Yes, open-air smoking outside the terminal building, landside, is permitted at Ushuaia – Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH), under Ley 26.687, Argentina’s nationwide ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces. USH publishes no designated smoking area of its own, and it lists no smoking facility after security.
USH sits about 4 kilometres south of downtown Ushuaia, on a peninsula in the Beagle Channel. It is the world’s southernmost international airport, serving both scheduled flights and the cruise ships that sail from Ushuaia to Antarctica.
Where to Smoke
Every enclosed public space in Argentina is smoke-free under Ley 26.687, so USH keeps no indoor smoking room, matching every other terminal in the country. USH’s own website adds nothing beyond that baseline — no smoking area, marked spot or signage of its own is published — leaving the open air outside the terminal building, on the landside, as the option the law permits.
After Security
USH’s own service and facilities listings name no airside smoking room, and the airside W Lounge goes further: it is non-smoking, vaping included. Smoke landside, before the checkpoint; our guide to smoking during layovers covers general planning for a tight connection.
Lounge
The W Lounge sits airside, past security control near Gate 6, for domestic flights only, with a maximum three-hour stay. It is non-smoking, vaping included.
Vaping
USH publishes no separate rule for e-cigarettes at the terminal level, so vape only where smoking is permitted: in the open air landside, and not indoors or airside. Inside the W Lounge specifically, vaping is ruled out as well as smoking.
For onward connections through the capital, Ezeiza International’s outdoor smoking area follows the same landside pattern.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor terminal | No | Smoke-free nationwide under Ley 26.687 |
| After security / airside | No | USH’s own listings name no smoking facility |
| W Lounge (Gate 6) | No | Non-smoking, vaping included |
| Outdoor landside | Yes | Permitted under Ley 26.687; no marked spot published |
| Vaping | Landside open air only | No separate airport rule; vape only where smoking is permitted; banned inside the W Lounge |
For Argentina’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, see our Argentina airport guide.
Useful Links
Ushuaia International Airport – Malvinas Argentinas (official)