Comments on: GPS and Airport X-Ray

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:04:24 +0000

I just got back from Florida. Flew from Halifax to Tampa Intl Airport and back. I had two gps units, a PDA, digital camera and assortment of charger adapters and battery charger(AAA & AA). These were in my carry on. After carry-on went through xray in Halifax, security opened bag and looked at items but did not want to see them powered up.
Security at Tampa xrayed the bag, and were happy.
I have travelled through other airports and have not had security want to see devices powered up. But I always make sure the units have sufficient charge in the batteries just in case.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:32:11 +0000

JeepLover – I’ve never been asked to do that. It should be treated like other small consumer electronic devices (digital camera, ipod, etc).

By: JeepLover

JeepLover — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:08:05 +0000

Due to it’s high cost and small size, I would want to go thru airport security with it in my back pack. Will a GPS normally be treated like a computer which I generally have to take out of the back pack and place separately in a tray?

By: Susie

Susie — Thu, 04 May 2006 15:09:57 +0000

Thanks for the post, I’m in a lot of other forums and people are always asking about the best way to travel with their device. I’ll send em your way!

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 04 May 2006 14:52:30 +0000

Thanks for the explanation – I’ve heard this question from people too. Good to know that we can all take along our navs without fear when traveling this summer!

By: GPS Review

GPS Review — Wed, 03 May 2006 15:49:40 +0000

Yes, I mis-worded that. Film can have trouble with x-rays. Disks can have trouble with the magnets.

By: Huw

Huw — Wed, 03 May 2006 15:39:52 +0000

Film can be damaged by x-rays, but NOT by magnets.