If you’ve flown before, you’ve probably encountered some sort of ear pain on a flight.  While this pain is usually uncomfortable, you’re going to notice that you’re going to experience sometimes and sometimes you may not encounter it at all.  This all depends on the air pressure, turbulence, etc.  Preventing ear pain on an airplane at all and in fact you can use items on an airplane to prevent it.  Here’s how you can do it –

Yawn- If your ears pop, simply try and yawn, this will most likely clear out your ears.  A great way to yawn is to simply harden the back of your tongue.  If you can accomplish this, your ears should clear up.

Plug your nose - If you can’t manage to yawn, plug your nostrils and blow slowly.  Don’t blow too hard because you can do damage to your ear drums and it’ll hurt worse than the pain before.  The key is to blow as slow as possible until you feel your ears clear out.

Chew candies/gum - The best way to prevent ear pain is by either chewing on a piece of gum, which I highly recommend or sucking on any type of candy.  In fact, anything that you can chew or suck on will get rid of that ear pain or potentially prevent it.

Earplugs - If you have a pair of earplug, bring them on your next flight and wear them.  This will help keep the pressure inside of your ears.  If you’ve flown before, you’ve probably noticed that the pressure hurt your ears upon landing and take off.  This is the best time to wear your earplugs.

Being sick - If you’re sick, you may want to stay home and not fly that day.  You’ll not only help yourself but the rest of the passenger since you’ll only be breathing in recycled air the whole time.  Make sure that you contact the airlines with a doctor’s note, so that you don’t have to pay a “no-show” fee.  Flying on an airline while sick will only make things worse.