A funeral urn is a container to hold cremated remains. It can be placed in a columbarium or mausoleum, or buried in the ground. Can I bring funeral urns for travel by air? As long as the container can pass the x-ray checkpoint without generating an opaque image. Thus, a metal funeral urn is not allowed through the checkpoint. Your option is to undergo testing for explosive devices and transport it as baggage. Please remember to attach the permit given to you from the crematory to the bottom of the funeral urn.