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Airports Where You Can Smoke After Security: The Complete 2026 List

Few questions stress smokers more before a flight than this one: once I am through security, will I be able to smoke before I board? At most airports in the world the answer is no. Smoking rooms have been closing for years, and many airports now allow smoking only outside the terminal, before you check in. But there are still 178 airports in 67 countries where you can smoke after security, in a smoking room, an outdoor terrace or a lounge.

This is the complete list, built from the SmokingAirports.com database of more than 700 airports. For every airport below we have at least one documented smoking area airside, and each airport links to its full guide with directions, photos and the latest verification date.

Rules change often, so treat this list as a starting point and always follow the signs on the day. We explain how we built the list, and its limits, at the end of the article.

The numbers at a glance

  • 178 airports in 67 countries have at least one smoking area after security.

  • Asia leads with 92 airports, followed by Europe with 73, Africa with 10 and North America with just 3.

  • Another 188 airports have limited airside smoking: one small room, one terminal only, or a paid lounge.

  • 278 airports in our database have no smoking at all after security.

  • South America and Oceania have no airports in our database with a confirmed smoking area after security.

Big hub airports where you can smoke after security

If you are connecting through a major hub, these are the airports where smoking airside is easiest. Each entry lists some of the smoking areas we have documented after security.

  • Dubai International Airport (DXB), Dubai: 9 documented airside smoking areas, including Camel Smoking Lounge, Terminal 1 Concourse D; Winston Smoking Room, Terminal 1 near Gate D1.

  • Hamad International Airport (DOH), Doha: 8 documented airside smoking areas, including Smoking Lounge near Gate A1; Smoking Lounge before Gate B1.

  • Istanbul Airport (IST), Istanbul: 9 documented airside smoking areas, including Indoor Smoking Area near A-B Gourmet Trilogy; Smoking Terrace near Gate A11.

  • Singapore Changi Airport (SIN), Singapore: 22 documented airside smoking areas, including Smoking Area near Gate C16; Smoking Area between Gates D35 and D36.

  • Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), Hong Kong: 3 documented airside smoking areas, including Sky Garden (Smokers Garden), near Gate 10, Terminal 1; Observation Deck, T1 Midfield Concourse, near Gates 201-220.

  • Incheon International Airport (ICN), Incheon: 8 documented airside smoking areas, including Smoking Room near Gate 45, Terminal 1; Multiple Smoking Rooms in Terminal 1 International Departure, 3F.

  • Narita International Airport (NRT), Narita: 6 documented airside smoking areas, including Terminal 1 Smoking Lounge (Smokers' Style, Satellite/Airside); Terminal 1 Floor 3 Airside Smoking Rooms.

  • Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL), Kuala Lumpur: 6 documented airside smoking areas, including Smoking Room C11 - Satellite Building North Zone; Smoking Room C31 - Satellite Building South Zone.

  • Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH), Abu Dhabi: 4 documented airside smoking areas, including Smoking Lounge within The Al Dhabi Lounge, Terminal 1; Designated Smoking Lounge, Terminal 2.

  • Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD), Addis Ababa: 6 documented airside smoking areas, including Smoking room in Terminal 1; Plaza Premium Lounge Smoking Area.

  • Munich Airport Franz Josef Strauss (MUC), Munich: 12 documented airside smoking areas, including Smoking Rooms, Terminal 1 Module A; Smoking Room, Terminal 1 Module B near Gate B2.

  • Zurich Airport (ZRH), Zurich: 8 documented airside smoking areas, including Smoking Lounge near Gate A50; Smoking Lounge near Gate B08.

  • Vienna International Airport (VIE), Vienna: 1 documented airside smoking area, including Vienna Lounge Outdoor Smoking Terrace.

  • Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), Paris: 27 documented airside smoking areas, including Smoking rooms near Star Alliance lounges (Level 10); Icare/Star Alliance Lounge smoking facility.

  • Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (Fiumicino) (FCO), Rome: 11 documented airside smoking areas, including Smoking Area near Gates A1/A2/A3 (Gate A area); Smoking Cabin between Gates B05 and B07.

  • Milan Malpensa Silvio Berlusconi Airport (MXP), Milan: 7 documented airside smoking areas, including Smoking Room near Gates A24-30; Smoking Lounge near Gates B50-59.

  • Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN), Barcelona: 3 documented airside smoking areas, including T1 North Terrace (Starbucks/Piscolabis Terrace); T1 South Terrace.

  • Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH), Athens: 6 documented airside smoking areas, including Winston Smoking Lounge, Arrivals A (behind Starbucks); Winston Smoking Lounge between Gates B12 and B13 (Departures B).

  • Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (HEL), Vantaa: 6 documented airside smoking areas, including Smoking Room near Gate 12, Schengen Area; Smoking Room near Gate 28, Upper Level.

  • Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN), Stockholm: 13 documented airside smoking areas, including Smoking Area Near O'Leary's Restaurant, Terminal 2; Smoking Cabins at Himmel & Bar, Terminal 2.

Directions to the Sky Garden smoking area near Gate 10 at Hong Kong International Airport
The way to the Sky Garden near Gate 10, Hong Kong International Airport (SmokingAirports.com)

A few of these deserve a special mention. Dubai, Doha and Istanbul are the easiest long-haul hubs for smokers, with smoking lounges spread across their concourses. Hong Kong has open-air options such as the Sky Garden near Gate 10. In Europe, Munich, Zurich, Vienna, Milan Malpensa, Rome Fiumicino and Athens all have smoking areas after security, which makes them good connection points compared with smoke-free hubs such as Amsterdam.

Entrance to the smoking lounge near Gate A1 at Hamad International Airport, Doha
The smoking lounge near Gate A1, Hamad International Airport, Doha (SmokingAirports.com)

Big airports where you cannot smoke after security

Just as useful is knowing where you cannot smoke once you are airside, so you can plan your last cigarette before security.

At these hubs airside smoking is limited, for example to one terminal, one small room or a paid lounge:

A note on London Heathrow

Heathrow is the one big airport where the information conflicts. Heathrow's official website says smoking is not allowed anywhere after security. However, travellers have reported a signposted outdoor smoking area in Terminal 2, near Gate A1, as recently as early 2026, and we list it on our London Heathrow Airport guide. If you are flying from Heathrow, do not count on it: smoke before security if you can, and treat the Terminal 2 area as a possible bonus.

The complete list, by region and country

Here is every airport in our database with at least one documented smoking area after security, grouped by region and country. Click an airport for directions, photos and the latest verification date.

Europe (73 airports)

Sign pointing to the smoking area near Gates B50 to 59 at Milan Malpensa Airport
The smoking area sign near Gates B50 to 59, Milan Malpensa (SmokingAirports.com)

Austria (1)

Belarus (1)

  • Minsk National Airport (MSQ): Airside Smoking Room above Tax-Free Area; Smoking Area near Gate 13, Level 3 Departures

Bulgaria (1)

  • Varna Airport (VAR): Open-Air Terrace After Security, Terminal 2; Open-Air Bar/Cafe Terraces at Each End of Departure Hall

Croatia (2)

Cyprus (1)

Estonia (1)

  • Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL): Smoking Room near Gate 7 (Schengen, next to Subway); Smoking Room near Gate 8, Aviation Legend Pub (Schengen)

Finland (2)

  • Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (HEL): Smoking Room near Gate 12, Schengen Area; Smoking Room near Gate 28, Upper Level

  • Oulu Airport (OUL): Airside Smoking Room, 1st Floor near Children's Play Area; Well-ventilated smoking facility near Gate 15

France (5)

Georgia (2)

Germany (14)

Greece (1)

Hungary (1)

Iceland (1)

Ireland (1)

Italy (6)

Latvia (1)

  • Riga International Airport (RIX): Open-Air Smoking Terrace Near Main Cafe (After Security); Indoor Smoking Cabin Near Gate C3 (Behind Cakes and Bakes)

Lithuania (1)

Netherlands (1)

  • Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM): Ground Floor Outdoor Smoking Area (After Security, Non-Schengen side); Panorama Terrace Smoking Area (After Security)

North Macedonia (1)

Poland (2)

Portugal (1)

Romania (4)

Russia (5)

Slovenia (1)

Spain (7)

Sweden (1)

  • Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN): Smoking Area Near O'Leary's Restaurant, Terminal 2; Smoking Cabins at Himmel & Bar, Terminal 2

Switzerland (2)

United Kingdom (6)

Asia (92 airports)

Sign for the smoking terrace at Istanbul Airport
Signs point the way to the smoking terraces at Istanbul Airport (SmokingAirports.com)

Armenia (1)

Azerbaijan (1)

Bahrain (1)

Bangladesh (1)

Brunei (1)

Cambodia (3)

China (12)

Hong Kong (1)

India (15)

Indonesia (5)

Iran (3)

Iraq (1)

Japan (13)

  • Hiroshima Airport (HIJ): Smoking Area, 2F Departure Lobby

  • Kagoshima Airport (KOJ): Domestic Terminal 2F Airside Smoking Room (beside JAL SAKURA LOUNGE); Smoking room near Gate 9

  • Kobe Airport (UKB): Smoking Room, Terminal 1, 2F East Side of Departure Lobby; Heated Tobacco Only Smoking Room, Terminal 1, 2F Boarding Lounge East

  • Kochi Ryoma Airport (KCZ): Airside Smoking Room, 2nd Floor near Food Court; Smoking areas indicated on Level 2 map

  • Komatsu Airport (KMQ): Smoking Room, 2nd Floor (Departure Level)

  • Nagasaki Airport (NGS): Domestic Departures Smoking Rooms, Floor 2 (x2); International Departures Smoking Room, Floor 2

  • Naha Airport (OKA): Smoking Areas, Departures Level (x4); Smoking Room near Gate 24

  • Narita International Airport (NRT): Terminal 1 Smoking Lounge (Smokers' Style, Satellite/Airside); Terminal 1 Floor 3 Airside Smoking Rooms

  • New Chitose Airport (CTS): Smoking Rooms, 3F (x7); Smoking Rooms, 4F (x2)

  • Okayama Momotaro Airport (OKJ): Smoking Area, North Terminal 2F (Gate Area); Smoking Area, North Terminal 2F (Departure Lobby)

  • Osaka International Airport (Itami Airport) (ITM): Smoking Room, North Terminal 2F Gate Area; Smoking Area, North Terminal 2F Departure Lobby

  • Painushima Ishigaki Airport (ISG): Domestic Terminal 2F Departure Waiting Lounge Smoking Room; International Terminal 2F Departure Waiting Lounge Smoking Room

  • Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND): Smoking Room near Gate 73, T2 2F Airside; Smoking Rooms opposite Gates 106, 109, 114, T3 3F Airside

Kazakhstan (1)

  • Aktau International Airport (SCO): Smoking Area, Domestic Departure Hall (2nd Floor, opposite cafe); Smoking Area, International Departure Hall (2nd Floor, near Duty Free)

Macau (1)

  • Macau International Airport (MFM): Smoking Lounge - North End, Airside Departure Hall; Smoking Lounge - South End, Airside Departure Hall

Malaysia (2)

Morocco (3)

Oman (1)

Pakistan (2)

Philippines (1)

Qatar (1)

Saudi Arabia (3)

Singapore (1)

South Korea (1)

Sri Lanka (1)

Taiwan (1)

Turkey (6)

  • Antalya Airport (AYT): Terminal 1 Outdoor Smoking Terrace (After Security); Terminal 2 Outdoor Smoking Terrace (After Security)

  • Dalaman Airport (DLM): Airside Courtyard Smoking Terrace, opposite Gate 39; Airside Courtyard Smoking Terrace, opposite McDonald's

  • Istanbul Airport (IST): Indoor Smoking Area near A-B Gourmet Trilogy; Smoking Terrace near Gate A11

  • Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport (SAW): Gate Cafe Smoking Terrace (Main Floor); Gate 306B Smoking Terrace (Lower Level)

  • İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport (ADB): Smoking Terrace near Gate 236; Smoking Terrace near Gate 238

  • Milas-Bodrum Airport (BJV): International Terminal Post-Security Courtyard (After Passport Control); Primeclass Lounge Smoking Area (Domestic Terminal)

United Arab Emirates (5)

Uzbekistan (1)

Vietnam (3)

Africa (10 airports)

Egypt (3)

Ethiopia (1)

Gabon (1)

Guinea-Bissau (1)

  • Bubaque Airport (BQE): Inside Terminal Building (Staff Office Area); Air strip and airside areas

Sierra Leone (1)

South Africa (1)

Tunisia (2)

North America (3 airports)

Dominican Republic (2)

United States (1)

Corridor leading to the Camel Smoking Lounge in Terminal 1 Concourse D at Dubai International Airport
The corridor to the Camel Smoking Lounge, Terminal 1 Concourse D, Dubai International (SmokingAirports.com)

Tips for smoking after security

  • Check your gate area, not just the airport. Many airports have smoking rooms in only one terminal or one concourse. Open the airport guide and check which gates are close to a smoking area.

  • Allow time. Smoking rooms can be a long walk from your gate, and at busy times there can be a queue to get in.

  • Look for the lounge option. At several airports the only airside place to smoke is inside a lounge. Some accept walk-in guests for a fee; others need a business class ticket or a lounge membership.

  • Bring a lighter only if it is allowed. Most airlines allow one lighter on your person, but rules differ, and many smoking rooms have a fixed lighter on the wall.

  • Vaping follows different rules. Some countries ban e-cigarettes outright, including Thailand and Singapore. A smoking room does not make vaping legal where it is banned.

  • Follow the signs on the day. Smoking areas close for renovation or disappear with new terminals. If a sign says no smoking, it overrides any guide, including ours.

Frequently asked questions

Can you smoke after security at airports in the United States?

Rarely. Most US airports are smoke-free inside the terminal. Our database has only 1 US airport with a documented smoking area after security: Tampa International Airport.

Which European airports allow smoking after security?

We list 73 European airports with smoking after security. Among the largest are Munich, Zurich, Vienna, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Rome Fiumicino, Milan Malpensa, Barcelona, Athens, Helsinki and Stockholm Arlanda. Germany has the most, with 14 airports, followed by Spain with 7, and the United Kingdom and Italy with 6 each.

Can I leave the secure area to smoke and come back?

At some airports you can, but you will have to go through security again, and at international departures possibly through passport control as well. Transit passengers usually cannot leave the secure area without entering the country. Check the airport guide before you rely on it.

Are smoking lounges free?

Most airport smoking rooms are free. Some airports only allow smoking inside a lounge, which may charge a walk-in fee or require a qualifying ticket or membership.

How we built this list

This list comes from the SmokingAirports.com airport database, which covers more than 700 airports. An airport appears here only when two separate parts of our data agree: its smoking policy says smoking is allowed after security, and at least one specific smoking area after security is documented for it. Airports where only limited smoking is possible after security (188 of them) are not in the main list.

We research each airport using official airport sources, terminal maps and traveller reports, and every airport page shows when it was last verified. Even so, smoking areas change without notice. If you find that a smoking area on this list has closed or moved, please use the correction form on the airport page so we can update it for the next traveller.

Photos: SmokingAirports.com.

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