40
Securing Your Child Restraint in Aircraft
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recommends
that you secure your child for air travel in an appropriate
child restraint based on your child’s weight and size.
Turbulence can happen with little or no warning. When
turbulence occurs,
the safest place for your child is in a
properly installed child restraint, not in an adult’s lap or
on the aircraft seat with its seat belt.
Keeping your child
in a child restraint during the flight will help ensure your
family arrives safely at your destination.
The FAA recommends that a child weighing:*
• more than 18 kg (40 lbs) use an aircraft seat belt;
• less than 9 kg (20 lbs) use a rear-facing child
restraint; and
• from 9 to 18 kg (20 to 40 lbs) use a forward-facing
child restraint.
* Please note that these FAA recommendations may
vary from those applicable to the use of your child
restraint in a motor vehicle.
Installing Child Restraint in Aircraft
IMPORTANT:
Before installing the child restraint, make
sure the
aircraft seat is in a fully upright position
.
1. Place the child restraint in position.
Place the child restraint on the aircraft seat
forward-facing, as shown above.
Aircraft
Seat Belt
IMPORTANT
This child restraint can only be used with a 5-point
harness in aircraft. This restraint cannot be used in
booster mode in aircraft.
