Yes, Kunming Changshui (KMG) has indoor airside smoking rooms — more than 10 of them, spread across the concourses past security, including one in the international terminal between gates 73 and 75. This makes Changshui the best-known smoking exception among major mainland Chinese airports. Outdoor zones also sit at the upper-level departures entrance and the ground-floor arrivals exit, and Kunming’s mild year-round climate makes those breaks genuinely comfortable too.
是的,昆明长水国际机场(KMG)安检后设有10余间室内吸烟室,分布于各指廊,其中国际航站楼73至75号登机口之间设有一间。这使长水成为中国大型机场中最知名的吸烟例外。上层出发入口和地面到达出口外也设有户外吸烟区,昆明全年温和的气候使户外吸烟同样舒适。
Kunming earns its nickname. The Spring City sits at nearly 1,900 meters in Yunnan and the weather genuinely feels like permanent mid-April — mild, dry, and comfortable regardless of the calendar. The real reason Changshui is a smoker’s airport is its airside rooms: most large mainland terminals went smoke-free indoors, and KMG kept a generous network of indoor smoking rooms past security. The terminal is a single sprawling structure that serves as China’s launchpad for Southeast Asia.
昆明对得起"春城"美誉。云南海拔近1,900米的省会全年体感如同四月中旬——温和、干爽、舒适,与日历无关。但长水真正对吸烟旅客友好之处在于其空侧吸烟室:当多数大型大陆航站楼室内禁烟时,KMG在安检后保留了一套较完整的室内吸烟室网络。航站楼是单体大型建筑,作为中国通往东南亚的航空门户。
Terminal Smoking Areas
All check-in, security and the classic smoking-room network live in T1 — one sprawling structure with domestic gates on one side and international on the other. Past security, indoor smoking rooms are dotted throughout the airside concourses (more than 10 in total), concentrated along the domestic gate corridors around gates 29-45, with one in the international pier between gates 73 and 75 for departing and transit international passengers. Look for the 吸烟室 signage. Several rooms are fitted out like small tea lounges, and some sell hot tea alongside the ashtrays — a very Yunnan touch. The rooms stay open through the night, so red-eye and stranded passengers under the airport’s overnight-stay programme are covered too. Landside, outdoor smoking areas sit along the upper departures curbside (step out of the main doors, move past the taxi lane) and at the ground-floor arrivals exit near where passengers stream out to taxis and buses.
航站楼吸烟区 — 值机、安检及传统的吸烟室网络均位于T1——单体大型建筑,国内登机口和国际登机口分居两侧。安检后各空侧指廊分布有室内吸烟室(共计10余间),集中于29至45号登机口一带的国内候机走廊,国际指廊73至75号登机口之间另设一间,供出境及国际中转旅客使用。认准"吸烟室"标识。部分吸烟室装潢如小茶室,有的还兼售热茶——很有云南特色。吸烟室通宵开放,深夜航班及依托机场过夜服务的滞留旅客同样可以使用。公共区方面,户外吸烟区位于上层出发层路边(出主门、走过出租车道)及地面到达层出口外(出租车与巴士接客区附近)。
S1 Satellite Concourse
KMG added the S1 satellite concourse in July 2023 — a 774-meter linear hall north of T1 with 42 domestic gates, reached by an automated people mover from the center of the main terminal. S1 is purely airside: check-in, security and arrivals all still happen in T1, so every passenger passes through the main building first. The established smoking rooms described above are in T1’s concourses — if your domestic flight boards at S1, allow time for the people-mover ride when you plan your last smoking-room stop.
S1卫星厅 — 长水机场于2023年7月启用S1卫星厅——位于T1以北、长774米的"一"字形候机楼,设42个国内登机口,从主航站楼中部乘捷运列车前往。S1为纯空侧设施:值机、安检和到达仍在T1办理,所有旅客都要先经过主楼。上文所述的吸烟室位于T1各指廊——若您的国内航班在S1登机,规划最后一次吸烟时请把捷运乘车时间算进去。
Before Security / Landside
Landside works too if you’d rather not go through security yet. Before entering or after clearing customs, step outside to the curbside zones. Kunming’s mild climate means there is no season where outdoor smoking feels punitive — you won’t freeze in January or sweat through your shirt in July.
安检前 / 公共区 — 若不想先过安检,公共区同样方便。值机前或取行李后到路边吸烟。昆明气候温和,没有任何季节会让户外吸烟变得难熬——一月不冻人,七月不大汗。
For China airport smoking rules, indoor vs outdoor rules and provincial bans, see our China smoking guide.
如需了解中国机场吸烟规定、电子烟禁令和各省执法差异,请参阅中国机场吸烟指南。
Useful Links
实用链接 — 昆明长水国际机场——云南机场集团官网