Baggage Policies
- Cape Air operates 9-passenger aircraft to unique destinations that have unlimited beauty and charm, but since our aircraft do not have unlimited baggage hold capacity, we kindly ask you to be thoughtul and modest while packing for your trip.
- We will do our best to accommodate everyone's luggage, but some large, oversize, or additional pieces may not be able to be carried.
- Cape Air will not accept baggage whose size, weight or character makes it unsuitable for transportation on the aircraft.
- All baggage is subject to inspection. Government safety and security regulations apply to Cape Air’s carriage of baggage.
- Baggage will be accepted for transportation from ticketed customers only.
Free Personal Item Allowance
- For each ticketed customer, Cape Air will transport free of charge, one Personal Item (e.g. small purse, briefcase, electronic device) not to exceed 36 linear inches (length + width + height = 36”).
- For travel on Cape Air's Cessna 402 or Britten-Norman Islander aircraft, there is no underseat or overhead baggage stoage. Thus all personal items and bags that might be of carry-on size for other airlines will be checked planeside and returned to you planeside after you land.
- For travel in the Tecnam Traveller, Personal Items which do not exceed 12” x 6” x 8” in size may be carried on board and stowed under the seat in front of the Customer. Please note: not all seats on the Tecnam Traveller allow for under-seat stowage. Personal Items that can not fit onboard will be checked planeside and returned to you planside after you land.
Free Baggage Allowance
- For each ticketed customer, Cape Air will transport he following baggage free of charge:
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Routing |
Free Baggage Allowance |
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Additional Chargable Baggage
- For each ticketed customer, Cape Air will transport one additional "standard bag" that is not greater than 50 lbs or 62 inches (l+w+h), subject to applicable bagagge fees based on your itinerary.
- For each ticketed customer, Cape Air will transport, subject to available space, up to two additional bags, not greater than 50 lbs. or 62 inches (l+w+h), and are subject to applicable baggage fees based on your itinerary.
- Any bag that is between 51 lbs and 70 lbs is subject to an additional (cumulative) fee, and carried subject to available space.
- No bag may be carried that is greater than 70lbs and/or 62 linear inches.
Baggage Fees
- Bag fees may vary based on your ticketed itinerary.
- Cape Air's baggage fees below apply when the first flight on your ticket itinerary is a Cape AIr flight booked with our "9K" airline code.
- Bag fees of our partner airlines apply when the first flight on your ticket itinerary is a flight number with the airline code of one of our partner airlines.
- Please check our partner airline websites for applicable baggage fees when you are traveling on a codeshare flight that is marketed by one of our partner airlines, or when the first airline of your itinerary is marketed by one of our partner airlines.
- The following baggage fees in the chart are for tickets issued on/after August 12, 2026.
- Please see the bottom line of the chart for fees applicable to tickets issued on/before August 11, 2026
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Routing Either direction |
1st Bag Up to 50LB |
2nd Bag Up to 50LB |
3rd Bag Up to 50LB |
Additional fee For 51-70LB |
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Billings, MT – Havre, MT |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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Billings, MT – Glasgow, MT |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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Billings, MT – Glendive, MT |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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Billings, MT – Sidney, MT |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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Billings, MT – Wolf Point, MT |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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Boston-Augusta, ME |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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Boston-Bar Harbor, ME |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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Boston-Hyannis, MA |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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Boston-Islip, NY |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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Boston-Lebanon, NH |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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Boston-Martha’s Vineyard, MA |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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Boston-Nantucket, MA |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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Boston-Provincetown, MA |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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Boston-Rockland, ME |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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Boston-Rutland, VT |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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Boston-Saranac Lake, NY |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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Hyannis-Martha’s Vineyard, MA |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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Hyannis-Nantucket, MA |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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Nantucket-Martha’s Vineyard, MA |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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New Bedford-Nantucket, MA |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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New Bedford-Martha’s Vineyard, MA |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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Nevis – St. Kitts |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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New York/JFK-Hyannis |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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New York/JFK-Martha’s Vineyard |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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New York/JFK-Nantucket |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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New York/JFK-Saranac Lake |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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Norwood, MA – Nantucket, MA |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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Westchester, NY – Lebanon, NH |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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Westchester, NY – Martha’s Vineyard, MA |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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Westchester, NY – Nantucket, MA |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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San Juan, PR – Culebra, PR |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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San Juan, PR – Mayaguez, PR |
30 |
40 |
80 |
80 |
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San Juan, PR – St. Croix, USVI |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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San Juan, PR – St. Thomas, USVI |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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San Juan, PR – Tortola |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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San Juan, PR – Vieques, PR |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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San Juan, PR – Virgin Gorda |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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St. Thomas, USVI – Anguilla |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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St. Thomas, USVI – Nevis |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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St. Thomas, USVI – St. Barths |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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St. Thomas, USVI – St. Croix |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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St. Thomas, USVI – St. Kitts |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
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Any Routes Not Listed Above |
40 |
50 |
90 |
90 |
| Fees for all Cape Air (9K) originating itineraries for tickets issued on/before August 4, 2026 | 30 | 40 | 80 | 80 |
Special Assistance Items - carried free of charge
- A small, collapasable wheelchair meeting the requirements under “Wheelchairs & Other Assistance-Related Devices".
- A cane, walking stick, crutches or other assistive devices.
- An infant or child-safety seat.
- A stroller and/or diaper bag.
Baggage for Military Personnel - carried free of charge
- Active Duty, Reserve, and National Guard military personnel (including dependents and retirees) holding a Military or Dependent ID are exempt from standard baggage fees, but size/weight and all other limits apply.
Child and Infant Bag Allowance
- A child (age 2-18) has the same baggage allowance as that for an adult passenger.
- An infant (under 2 years of age) is not allocated any baggage allowance in addition to that allocated to the accompanying adult passenger.
Other Airline Baggage Fee Exemptions
- When fares include a free baggage allowance that is shown on your ticket or ticket receipt, Cape Air will honor that fee exemption.
- All other fee exemption programs of other airlines, such as for frequent traveler members or holders of other airline credit cards apply only when travel originates on that airline. These exemption programs do not apply when travel begins on Cape Air or any other airline.
Special Items
- Special Items may be carried in lieu of a checked bag if space permits.
- If items have an unusual size, they may not be able to fit into the cargo compartment of our aircraft.
- For connecting itineraries, please consult the connecting airline for policies pertaining to these items.
- One special item will be accepted per customer in lieu of one checked bag. If you are also checking a bag, the special item will be carried as excess baggage if space permits. If you have more than one of these special items, the item will be carried as excess baggage if space permits.
- No special item miay exceed the size/weight limitations shown below.
- The applicable bag fee applies to special items.
- Special Items are further subject to other requirements such as Cape Air’s Restricted Articles and TSA Regulations.
- List of special items and size/weight limitations
- Small coolers containing dry ice – Maximum 50 lbs. and 42 linear inches
- Tool Kits – Maximum 50 lbs. and 42 linear inches
- Duty-free bags – Maximum 50 lbs. and 42 linear inches
- Golf bags properly encased in a closed, covered soft or hard-sided container– Maximum 62 linear inches.
- Hockey/Lacrosse Sticks/Curling Brooms (“Sticks”) – Up to two Sticks taped together plus one sports bag will be considered “one special item” for purposes of this Section. Maximum 50 lbs.
- SMALL Skis (snow/water) and Snowboards –Up to two pairs of snow skis in one bag plus one ski boot bag will be considered “one special item” for purposes of this Section. Cessna 402 / Britten Normal Islander: Maximum length 70 inches. Tecnam Traveller: Maximum length 42 inches
- Antlers or animal horns, free of residue to the degree possible, with skull wrapped and tips protected – Maximum 15” x 30” x 45”. Tecnam Traveller max. 15" x 30" x 42".
- Scuba equipment consisting of empty scuba tank (with valve stem removed as required by TSA) and dive gear. For non-TSA screened flights, scuba tank must be decompressed to below 29 PSIG. Note: For rebreather equipment, soda lime must be 4% Sodium Hydroxide or less.
- Fishing equipment (rods, reels, landing net, tackle box) encased in a suitable container all considered as “one special item” – Maximum 70 linear inches. Tecnam Traveller max. 42 inches.
- Archery equipment in hard-sided case (one bow case containing bows, one quiver with arrows and one maintenance kit of sufficient strength to protect items) – Maximum 70 linear inches. Tecnam Traveller max. length is 42 inches.
Items that can not be accepted as checked baggage
- Bicycles
- Large Sporting Equipment
- Canoes, Kyaks, Oars, longboards, surfboards, and other items of similar size
- Skis over 42" (on Tecnam aircraft) Skis over 70" on Cessna
- Boxes or Coolers over 42"
- Any bag over 70 lbs
- Any bag over 62"
Smart Bags
- Lithium batteries must be removed from any bag which constitutes a “Smart Bag” and carried in accordance with Cape Air’s rules in the Contract of Carriage for Spare lithium batteries.
- Smart Bags with non-removable lithium batteries are not accepted for transport on any Cape Air flight.
Baggage connecting with other airlines
- We will check your baggage through to your connecting flights that are booked together on the same ticket with your Cape Air flight.
- We are not able to check bags onward to other carriers when the itinerary is on a separate ticket If you book a separate itinerary with another airline, please give yourself sufficient time to claim your luggage and recheck it with the other airline.
Limits of Liability
- Valuables/Fragile Items: Cape Air can not be liable for valuables, fragile items, unsuitably packed items, or perishable items in checked baggage or in personal wing bags, with or without our knowledge. Please let us know in advance if something is particularly fragile; while we cannot accept liability for it, we can do our best to find the most suitable area in the aircraft to stow it.
- Normal wear and tear: Luggage is designed to protect its contents. Cape Air can not be liable for minor exterior damage; scratches, scuffs, stains, dents, cuts and dirt resulting from normal wear and tear of baggage.
- Baggage liability: Please see our contract of carriage for full details on baggage liability.
