Air Travel

Boarding an airplane with a young child can be a very stressful moment for many parents. Air travel is hard enough these days even when you're solo. Throw in a crying baby or a tantruming toddler? It can get a lot harder.

5 year old in airplane cockpit with pilots

what to expect

Best and Worst Ages to Fly with Kids

Wondering when it might be easier to take that flight? What to expect if you travel by plane at every age and stage.

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I've been on over 250 flights with at least one kid in tow the last decade and a half, and I can confidently tell you from the other side that it's been worth all the stress. We've flown home to see grandma, taken our kids to meet Mickey, dug in the sand in Hawaii, and have visited international destinations from Japan to Italy. Along the way, we've flown about 20 different airlines with our kids.

I'm a pretty organized and detail-oriented person, and I quickly discovered that successful air travel with kids favored the prepared. I was inspired to write this blog originally because friends realized I was skilled at reading the fine print on airline websites and telling them what they really needed to know before they hopped on a plane with their own kids.

If you are ready to take to the friendly skies as a family, I've done the work for you. Learn all aspects of what you need to fly with kids of every age right here, from which airline to book, to mastering TSA lines, to coping with red-eye flights.

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