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Smoking at Salzburg Airport – SZG

SZG ✓ Verified Jul 2026
By , Author, Air Travel Writer · Updated

Yes, you can smoke at Salzburg Airport (SZG) in the smoking booth at Gate 9 in Terminal 1, after security, or outdoors landside before you reach the checkpoint.

Salzburg Airport W. A. Mozart (SZG) is Austria’s second-busiest airport.

It carries an explicit airside smoking exception on a much smaller scale than Vienna Airport’s indoor smoking rooms after security, the country’s larger and better-known example of the same pattern.

Smoking Booth at Gate 9 (After Security)

The airport’s own safety-information page is direct about the rule: smoking, including e-cigarettes and similar products, is prohibited in all buildings and throughout the non-public (airside) area of the airport — with one exception. That exception is a specially designated smoking booth (“Raucherbox”) at Gate 9 in Terminal 1. It’s the only indoor or airside smoking spot the airport lists, so if your gate is elsewhere in the terminal, allow a few minutes to walk over.

Outdoor Areas (Before Security)

Because the airport’s no-smoking rule is written to cover its buildings and the airside area specifically, open-air spots outside the terminal — landside, before you reach security — fall outside that ban. This is the option for anyone smoking before check-in, on arrival, or while waiting outside for a pickup.

Vaping

Salzburg Airport’s safety-information page states plainly that its smoking rule “includes the use of electronic cigarettes and similar smoking products,” and that rule is scoped the same way as the smoking ban itself: it covers the buildings and the airside area, not the open-air landside spots outside them. So vaping follows the same two options as cigarettes — the Gate 9 booth airside, or outdoors landside.

Summary

AreaSmokingNotes
Gate 9 smoking booth (Terminal 1, airside)YesThe one indoor exception named on the airport’s safety page
Rest of the terminal interiorNoCovered by the airport’s no-smoking rule
Landside, outdoorsYesOutside the buildings, before security
VapingYesGate 9 booth airside, or outdoors landside

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

Are there smoking areas at Salzburg Airport (SZG)?

Yes — a smoking booth at Gate 9 in Terminal 1, after security, plus outdoor areas landside before the checkpoint. The airport’s own safety-information page names the Gate 9 booth as the one exception to its no-smoking rule.

Where is the smoking area after security at Salzburg Airport?

At Gate 9 in Terminal 1. The airport’s official safety page states smoking is prohibited in all buildings and throughout the airside area, with a specially designated smoking booth at Gate 9 as the exception.

Can I smoke inside the terminal at Salzburg Airport?

Indoor smoking is confined to the booth at Gate 9. The airport’s own rules ban smoking everywhere else inside the buildings, including cafés, the check-in hall and other gate areas.

Can I smoke landside at Salzburg Airport?

Yes — outdoors. The airport’s no-smoking rule covers its buildings and the airside area specifically, so open-air landside spots outside the terminal, before security, aren’t covered by that ban.

Can you vape at Salzburg Airport?

Yes — in the Gate 9 booth airside, or outdoors landside. The airport’s safety-information page includes electronic cigarettes and similar products under the same rule as tobacco, which covers its buildings and the airside area specifically, so vaping follows the same two options as smoking.

Is Salzburg Airport a good stop for smokers with a short connection?

It works if your connection routes through Terminal 1: the Gate 9 booth sits airside, so you don’t need to leave security. Salzburg is a smaller airport with mostly seasonal and charter routes, so double-check your gate is near Terminal 1 before you rely on it.