Yes, you can smoke at Austrian airports: Vienna (VIE) has smoking areas after security at the C gates, Gates F34/F35 and Gates G16/G32, a booth in front of the SKY Lounge and the paid VIENNA Lounge terrace; Salzburg (SZG) has a smoking booth at Gate 9 in Terminal 1; and Innsbruck (INN) publishes no smoking area, so smokers there go outside the terminal building before security.
Austria Airports Compared: Before and After Security
Before security, you can always smoke outside: at a designated smoking area where there is one, or outside the airport property, beyond the terminal kerb and car parks. After security, Yes means there is a smoking area past security and a dash means none is listed. Each airport’s page has the details.
| Airport | Before security | After security |
|---|---|---|
| Innsbruck (INN) | Yes | – |
| Salzburg (SZG) | Yes | Yes |
| Vienna (VIE) | Yes | Yes |
How Austrian Airport Smoking Works
Austria’s Tobacco and Non-Smokers’ Protection Act (TNRSG) bans smoking in rooms of public places, airport terminals included, and lets a public place set up a separate side room as a smoking room, as long as the smoke does not reach the non-smoking area. The same bans cover e-cigarettes and heated tobacco. Smoking where it is banned costs up to €100, or up to €1,000 for a repeat offence; an operator that fails to enforce the rules faces up to €2,000, or €10,000 for a repeat. So:
- Vienna (VIE): smoking areas after security at the C gates, Gates F34/F35 and Gates G16/G32, a booth in front of the SKY Lounge, and the paid VIENNA Lounge terrace for the D gates
- Salzburg (SZG): a smoking booth at Gate 9 in Terminal 1, after security, and outdoor areas before security
- Innsbruck (INN): no smoking area published; smoke outside the terminal building, before security
- E-cigarettes: only where smoking is allowed; where an airport publishes no vaping rule, ask staff
Vienna International Airport (VIE)
Vienna International Airport (VIE) has smoking areas after security on the way to the C gates, at Gates F34 and F35 (Schengen) and just past Gates G16 and G32 (non-Schengen). For the D gates, the smoking area is the terrace in the paid VIENNA Lounge (EUR 59), and there is a smokers’ booth in front of the SKY Lounge in Terminal 3. The airport lists no smoking area before security.
Salzburg Airport (SZG)
Salzburg Airport (SZG) has a smoking booth at Gate 9 in Terminal 1, after security. Its no-smoking rule covers the buildings and the airside area, so before security you smoke outdoors.
Innsbruck Airport (INN)
Innsbruck Airport (INN) publishes no smoking area. Smoke outside the terminal building, before security.
Tips for Smokers at Austrian Airports
- At Vienna, every listed smoking area is after security: the C gates, Gates F34/F35, Gates G16/G32 and, for the D gates, the VIENNA Lounge terrace
- At Salzburg, the only smoking spot after security is the Gate 9 booth in Terminal 1
- At Innsbruck, smoke outside the terminal before you clear security
- E-cigarettes follow the smoking rules; where an airport publishes no vaping rule, ask staff