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Will my bag fit? Carry-on and personal item checker

Updated 2026-09-24. Researched from airline pages and published specifications.

Quick answerA bag measuring 22 x 14 x 9 inches including wheels and handles meets the published carry-on limit of American, Delta, United, Alaska, JetBlue and most other US airlines. The same bag is 1 cm too deep for Lufthansa, SWISS and Turkish, whose limit is 55 x 40 x 23 cm, because 22 inches is 55.9 cm.

Limits change; confirm with your airline before you fly. Every figure here links to the airline page it came from.

Will my bag fit? Carry-on and personal item checkerAirline-published limits
Floor to top of handle, wheels included
Front pocket to back, fully packed
Carry-on: fits 16 of 28 airlines with a published size
American Airlinesfits, 0 in spare
Delta Air Linesfits, 0 in spare
United Airlinesfits, 0 in spare
Southwest Airlinesfits, 1 in spare
Alaska Airlinesfits, 0 in spare
JetBluefits, 0 in spare
Spirit Airlinesfits, 0 in spare
Frontier Airlinesfits, 1 in spare
Allegiant Airfits, 0 in spare
Hawaiian Airlinesfits, 0 in spare
Breeze Airwaysfits, 0 in spare
Air Canadatoo big, 0.9 cm over
WestJetfits, 0.1 cm spare
British Airwayscheck the airline
Lufthansatoo big, 0.9 cm over
Air Francetoo big, 0.9 cm over
KLMtoo big, 0.9 cm over
SWISStoo big, 0.9 cm over
Ryanairtoo big, 2.9 cm over
easyJetfits, 0.1 cm spare
Wizz Airtoo big, 0.9 cm over
Aer Lingustoo big, 0.9 cm over
Icelandairtoo big, 2.9 cm over
Virgin Atlanticfits, 0.1 cm spare
Turkish Airlinestoo big, 0.9 cm over
Emiratestoo big, 0.9 cm over
Qatar Airwaystoo big, 5.9 cm over
Qantasfits, 0.1 cm spare
Singapore Airlinesfits, 0.7 cm spare

Your bag: 22 x 14 x 9 in (55.9 x 35.6 x 22.9 cm), 45 linear inches.

1 airlines publish no confirmed size for this allowance, so they read "check the airline" rather than a guess.

Weight limits are separate: several airlines cap the carry-on at 7 to 10 kg even when the size fits.

How it works: Sort the bag's three sides and the airline's three limits largest first, then compare side by side in the unit the airline publishes. Every side must be at or under its limit, and any published total (length + width + height) must also hold.

Measure the bag standing up, from the floor to the top of the retracted handle, from the front of the pockets to the back of the wheels. Manufacturers often quote the body without wheels, which is the single most common reason a "carry-on size" bag fails the sizer.

Carry-ons whose listed size includes the wheels

Frequently asked questions

Do airline carry-on limits include wheels and handles?

Yes. American, Delta, JetBlue, Spirit, Frontier, Air Canada, Air France and KLM all state on their own pages that the limit includes wheels and handles. The main exception found is Wizz Air, which measures without them but caps wheels at 5 cm. Measure the bag the way the sizer will: standing, handle retracted, from the floor to the top.

Why does a 22 inch carry-on fail in Europe?

Because 22 inches is 55.9 cm and the common European limit is 55 cm. Lufthansa, SWISS and Turkish publish 55 x 40 x 23 cm, so a bag that exactly meets the US 22 x 14 x 9 standard is almost a centimetre too long there. A 21 inch bag at about 53 cm clears both.

Should I trust the size printed on the box?

Only when it says the figure includes wheels and handles. Many listings quote the body alone, which can be one to two inches shorter than the bag you will actually push into a sizer. This site marks every bag dimension as either wheels included or as listed, and only the first kind is used for fit verdicts.

What is the most common carry-on size limit?

22 x 14 x 9 inches is the most common published limit among US airlines on this site: American, Delta, United, Alaska, JetBlue, Hawaiian, Breeze and WestJet all publish it or its metric equivalent. Southwest and Frontier allow a larger 24 x 16 x 10 inches, and Spirit 22 x 18 x 10.

Researched, not professional advice. Airline limits and fees change; confirm with your airline before you fly.