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title: "Smoking at Catumbela Airport – CBT"
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description: "Open-air smoking outside the terminal, landside, is permitted at Angola's airports, including Catumbela Airport (CBT); no designated area is published."
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# Smoking at Catumbela Airport – CBT

Yes — open-air smoking outside the terminal building, landside, is permitted at Angola’s airports, including Catumbela Airport (CBT); the airport publishes no designated area, and no smoking facility after security is confirmed.

Catumbela Airport, rebuilt in 2012, is the gateway for Benguela and Lobito on Angola’s central coast.

## Where to Smoke

Open-air smoking outside the terminal building, landside, is permitted at Angola’s airports; the airport publishes no designated area, and no smoking facility after security is confirmed. No official facility map and no traveller report names a specific location at CBT.

## Vaping

The airport publishes no separate rule for e-cigarettes at CBT; the open-air landside option applies.

## Summary

| Area | Smoking | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Indoor (terminal) | No | No indoor smoking room documented |
| After security / airside | No | No smoking facility after security confirmed |
| Outdoor, landside (before security) | Yes | Permitted at Angola’s airports; no designated area published |
| Vaping | Same as cigarettes | No separate rule published |

For Angola airport smoking rules, vaping rules, and other general info, see our [Angola smoking guide](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/angola/).

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Are there smoking areas at Catumbela Airport (CBT)?

Yes — open-air smoking outside the terminal building, landside, is permitted at Angola’s airports; the airport publishes no designated area, and no smoking facility after security is confirmed.

### Can I smoke inside Catumbela Airport?

The terminal interior is not documented as having an indoor smoking room; the open-air landside area outside the building is the only sanctioned option.

### Is there a smoking area after security at Catumbela Airport?

Smoking facility after security is not confirmed at CBT; the sanctioned option is the open-air landside area outside the terminal.

### Where exactly can I smoke at Catumbela Airport?

The airport publishes no location map for open-air smoking; no specific spot is documented beyond landside, outside the terminal building.

### Can I vape at Catumbela Airport?

The airport publishes no separate rule for e-cigarettes at CBT; the open-air landside option applies.

### Is smoking allowed inside the check-in hall at Catumbela Airport?

The enclosed check-in hall is not documented as having a smoking room; the open-air landside area outside the terminal building is the only sanctioned smoking option.