Yes, you can smoke at Andrés Sabella Gálvez Airport (ANF) in Antofagasta. Open-air smoking outside the terminal building, landside, is permitted under Chilean law; the airport publishes no designated smoking area, and no smoking facility after security is confirmed.
ANF, still widely known by its former name Cerro Moreno International Airport, is a single terminal building serving Antofagasta, a mining and port city on northern Chile’s Atacama Desert coast.
Outside the Terminal
Open-air smoking outside the terminal building, landside, is permitted under Chile’s national smoke-free law, which bans smoking only in enclosed public places. Neither ANF’s own site nor its retail and VIP lounge pages mention a designated or signposted smoking spot.
After Security
No smoking facility after security is confirmed at ANF. The departure lounge, its shops and the airport’s VIP lounge are all smoke-free under the same national law that covers the rest of the terminal.
Vaping
Chile’s Ley 21.642, published 4 January 2024, extends the same tobacco restrictions to e-cigarettes, so vaping follows the identical rule at ANF: permitted in the open air outside the terminal, banned inside the building.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor terminal | No | Smoke-free throughout under Chile’s national law |
| After security / airside | No | No smoking facility confirmed, including the VIP lounge |
| Outdoor (landside) | Yes | Permitted in the open air outside the terminal building |
| Vaping | Same as smoking | Outdoors only, under Ley 21.642 |
Travellers connecting onward from ANF often route through Santiago Airport (SCL). For advice on planning a smoke break around a connection, see our guide to smoking during layovers.
For Chile’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, see our Chile airport guide.