--- title: "Chile Airport Smoking Areas" canonical: "https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/chile/" language: "en-us" description: "Smoking at Chilean airports is at outdoor areas outside the terminal doors — at Santiago (SCL) and Chile's regional airports; terminals are smoke-free inside." lastmod: "2026-10-24T00:00:00Z" --- # Chile Airport Smoking Areas At Santiago’s airport, smoking is at outdoor areas just outside the terminal doors. Chile has one of Latin America’s stricter smoke-free regimes, so there is no airside or indoor smoking at Santiago. The 2025 vaping law extended the same ban to e-cigarettes. Chile’s regional airports publish no designated smoking area of their own; open-air smoking outside the terminal building, landside, is permitted under the same national law. ## Chile 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 | | --- | --- | --- | | [Antofagasta (ANF)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/chile/anf-smoking-at-antofagasta-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Calama (CJC)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/chile/cjc-smoking-at-calama-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Concepcion (CCP)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/chile/ccp-smoking-at-concepcion-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Puerto Montt (PMC)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/chile/pmc-smoking-at-puerto-montt-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Punta Arenas (PUQ)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/chile/puq-smoking-at-punta-arenas-airport/) | Yes | – | | [Santiago (SCL)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/chile/scl-smoking-at-santiago-airport/) | Yes | – | For international travel through Chile, Santiago (SCL) is the airport that matters, as LATAM’s hub. Domestic travellers also pass through Calama (CJC), Antofagasta (ANF), Concepción (CCP), Puerto Montt (PMC) and Punta Arenas (PUQ) — none of them publishes a designated smoking area, and none offers a smoking facility after security. ## How Chilean Airport Smoking Works Chile’s smoke-free law (Ley 19.419, amended by Ley 20.660) bans indoor smoking and explicitly names airports: - **No indoor smoking** and **no airside smoking** anywhere at Santiago - Smoking is only at **outdoor areas just outside the terminal doors**, landside - Former airside options (an enclosed booth, the LATAM lounge area, a restaurant’s open-air spot) are all **closed** - **Ley 21.642** (in force 20 May 2025\) extended the ban to vaping ## The Hub **[Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/chile/scl-smoking-at-santiago-airport/).** Santiago’s airport and LATAM’s hub (Terminals 1 and 2). There is no airside smoking — the only sanctioned option is outdoors, just beyond the terminal exit doors (landside, signposted). International transit passengers staying airside have no in-airport smoking option without clearing immigration and exiting. ## Regional Airports Chile’s regional airports publish no designated smoking area of their own. Open-air smoking outside the terminal building, landside, is permitted under Chile’s national law, and none offers a smoking facility after security. - **[Calama – El Loa Airport (CJC)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/chile/cjc-smoking-at-calama-airport/)** — serves the Atacama Desert’s copper-mining region; no designated smoking area published. - **[Antofagasta – Andrés Sabella Airport (ANF)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/chile/anf-smoking-at-antofagasta-airport/)** — northern Chile’s mining and port hub; no designated smoking area published. - **[Concepción – Carriel Sur Airport (CCP)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/chile/ccp-smoking-at-concepcion-airport/)** — the Biobío Region’s main airport; no designated smoking area published on either terminal level. - **[Puerto Montt – El Tepual Airport (PMC)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/chile/pmc-smoking-at-puerto-montt-airport/)** — gateway to the Lake District and northern Patagonia; no designated smoking area published. - **[Punta Arenas Airport (PUQ)](https://www.airportsmokingzones.com/chile/puq-smoking-at-punta-arenas-airport/)** — Chile’s southernmost major airport; no designated smoking area published. ## Tips for Smokers at Chilean Airports - Santiago has no airside smoking — plan to smoke before security or accept a no-smoking layover - The outdoor smoking areas are just outside the terminal exit doors, landside - Don’t expect any old “airside booth” — those are gone - Vaping is banned indoors and airside too (Ley 21.642, 2025\) — outdoor only ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Can you smoke at Santiago Airport (SCL)? Yes — at the outdoor areas just outside the terminal doors, landside before security, at Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International (SCL). Chilean law bans indoor smoking in airports, so there is no airside or indoor smoking; the terminals are smoke-free inside. ### Is there smoking after security at Santiago Airport? Smoking at SCL is landside only, at the outdoor areas just beyond the terminal exit doors. The old enclosed airside booth, the LATAM lounge smoking area and a restaurant’s open-air spot have all closed, so international transit passengers clear immigration, exit landside to smoke, and then re-clear security. ### Are e-cigarettes and vapes allowed at Chilean airports? Vaping is allowed at the same outdoor landside areas as cigarettes, just outside the terminal doors. Chile’s Ley 21.642 (in force 20 May 2025\) legally equates e-cigarettes with tobacco, so vaping is banned in all enclosed public spaces, airports and transport. ### Where exactly can I smoke at Santiago Airport? Outdoors, just beyond the terminal exit doors (travellers note the areas are signposted). There is no smoking option inside the terminal or after security. ### Why is there no airside smoking at Santiago Airport? Chile’s smoke-free law (Ley 19.419, amended by Ley 20.660) bans indoor smoking and explicitly names airports, so the airport cannot provide an indoor smoking room. Former airside options were all removed.