Yes, open-air smoking landside, outside the terminal building, is permitted at Cataratas del Iguazú International Airport (IGR), under Argentina’s national law banning smoking in every enclosed public space. The airport publishes no dedicated smoking area of its own, and no airside facility is confirmed — treat the open air outside the terminal, before security or after you land, as the option.
IGR is the gateway to Iguazú Falls, sitting about 16 kilometres southeast of Puerto Iguazú and roughly 6 kilometres south of the falls themselves. It is a single-runway, single-terminal airport, and most of its routes connect through Buenos Aires.
Where to Smoke
Argentina’s Ley 26.687 bans smoking nationwide in enclosed public spaces, so no airport terminal keeps an indoor smoking room. IGR’s own site adds nothing beyond that national baseline — it names no dedicated smoking area, marked spot or signage. What remains is the open air outside the terminal building, on the landside, where national law does not restrict smoking.
After Security
IGR’s own service and facilities listings do not name an airside smoking room anywhere in the terminal. Departing passengers should plan on their last cigarette being landside, before check-in. A connecting passenger hoping to step out airside faces the same gap in the published information — IGR does not describe a procedure for exiting and re-clearing security for a smoke break, so confirm with your airline and allow extra time before attempting one; our guide to smoking during layovers covers general planning.
Lounges
IGR’s AMAE Lounge is listed by the operator as airside, between gates 3 and 4 in the domestic pre-boarding area, with hours of 06:30 to 22:00; no smoking area appears anywhere in that listing.
Vaping
Argentina applies the same landside, open-air default to vaping as to cigarettes — enclosed public spaces are smoke-free under Ley 26.687, and no airside or indoor vaping area is confirmed at IGR. Argentina also bans the sale and import of e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn devices under ANMAT Disposición 3226/2011, so bring what you need before you fly rather than plan to buy a device or refills near the falls.
Since most connections route through the capital, the outdoor smoking area at Ezeiza International and Aeroparque’s landside smoking area both follow the same landside-only pattern.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor terminal | No | Smoke-free under Ley 26.687 |
| After security / airside | No | Operator’s listings name no airside facility |
| AMAE Lounge | No | Airside, gates 3–4 pre-boarding; no smoking area in the listing |
| Outdoor landside | Yes | Open-air smoking permitted under national law; no marked spot published |
| Vaping | Landside open air only | Follows the same national default as cigarettes; e-cigarette sale/import banned nationally |
For Argentina’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, see our Argentina airport guide.