General
Securing Your Child Restraint in Aircraft
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recommends
that you secure your child for air travel in an appropri-
ate 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 Rear-facing
in Aircraft
1. Place the child restraint in position.
Adjust the child restraint to its
most
reclined posi-
tion
(
Recline Position #1, p. 53
), then place it on the
aircraft seat rear-facing, as shown.
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Recline
Positions
Rear-facing use
ONLY
1
Forward-facing 10 - 18 kg
(22-40 lbs) when using
Harness Straps
3
2
Forward-facing 10 - 29.4 kg
(22 - 65 lbs)
when using Harness Straps
AND
in
Booster Mode
18 - 49.8 kg
(40 - 110 lbs)
Arrow must be level with ground when
child restraint is used rear-facing.
buckle
storage
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
Installing Child Restraint Rear-facing
in Aircraft
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2. Route aircraft seat belt through rear-fac-
ing belt path.
Unhook the front of the child restraint’s seat pad and
move it out of the way. Route the aircraft seat belt
buckle through the rear-facing belt path opening on
one side and continue through the opening on the op-
posite side of the child restraint, as shown.
IMPORTANT:
For aircraft use
ONLY
, make sure the air-
craft seat belt is positioned
in front of
the
buckle/crotch
strap, as shown above.
Reclin
e
Position
s
Rear-facing u
se
ONLY
1
Forward-fa
cing 10 - 1
8 kg
(22-40 lbs)
when using
Harness Str
aps
3
2
Forward-fa
cing 10 - 2
9.4 kg
(22 - 65 lbs
)
when using
Harness Str
aps
AND
in
Booster M
ode
18 - 49.8 kg
(40 - 110 lb
s)
Arrow must
be level w
ith ground w
hen
child restra
int is used r
ear-facing.
Buckle/Crotch
Strap
Aircraft
Seat Belt
Rear-facing
Belt Path
Opening
3. Fasten the aircraft seat belt, then remove
all slack from the belt.
The aircraft seat belt must be as tight as possible.
Using your full weight, push the child restraint firmly
onto the aircraft seat while pulling on the seat belt to
tighten. Route the excess seat belt strap through the
rear-facing belt path opening.
buckle
storage
