Simferopol International Airport (SIP)

Simferopol International Airport (SIP) has a straightforward but restrictive smoking policy: smoking is only permitted in designated outdoor areas outside the terminal buildings, and there are no smoking facilities of any kind once you pass through security. If you are a smoker, plan your last cigarette before you enter the terminal and go through the checkpoint.

Before Security

You can smoke landside, but only in the designated outdoor zones set up around the terminal exterior. There are no indoor smoking rooms or enclosed smoking cabins on the landside side of the building. Head outside the terminal entrance and look for the marked smoking spots before joining the check-in or security queues.

After Security

There are no smoking facilities airside at SIP. Once you have cleared security, you cannot smoke anywhere inside the sterile zone. If you are a connecting passenger who needs to smoke between flights, the only option is to exit the secure area, go outside to the designated outdoor smoking spot, and then re-enter and go through security screening again for your onward flight. Factor in extra time if you plan to do this, as re-clearing security can take 20-40 minutes depending on queue lengths.

Vaping

No specific vaping rules for SIP are mentioned in available sources. Russia's general anti-smoking law restricts vaping in indoor public spaces, so treating vaping the same as smoking and heading outside is the safest approach.

Transit and Layovers

If you have a connecting flight through Simferopol, be aware that smoking between flights means leaving the secure zone entirely. There is no airside smoking room to duck into. Budget your time accordingly and check with your airline whether re-entry through security is straightforward for transit passengers.

Bottom Line

Smoke outside before you go through security, because once you are airside at SIP there is nowhere to light up. Connecting passengers who need a cigarette will have to exit and re-clear security.