Of the 11 airports on this page, 5 no longer hold you to 100 ml per container and 6 still do. There is no single European answer any more, and there is not even a single national one: London Heathrow and London Gatwick both publish a 2 litre container limit while Manchester still publishes 100 ml. Every limit below was read from that airport’s own security page on 2026-09-05, and the sentence it came from is printed next to it so you can check we read it correctly.
The old rule is being retired airport by airport as new CT scanners are installed and certified, not country by country and not on a published timetable. That is why a list like this needs a date on every row rather than one at the top, and why the date matters as much as the number.
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Machine-readable copies: airport-liquid-rules.json (every limit with the sentence it came from, the URL it was read from and the date it was read) · airport-liquid-rules.csv (11 rows plus the excluded airport, opens in a spreadsheet)
Cite as: TripPack. "Airport hand-baggage liquid limits: which airports have lifted the 100 ml rule, 11 airports." Version 2026-09-05. Licensed CC BY 4.0. https://mytrippack.com/airport-liquid-rules.html
Airports that have lifted the 100 ml rule (5)
These airports publish a container limit larger than 100 ml at their ordinary security lanes. Two of them say so in as many words: Dublin writes that the previous 100 ml maximum limit no longer applies, and Gatwick writes that cosmetics and toiletries no longer need to be under 100 ml.
| Airport | Container limit | Bag capacity | The sentence it came from | Checked / source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin DUB · IE | 2 litres | — | “The previous 100ml maximum limit on liquids and gels no longer applies, and items in containers up to 2 litres can be brought through security.” | 2026-09-05 official page |
| Frankfurt FRA · DE | 2 litres Exception: 100ml — “security checkpoints in Terminal 1 Transfer checkpoints (for connecting passengers) Here, liquids may only be carried…” | 1 litre | “Therefore, you may carry liquids of up to 2 liters in your hand luggage.” | 2026-09-05 official page |
| London Gatwick LGW · GB | 2 litres | — | “These include: Liquids, creams, gels and pastes in containers over 2 litres Sharp items including scissors Toy or replica guns (including water pistols) Razor blades (razors that have the…” | 2026-09-05 official page |
| London Heathrow LHR · GB | 2 litres Exception: 350ml — “Travelling to the US If you're flying to the US, powders over 350g or 350ml aren't allowed in your cabin bag.” | — | “You can take up to two pieces of hand baggage through security Liquids in containers of up to 2 litres can stay inside your cabin bag Leave laptops, tablets and other large electronic…” | 2026-09-05 official page |
| Rome Fiumicino FCO · IT | 2 litres | 1 litre | “passengers must undergo security checks at the access points staffed by AdR Security Starting from 26 July 2025, in compliance with the new provisions of the European Commission, liquids in…” | 2026-09-05 official page |
Airports still at 100 ml per container (6)
At these airports the familiar rule is unchanged on the day we checked: liquids in containers of up to 100 ml, in a transparent resealable bag. Where the airport also states the size of that bag, it is in the bag column — it is a different measurement and confusing the two is how people end up ten times over the limit.
| Airport | Container limit | Bag capacity | The sentence it came from | Checked / source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam Schiphol AMS · NL | 100ml | — | “Volumes of liquid permitted on-board You may take liquids in packaging of maximum 100ml in your hand baggage.” | 2026-09-05 official page |
| Brussels BRU · BE | 100ml | — | “100 ml per container, all in one transparent 1-litre bag.” | 2026-09-05 official page |
| Lisbon LIS · PT | 100ml | 1 litre | “In containers with a maximum capacity of 100 ml (or 100 gr) per item, packaged in a single transparent 20x20-cm resealable bag (only one per passenger).” | 2026-09-05 official page |
| Madrid Barajas MAD · ES | 100ml | 1 litre | “Liquids, perfumes, creams, aerosols, foams, gels, shampoo and toothpaste: in individual containers not exceeding 100 ml , placed in individual containers with a capacity of less than 100 ml.” | 2026-09-05 official page |
| Manchester MAN · GB | 100ml | — | “List Filter Liquids Electrical items You can pack liquids, gels, and aerosols under 100ml each in your hand luggage.” | 2026-09-05 official page |
| Paris Charles de Gaulle CDG · FR | 100ml | — | “All liquids, gels and aerosols are strictly limited to 100 ml per container and must be placed in a single transparent, sealed bag with a maximum capacity of one litre.” | 2026-09-05 official page |
The exceptions that catch people out
A lifted limit is an airport-level statement, and 2 of the airports above publish an exception to their own headline number. Frankfurt allows 2 litres generally, and on the same page says that certain special security checkpoints in Terminal 1, and transfer checkpoints for connecting passengers, are still 100 ml per container. Heathrow allows 2 litres for liquids and separately bars powders over 350 g or 350 ml on flights to the United States. Rome describes a 2 litre allowance and also describes a 100 ml procedure on the same page.
Three things follow from that, and they are the practical part of this page. If you are connecting rather than starting your journey, assume the stricter number until the airport says otherwise. If you are flying home, the departure airport at the other end has its own rule and it may not match. And an airport that has lifted the limit can put it back temporarily if a scanner is out of service, which is a normal operational decision rather than a policy change and will not be announced in advance.
The safest packing strategy has not really changed: if your liquids fit the old 100 ml rule, they clear every airport in both tables, and you never have to check. The value of a lifted limit is not that you should pack differently — it is that a full-size sunscreen or a bottle of water you already own stops being a problem at the airports that have lifted it.
How this was collected
Each airport’s own security or hand-baggage page was rendered in a headless browser and the body text read directly. No aggregator, no news article and no third-party summary was used. Every candidate figure was then classified by what the sentence around it actually says — ordinary limit, bag capacity, lane-specific exception, or a statement that an old rule was withdrawn — and any figure that could not be placed in one of those categories was discarded rather than guessed.
Four categories had to be kept apart, because at least one airport publishes each of them on the same page: the ordinary container limit, the capacity of the transparent bag, a limit that applies only at particular lanes or to particular destinations, and a sentence saying that an old rule has been withdrawn. That last one is the trap. Dublin’s sentence contains both 100 ml and 2 litres, and the 100 ml in it is the rule being retired, not the rule in force. Read carelessly, the same sentence gives exactly the wrong answer.
One airport was dropped for exactly this reason and is listed rather than hidden. Edinburgh publishes a news item titled “100ml liquid rule lifted at Edinburgh Airport”, so we know the old rule is gone there, but no sentence stating the replacement container limit could be read. We know what changed and not what it changed to, so no number is published for Edinburgh. It appears in the dataset under excluded, with that reason.
Using the data
The table above is also published as a dataset you can load directly. airport-liquid-rules.json keeps every limit together with the sentence it came from, the URL that sentence was read from, and the date it was read; airport-liquid-rules.csv is the same table flattened to one row per airport. Both are stable addresses and will not move.
Two things to know before you load it. container_limit and bag_capacity are different measurements and must not be merged; and hundred_ml_rule_lifted is derived by us, not quoted from the airport — it simply means the container limit is larger than 100 ml. Everything the airport actually said is in a quote field with the URL beside it. Where a leading fragment was trimmed from an extracted sentence, the untouched extraction is kept in quote_raw so you can see exactly what was changed.
Questions people actually ask
Has the 100 ml liquid rule been lifted?
Not everywhere, and that is the point. Of the 11 airports checked on 2026-09-05, 5 publish a container limit larger than 100 ml (Dublin, Frankfurt, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, Rome Fiumicino) and 6 still publish 100 ml per container (Amsterdam Schiphol, Brussels, Lisbon, Madrid Barajas, Manchester, Paris Charles de Gaulle). There is no single answer for "Europe" or even for one country: London Heathrow and Gatwick allow 2 litres while Manchester still says 100 ml, and all three are in the same country under the same regulator.
Can I take a full-size shampoo bottle through security now?
At the airports that publish a 2 litre container limit, a normal shampoo bottle is within that limit at ordinary security lanes on the day we checked. That is not the same as a guarantee. Your airline can be stricter than the airport, the airport you fly home from has its own rule, and an airport can revert at short notice if a scanner goes out of service. Open the official link in the table before you pack it.
Why does Frankfurt say 2 litres and 100 ml at the same time?
Because both are true at different lanes. Frankfurt’s own page says you may carry liquids of up to 2 litres in hand luggage, and the same page says that at certain special security checkpoints in Terminal 1, and at transfer checkpoints for connecting passengers, liquids may only be carried in individual containers of up to 100 ml. If you are connecting through Frankfurt rather than starting there, plan for 100 ml.
What is the difference between a container limit and a bag capacity?
The container limit is how big a single bottle may be. The bag capacity is how big the transparent bag holding those bottles may be. Madrid is "100 ml per container, inside a bag of not more than 1 litre" — reading only the 1 litre would put you ten times over the real limit. This table keeps them in separate columns for that reason, and the dataset keeps them in separate fields.
How current is this table?
Every airport in it was read on its own official page on 2026-09-05, and that date is printed on every row rather than once at the top. Liquid rules change without notice, so a limit without a check date is not usable. If the date on a row looks old to you, the airport page is right and this page is stale — the official link is in the same row so you can settle it in one click.
Why is Edinburgh missing when its own site says the rule was lifted?
Because we could not read a sentence stating the limit that replaced it. Edinburgh publishes a news item titled "100ml liquid rule lifted at Edinburgh Airport", which tells us the old rule is gone but not what the new number is. Publishing a guess would make the whole table less trustworthy, so Edinburgh is listed as excluded with the reason instead of being filled in.
What this page does not cover
- Coverage is European. These are the airports where the 100 ml rule is actually in motion; airports outside Europe were not collected in this round.
- Edinburgh is excluded. Its own news page is titled "100ml liquid rule lifted at Edinburgh Airport", but no sentence stating the replacement container limit could be read, so no number is published for it. The exclusion is listed rather than hidden.
- A limit read at an ordinary security lane does not guarantee every lane in the airport. Frankfurt is the proof: 2 litres generally, 100 ml at Terminal 1 transfer checkpoints. Where an airport says this, it is in "exceptions"; where an airport does not say it, silence is not evidence that no such lane exists.
- Airlines can be stricter than airports, and the destination country’s rules apply on the return leg. This dataset covers the departure checkpoint only.
If you are packing rather than researching, the companion page you probably want next is our airline baggage size data, which is built the same way — official figures only, with the sentence each one came from.