--- title: "Smoking at Ushuaia Airport – USH" canonical: "https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/argentina/ush-smoking-at-ushuaia-airport/" language: "en-us" description: "Open-air smoking outside the terminal building, landside, is permitted at Ushuaia Airport (USH) under Argentine law; the airside W Lounge itself bans smoking." lastmod: "2026-10-04T00:00:00Z" --- # Smoking at Ushuaia Airport – USH 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](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/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](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/argentina/eze-smoking-at-buenos-aires-ezeiza-airport/) 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](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/argentina/). ## Useful Links [Ushuaia International Airport – Malvinas Argentinas (official)](https://www.aeropuertoushuaia.com/en/index.php) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Can you smoke at Ushuaia Airport (USH)? Yes — under Ley 26.687, Argentina’s nationwide ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces, the open air outside the terminal building, landside, is where smoking is permitted. USH publishes no designated smoking area of its own, and it lists no smoking facility after security. ### Is there a smoking area after security at Ushuaia Airport? USH’s own listings name no airside smoking facility, and the airside W Lounge is non-smoking, vaping included. Smoke landside, before the checkpoint. ### Can I smoke inside the terminal at Ushuaia Airport? USH’s terminal interior is smoke-free throughout, under the same national law that applies at every Argentine airport. Step outside to the landside open air for a cigarette. ### Where can I smoke at Ushuaia Airport? Landside, in the open air outside the terminal building, about 4 kilometres south of downtown Ushuaia — Ley 26.687 permits smoking there, and USH’s own site does not publish a marked or signed spot beyond that. ### Can you vape at Ushuaia Airport? 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; the airside W Lounge is non-smoking, vaping included. ### Does the W Lounge at Ushuaia Airport have a smoking area? The W Lounge is non-smoking, vaping included; the lounge sits airside, past security control near Gate 6, for domestic flights only.