Section 3(b)(6).
  • You must notify US Airways (or the operating carrier on a code-share flight) 48 hours before scheduled departure to learn the expected maximum duration of your flight in order to determine the required number of batteries for your particular ventilators, respirators, continuous positive airway pressure machine, or POC.

To determine the length of your flight, call 800-428-4322/TTY 800-245-2966 or check our timetables:

Terms & Conditions


* If US Airways determines that there is a legitimate medical reason for believing that there has been a significant adverse change in the passenger’s condition since the issuance of the medical certificate or that the certificate significantly understates the passenger’s risk to the health of other persons on the flight, then US Airways may require that a passenger with a medical certificate undergo additional medical review.