Airports with Indoor Smoking Lounges – Complete List

This page lists every airport in our database that has confirmed indoor smoking rooms, lounges, or cabins as of 2026. All facilities listed are post-security unless noted otherwise — meaning you can use them during a connection without re-clearing security; our guide to smoking during layovers covers how much time to budget.

For a scored take on which of these deliver the best overall experience, see our ranked list of the best airports for smokers. If your only question is where you can light up past the gates, our guide to airports with smoking areas after security covers every airport with airside access, and the ultimate guide to smoking at airports explains the rules worldwide.

Quick Reference

Japan

Japan is the world leader in airport smoking infrastructure. Every major Japanese airport maintains clean, enclosed smoking rooms with proper ventilation and wall-mounted electric lighters. Rooms are cleaned frequently and rarely overcrowded even at peak hours.

Major Hubs

Tokyo Haneda (HND) — 47 smoking areas across 3 terminals, per the airport’s official smoking-area page. Terminal 1 has 11, Terminal 2 has 15 (including a Cafe & Smoking Lounge with drinks and snacks on 3F North Pier), and Terminal 3, the international terminal, has 21. One of the highest counts of any airport in the world.

Tokyo Narita (NRT) — 30+ rooms. Terminal 1 has rooms on five levels including the airside satellite, Terminal 2 has rooms in the Main Building, the connecting corridor and the Satellite, and Terminal 3 has rooms for LCC passengers by the food court and near Gate 150. Every gate cluster is within a few minutes of a room.

Osaka Kansai (KIX) — Multiple rooms in both terminals plus a British American Tobacco premium smoking lounge with boutique design. The KIX First Class Lounge (reopened May 2025) also has a smoking room.

Nagoya Centrair (NGO) — Enclosed smoking rooms throughout Terminal 1: landside on the 2F arrivals lobbies and the 3F check-in level, airside opposite Gates 4-6 and Gate 10, in the Gates 201-206 area, and in the international departures area. Every room has wall-mounted plug lighters. Terminal 2 (low-cost carriers) has none — smoke in Terminal 1 before heading over.

Regional Airports

Sapporo New Chitose (CTS) — 15 rooms: 11 in the domestic terminal across 4 floors and 4 in the international terminal. The Super Lounge Annex (opened April 2025) offers smoking with alcohol service. One room per domestic gate cluster ensures short walks.

Fukuoka (FUK) — 7-10 rooms across domestic (1F, 2F, 3F) and international (1F, 3F, 4F) terminals. New expanded international terminal opened March 2025.

Kobe (UKB) — six enclosed rooms across Terminal 1 and the new international Terminal 2, including three airside boarding-lounge rooms, one reserved for heated tobacco only.

Matsuyama (MYJ) — three enclosed rooms (domestic 2F departure lobby, domestic 2F boarding waiting room, international 2F boarding waiting room) plus two outdoor areas, one with a dedicated IQOS zone.

Kumamoto (KMJ) — a landside 1F lobby room, an airside 3F boarding-waiting-area room after security, and a further smoking area at the separate Sorayoka Area visitor centre.

Ishigaki (ISG) — three enclosed rooms: landside on 1F between the check-in lobbies, airside in the domestic 2F boarding waiting room, and landside in the international 2F departure lounge.

Miyako (MMY) — a landside 1F arrival-lobby room and an airside 2F room near Gate A and Gate B, after security.

Miyazaki (KMI) — two smoking corners, one landside on 1F by the airline counters and one on 2F inside the departure/boarding waiting room.

Other Japanese airports with indoor rooms: Sendai, Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Nagasaki, Niigata, Okayama, Oita, Hakodate, Aomori, Komatsu, New Kitakyushu, Shizuoka.

India

Indian airports increasingly offer designated smoking zones, typically enclosed glass rooms with ventilation. Quality varies — major hubs like Delhi and Mumbai have well-maintained rooms, while smaller airports may have basic outdoor shelters.

Delhi IGI (DEL) — 10+ zones across all three terminals. T3 international has 3 departure zones plus a transit area. Electric lighters provided. Cigarette shop in T3 arrival zone.

Mumbai (BOM) — T1 has rooms near Gates 26-27 and Gate 1. T2 international has zones on Level 4, in the retail area and near Gate 68. T2 domestic has rooms on Level 3, in the retail area and near Gates 42 and 47.

Hyderabad (HYD) — Rooms at Gate 12, Gate 124, Gate 102 basement, and inside the Encalm Lounge near Gate 23.

Bangalore (BLR) — T1 has rooms opposite domestic lounges and near Gate 44. T2 has rooms opposite Gate D24 and near Gates C3-C4.

Tirupati (TIR) — three smoking rooms: one landside at check-in, and two airside on the first and second floors of the Security Hold Area.

Leh (IXL) — a Smoking Zone inside the Security Hold Area, after security, at one of the highest commercial airports in the world.

Udaipur (UDR) — a Smoking Zone in the departure hall of the single terminal; its position relative to security is not published.

Rajkot (HSR) — a smoking room Air India lists for the single integrated terminal; its position relative to security is not published.

Jodhpur (JDH) — a smoking room in the single terminal, a civil enclave at the Indian Air Force’s Jodhpur Air Force Station.

Agartala (IXA) — an enclosed Smoking Zone inside the single integrated terminal, required by COTPA to be a separately ventilated room.

Other Indian airports with indoor zones: Jaipur, Kolkata, Chennai, Goa, Pune, Cochin.

Russia

Russia treats airport smoking rooms as standard infrastructure. Most Russian airports have indoor rooms in both domestic and international areas, typically glass-enclosed with ventilation systems.

Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) — 4 rooms (2 in international departures, 2 in domestic) plus the Art Lounge; travellers report the formerly IQOS-branded spot near Gate 25 scaled back (airports with dedicated heated-tobacco rooms are in our IQOS at airports guide). Rooms reopened July 2021 with modern ventilation.

Moscow Domodedovo (DME) — International rooms in Gallery E (Gates 5 & 8), reopened July 2024, plus three free domestic rooms since November 2025 — two in Gallery C and one in Gallery D. No lounge access required.

Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO) — Multiple rooms across terminals including paid Moscow Lounge access in Terminal D.

Saint Petersburg Pulkovo (LED) — Indoor rooms on 3rd floor near BUD Burger and 1st floor cabin.

Yekaterinburg Koltsovo (SVX) — Rooms in business lounges and general departure areas.

Indonesia

Indonesian airports maintain smoking rooms as a standard amenity, reflecting the country’s high smoking rate.

Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta (CGK) — Rooms in all 3 terminals. T3 international has rooms at Gates 1, 2, 8. T3 domestic has rooms at Gates 12 and 18. T2 E-gates and Coffee Bean area. T1 gates area plus two rooms in the Garuda Indonesia Lounge.

Bali Denpasar (DPS) — Air-conditioned rooms on 2F international (Gates 4-7) and 3F domestic.

Surabaya Juanda (SUB) — Both terminals have landside and airside rooms, plus the Garuda Lounge and Diplomat Cafe.

Batam Hang Nadim (BTH) — smoking rooms after security in the departure gate areas, including an enclosed room near Gate A5.

Lombok (LOP) — a café smoking room near Gate 1 in international departures, after security, plus a further area before passport control.

Palembang (PLM) — an airside second-floor domestic smoking room near the lounge zone, plus a landside room at the departure drop-off zone.

Semarang (SRG) — a smoking room inside the Concordia Lounge, past security in the domestic departure area.

Pekanbaru (PKU) — a smoking area inside the Blue Sky Premier Lounge, past security and immigration.

Labuan Bajo / Komodo (LBJ) — a ventilated smoking room in the second-floor departure lounge, past security.

Jakarta Halim (HLP) — an enclosed smoking room inside the landside Saphire Lounge, before security; no smoking facility after security is confirmed.

China

China’s confirmed indoor smoking rooms are mostly small, enclosed spaces after security in the boarding concourses of secondary hubs, rather than the branded lounges found further west.

Guilin Liangjiang (KWL) — eight indoor rooms: six along the third-floor departure piers after security, and one each in the domestic and international arrivals halls.

Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN) — eight indoor rooms, all of them after security and each fitted with a built-in lighter: five in Terminal 3 (gates 5, 8 and 18 in the domestic sterile area, gates 12 and 52 in the international sterile area) and three in Terminal 4 (gates 63, 68 and 71).

Hefei Xinqiao (HFE) — indoor rooms after security near gates A05 and A23, plus five outdoor areas before security.

Lijiang Sanyi (LJG) — three indoor rooms after security, in the right and left waiting halls and the remote-gate waiting hall.

Lhasa Gonggar (LXA) — two indoor rooms in Terminal 3’s waiting area after security, between Gates 6-7 and Gates 22-23.

Nanning Wuxu (NNG) — indoor rooms after security in Terminal 2’s international and domestic departure areas.

Nanchang Changbei (KHN) — an enclosed room after security in Terminal 2’s A concourse, next to remote gate 252.

Wuxi Sunan Shuofang (WUX) — an indoor room after security in Terminal 2, near gates 19-21.

Shijiazhuang Zhengding (SJW) — an indoor room after security in Terminal 2, near gate 31.

Fuzhou Changle (FOC) — an indoor room after security in Terminal 1, near Gate Hall 5.

Jieyang Chaoshan (SWA) — an indoor room after security in the boarding concourse.

South Korea

Cheongju (CJJ) — outdoor booths on the ground floor before security, plus an enclosed smoking room in the international departure holding area after security; the domestic holding area has no equivalent room.

Malaysia

Johor Bahru Senai (JHB) — a smoking room reported in the departure hall on the terminal’s first floor; its position relative to security is unconfirmed.

Uzbekistan

Samarkand (SKD) — designated smoking rooms in the sterile international-departures area, on the second and third floors, after security.

Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar Chinggis Khaan (UBN) — a landside smoking room in the ground-floor arrivals hall, plus a second room in the second-floor border-zone waiting hall after passport control.

Middle East

Dubai International (DXB) — Indoor smoking rooms in all three terminals. T1 has a Camel-branded room between Gates D12 and D13 and a Winston-branded room upstairs near Gate D1, plus a smoking point in the Marhaba Lounge. T3 has rooms near Gate A2, a Winston-branded room near Gates B3/B7, a Ploom-branded room near Gates B25/B27, and rooms near Gates C9 and C23.

Ras Al Khaimah (RKT) — separate indoor smoking rooms in both the Arrival Terminal and the Departure Terminal buildings; position relative to security is not published.

Tabuk Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz (TUU) — a smoking area inside the airside Hayyak Lounge, Domestic Departure near Gate 2, listed among the lounge’s amenities on Plaza Premium’s own site; entry with a lounge-membership card or a paid Plaza Premium booking.

Taif International (TIF) — a smoking area inside the airside Hayyak Lounge, International Departure near Gate 4 (the separate Domestic Departure Hayyak Lounge near Gate 1 lists none); entry with a lounge-membership card or a paid Plaza Premium booking.

Jizan King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz (GIZ) — a smoking area inside the airside Hayyak Lounge, Domestic Departure near Gate 50, listed among the lounge’s amenities on Plaza Premium’s own site; entry with a lounge-membership card or a paid Plaza Premium booking.

Qassim Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz (ELQ) — a smoking area inside the airside Hayyak Lounge, Domestic Departure near Gate 1 (the separate International Departure Hayyak Lounge near Gate 3 lists none); entry with a lounge-membership card or a paid Plaza Premium booking.

United States

Four US airports have indoor post-security smoking in 2026 — three of them through legal exceptions, one in a state that never passed a comprehensive clean-indoor-air act. For how the law varies across every state, see our US airport smoking laws by state guide.

Las Vegas Harry Reid (LAS) — Nevada gaming law exempts enclosed areas with slot machines from the smoking ban. Enclosed gaming lounges sit airside on the B, C, D and E concourses (Concourse A has none): a gaming lounge at the B gates, Barney’s Lounge near Gate C25 and a gaming area near C24 in Terminal 1, an enclosed slot area on the Concourse D satellite (tram from both terminals), and The Gaming Lounge at the E gates past the Terminal 3 checkpoint. Full bar service and slot machines. Before security, the Bud 29 Track Lounge in the Terminal 1 Esplanade does the same job.

Nashville (BNA) — Travelers Post on Concourse B near Gate B10. $10 entry, full bar with cocktails, complimentary coffee and snacks, and a tobacco shop. Open 6 AM to 8 PM daily; entry is 21+. One of the only dedicated indoor airport smoking lounges in the United States.

Gulfport-Biloxi (GPT) — A filtered smoking room past the TSA checkpoint, which the airport lists among its terminal amenities. Free, open to any traveller through security, and available while the terminal is open (two hours before the first departure until the last arrival). Mississippi has no statewide comprehensive clean-indoor-air act, which is why the room survives.

Guam Antonio B. Won Pat (GUM) — A smoking room in the food court on the departure concourse, past security, authorized under 10 GCA §90107(b) — the only such carve-out written into Guam’s smoke-free law for any single facility. Traveller reports place it there from September 2018 through January 2026; GIAA’s own website does not list the room.

Miami (MIA) — Semi-indoor. The open-air atrium near TGI Friday’s has four walls and a roof with a gap at the roofline that classifies it as outdoors under Florida law. Traditional cigarettes only — e-cigarettes are banned in the atrium; whether you can vape at a given airport varies, so check before you travel. Reachable airside from every concourse via the Level 3 moving walkways without re-clearing security; the Skytrain runs above Concourse D only.

Sweden

Stockholm Arlanda (ARN) — Nine glass-enclosed smoking rooms in Terminal 5 alone, plus rooms in Terminal 4 and Terminal 2. In T5: near Gates 3 and 13, Level 3 Duty Free, Level 4 near Gates F65/67, and scattered glass cabins. The D19 room in T4 is particularly well-maintained.

Gothenburg Landvetter (GOT) — A cabin across from Gates 19A/20A (main Schengen area, just before passport control), plus a traveller-reported area near Gate 22 in the non-Schengen zone beyond passport control. The cabin sits some distance from the far Schengen gates, so allow a few minutes if you want a last cigarette before boarding.

Smaller Swedish airports keep airside booths too: Stockholm Skavsta (NYO) in the departure lounge after security, and booths between Gates 3 and 5 at Malmö (MMX), marked on Swedavia’s own terminal map.

France

Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) — indoor smoking rooms after security across the terminals, with Terminal 2E the best equipped: rooms and outdoor terraces around the K, L and M gates.

Lyon Saint-Exupéry (LYS) — a hidden indoor smoking room near Gate B02 in Terminal 1. The entrance sign is small (about 10 cm) and easy to miss.

Germany

Every major German hub keeps indoor smoking rooms airside — the densest indoor-smoking network in western Europe.

Frankfurt (FRA) — indoor smoking rooms after security in Terminal 1 (Areas A, B and Z) and the new Terminal 3 (Areas H and J).

Munich (MUC) — indoor smoking rooms across Terminal 1 modules A, B, C, D and F and Terminal 2 plus its satellite, all after security.

Düsseldorf (DUS) — rooms after security on Pier A, two traveller-reported rooms on Pier B, and the room signed “Winston Lounge” on Pier C.

Berlin Brandenburg (BER) — five Terminal 1 smoking cabins after security, at Gates A02, A38, B02, B30/31 and C01; the A38 and B30/31 cabins run 24/7.

Hamburg (HAM) — a shared T1/T2 airside zone with the Lucky Strike lounge, plus spots at Gates A33 and C08.

Stuttgart (STR) — indoor smoking rooms in Terminals 1 and 3 after security.

Cologne Bonn (CGN) — an enclosed smoking room after security in both Terminal 1 and Terminal 2.

Hannover (HAJ) — indoor smoking cabins within the airside terminal, past security.

Nuremberg (NUE) — smoking cabins in the gate waiting area after security, plus forecourt smoking areas before it.

Dortmund (DTM) — a smoking room airside in the security area, plus a landside outdoor area in front of the terminal.

Memmingen (FMM) — an airside beer garden and a smoking cabin at Gate 1, plus a further cabin after passport control for non-Schengen flights.

Italy

Milan Malpensa (MXP) — enclosed smoking rooms after security in Terminal 1, plus a booth in Terminal 2.

Rome Fiumicino (FCO) — enclosed airside smoking booths near the gates in Boarding Areas A, B, D and E.

Venice Marco Polo (VCE) — a ventilated indoor smoking room after security on the top floor.

Milan Linate (LIN) — an enclosed smoking room after security near Gate A16.

Palermo (PMO) — an enclosed smoking room after security opposite Gate A18.

Bari (BRI) — a smoking room in the boarding area after security.

Lamezia Terme (SUF) — a smoking area in the boarding lounge immediately after the security checkpoint.

Switzerland

Zurich (ZRH) — 16 enclosed smoking rooms, 11 of them after security across the Airside Center and Gates A50, B06, B35, D35 and E23, plus 5 landside.

Geneva (GVA) — a ventilated indoor smoking area in the Terminal 1 transit zone on the mezzanine level, open daily from 04:00.

More of Europe

Vienna (VIE) — enclosed indoor rooms after security near Gates C, D, F and G, plus two paid-lounge smoking facilities. Helsinki (HEL) — well-ventilated indoor rooms in the gate areas airside. Copenhagen (CPH) — a purpose-built, ventilated smoking room in the centre of the airside Aspire Lounge near Gates A, which any passenger can enter by buying access at the lounge door; the airport’s own marked areas are outdoor terraces. Athens (ATH) — indoor smoking rooms near Gates A8, B12–B13 and the C-satellite. Warsaw Chopin (WAW) — enclosed booths airside on both the Schengen and non-Schengen concourses. Kraków (KRK) — two airside rooms: opposite Gate 1 in Schengen and via the Sky Lounge in non-Schengen. Lisbon (LIS) — enclosed indoor rooms in Terminal 1 after security. Faro (FAO) — a traveller-reported indoor airside room in the Gates B zone. Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) — designated indoor smoking areas by the departure gates. Sofia (SOF) — a free half-open area by Gates B1–B4 plus the Aspire lounge’s indoor section. Zagreb (ZAG) — an indoor airside cabin in Schengen Departures. Larnaca (LCA) — a ventilated smoking room past passport control near Burger King. Riga (RIX) — a cabin by the C gates plus a terrace just past security at Sector B. Minsk (MSQ) — two enclosed indoor rooms airside plus an International Lounge smoking room. Bodrum (BJV) — a smoking area and open-air terrace inside the International Terminal’s Primeclass Lounge, after security. Billund (BLL) — an indoor smoking cabin past security, behind the WHSmith shop on the way to the gates. Bratislava (BTS) — a structurally separate smoking area by the eat&fly! bistro in Non-Schengen Departures, airside. Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) — designated smoking rooms airside near gates A6-A7 (Schengen) and B3-B4 (non-Schengen). Katowice (KTW) — an enclosed smoking cabin airside on the lowest level of Terminal B, near Gate 25. Poznań (POZ) — smoking cabins airside in the Schengen departure hall. Wrocław (WRO) — an enclosed smoking cabin airside behind the Gate Bar, near gates 1/2. Kaunas (KUN) — a smoking room inside the departure terminal, behind the security check. Vilnius (VNO) — an indoor smoking room in the departure terminal, past security. Ljubljana (LJU) — a small enclosed booth reported airside in Terminal A, between gates A2 and A3. Split (SPU) — a designated smoking area on Floor 1, airside, next to the duty-free shop. Salzburg (SZG) — a smoking booth at Gate 9 in Terminal 1, after security. Tallinn (TLL) — a smoking room at Aviation Pub Legend, past security.

South Africa

Johannesburg OR Tambo (JNB) — The 360-square-meter Dunhill Smoking Lounge in Terminal A is one of the largest dedicated airport smoking lounges anywhere. Full food and beverage service. Terminal A also has Lounge 27 and an airside area (closes 8 PM). Terminal B has SAA Lounge access and the Airport Craft Brewers area.

Cape Town (CPT) — Smokers’ Lounge in international departures (opposite Icons restaurant, before stairs to B gates). Reopened April 2022 after renovation. In the domestic terminal, the Bidvest Premier Lounge on the 4th floor after security has a smoking room inside (paid lounge access).

Durban King Shaka (DUR) — Indoor smoking room inside the Bidvest Premier Lounge (paid lounge access required).

George (GRJ) — an enclosed smoking room inside the airside Bidvest Premier Lounge.

Gqeberha / Chief Dawid Stuurman (PLZ) — an enclosed smoking room inside the airside Bidvest Premier Lounge, in the domestic departures hall.

Tanzania

Kilimanjaro International (JRO) — an official smoking room on the first floor of the domestic terminal’s departures area, confirmed on the airport’s own site.

Zanzibar Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ) — a Terminal 3 smoking room near Gate 5, past security in the international departures area; travellers photographed it as recently as October 2024.

Sri Lanka

Colombo Bandaranaike (CMB) — Indoor smoking area inside the Flemingo Duty Free shop on the airside, near the Serendib Lounge.