List of countries where shoes must come off at airport security checkpoints
May 24, 07, 11:39 am
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List of countries where shoes must come off at airport security checkpoints
List of places where shoes are required to come off and be scanned always:
Russia
US
List of places where some (but not all) shoes are required to come come off even when the shoes would not alarm:
UK
List of places where shoes come off if flying to a particular destination:
Canada if flying to the USA
Samoa if flying to the USA
List of places where shoes DO NOT come off:
Australia
China (including Hong Kong)
European Union (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, excepting the UK which has some "random" shoe removal requirement at UK airports)
India
Japan
Add to the list of countries please.
Russia
US
List of places where some (but not all) shoes are required to come come off even when the shoes would not alarm:
UK
List of places where shoes come off if flying to a particular destination:
Canada if flying to the USA
Samoa if flying to the USA
List of places where shoes DO NOT come off:
Australia
China (including Hong Kong)
European Union (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, excepting the UK which has some "random" shoe removal requirement at UK airports)
India
Japan
Add to the list of countries please.
Last edited by GUWonder; May 24, 07 at 10:34 pm
May 24, 07, 1:47 pm
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Maybe this thread should be called "List of shoe carnival airports and those that do it right: international edition." 
May 24, 07, 3:25 pm
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When we fly out from TLV when security didn't tell us about take shoes off. I kept the shoes on when I gotten past security screening before enter the passport control. It was wait 5 or 10 minutes get through checkpoint when my mom asked security about need take out the laptop. She spoke with accent hebrew languages. She asked security about I should need to take laptop out my carry-on bag. She said "yes" to me. Is that an all airports must to take laptop out from bags, right?
May 24, 07, 6:19 pm
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Originally Posted by christep
Philippines - always off (and belts)
Hong Kong - Never off
Hong Kong - Never off
May 24, 07, 6:43 pm
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Originally Posted by Kiwi Flyer
I did not need to remove shoes when I passed through transit security at MNL last month.
May 24, 07, 6:48 pm
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Originally Posted by DevilDog438
Japan (NRT) to US did not require my shoes to be removed, either.
May 24, 07, 6:53 pm
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Originally Posted by whirledtraveler
GUWonder, do you think it would be good to add a heading on the original post for places that don't require shoe removal? I know I'd find it useful.
