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Installing 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.
Securing Your Child Restraint in
Aircraft
1
Place the child restraint on the aircraft seat
rear-facing
,
as shown above.
IMPORTANT:
Before installing the child restraint, make
sure the
aircraft seat is in a fully upright position
.
IMPORTANT
You must use the internal harness when installing the child
restraint in aircraft.
Aircraft
Seat Belt
DO NOT
use the convenience base when installing child
restraint in aircraft.
