Security at Chennai Airport is managed by the Airport Security Force (ASF) and various other agencies.

The following items that are banned for carriage on person/hand baggage on board flights operating from civil airports in India; and Indian Registered aircrafts from foreign airports :

Personal Items

• Lighters
• Scissors-metal with pointed tips
• Realistic replica of toy weapon

Sharp Objects

• Box Cutter
• Ice Axes/ Ice Picks
• Knives (any length and type except round-bladed, butter, and plastic cutlery)
• Meat Cleavers
• Razor-Type Blades such as box cutters, utility knives, razor blades not in a cartridge, but excluding safety razors
• Sabers
• Sword
• Scissors – metal with pointed tips

Sporting Goods

• Baseball Bats
• Bows and Arrows
• Cricket Bats
• Golf Clubs
• Hockey Sticks
• Lacrosse Sticks
• Pool Cues
• Ski Poles
• Spear Guns

Guns and Firearms

• Ammunition
• BB guns
• Compressed Air Guns
• Firearms
• Flare Guns
• Gun Lighters
• Gun Powder
• Parts of Guns and Firearms
• Pellet Guns
• Realistic Replicas of Firearms
• Starter pistols

Tools

• Axes and hatchets
• Cattle Prods
• Crowbars
• Hammers
• Drills (including cordless
• portables power drills)
• Saws (including cordless portable power saws)
• Screwdrivers (except those in eyeglass repair kits)
• Tools (including but not limited to wrenches and pliers)
• Wrenches and Pliers

Martial Arts / Self Defense Items

• Billy Clubs
• Black Jacks
• Brass Knuckles
• Kubatons
• Mace/ Pepper Spray
• Martial Arts Weapons
• Night Sticks
• Nunchakus
• Martial Arts/ Self Defense Items
• Stun Guns/ Shocking Devices
• Throwing Stars

Explosive Materials

• Blasting Caps
• Dynamite
• Fireworks
• Flares (in any form)
• Hand Grenades
• Plastic Explosives
• Realistic Replicas of Explosives

Flammable items

• Liquid/Aerosol/Gel/Paste or items of similar consistency (Allowed separately, in small quantities required for the duration of journey, in one clear transparent re-sealable one liter size plastic bag. Each item should, however, not exceed 100 ml in quantity).
• Exception : Medicine/inhaler accompanied by prescription and baby food.
  Fuels (Including cooking fuels and any flammable liquid fuel)
• Gasoline
• Gas Torches
• Lighter Fluid
• Strike-anywhere Matches
• Turpentine and paint Thinner
• Realistic Replicas of Incendiaries

Disabling Chemicals and other Dangerous Items

• Chlorine for Pools and Spas
  Compressed Gas Cylinders (including fire extinguishers)
• Liquid Bleach
  Spillable Batteries (except those in wheelchairs)
• Spray Paint
  Tear Gas