Smoking at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery – AEP

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Yes, you can smoke at Buenos Aires Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP) outside the terminal in the open air. AEP is the city’s close-in airport and Argentina’s busiest, handling around 17.7 million passengers in 2025 through a single recently renovated terminal that serves domestic, regional, and international flights. The building is smoke-free throughout, so smoking happens in the open-air area landside, in front of the terminal.

Where to Smoke

Smoking at AEP is an outdoor, landside option. The terminal has no indoor smoking room and no airside smoking area, so the place to smoke is outside the building in the open air, on the kerbside and forecourt in front of the terminal.

After passport control, the AMAE Lounge (first floor, near Gate 1) is non-smoking, as is the rest of the airside zone. Departing passengers should smoke outside before passing through security. Connecting passengers who want to smoke must leave the terminal, use the open-air area outside, and then re-clear security and any document checks to return to their gate.

Vaping

Vaping at AEP is allowed in the same outdoor area as smoking. Indoor vaping is not permitted, so use vapes outside the terminal in the open air.

Summary

AreaSmoking allowed?
Indoors (terminal)No
After security (airside)No
AMAE LoungeNo
Outside terminal (open air)Yes

For Argentina’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, see our Argentina airport smoking guide.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can you smoke at Buenos Aires Aeroparque (AEP)?

Yes, you can smoke at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery outside the terminal in the open air. The terminal is smoke-free indoors, so the open-air landside area in front of the building is where smokers go.

Is there a smoking area after security at AEP?

No, there is no smoking area after security at AEP. There is no airside smoking room, and the airside AMAE Lounge is non-smoking, so departing passengers must finish their cigarette before passing through security.

Can you smoke inside the AEP terminal?

No, smoking is not allowed inside the Aeroparque terminal. Argentina’s enclosed-space smoking rules cover the whole building, so the only place to smoke is outside in the open air.

What about connecting passengers at AEP?

Connecting passengers who want to smoke must exit the terminal, smoke in the open air outside the building, and then re-clear security and any document checks before returning to their gate.

Can you vape at AEP?

Yes, you can vape at AEP, though only outdoors. Indoor vaping follows the same enclosed-space rules as smoking, so use vapes in the open-air area outside the terminal.