Cyprus Airport Smoking Areas

By , Author, Air Travel Writer · Updated

Cyprus’s main international gateway is Larnaca International Airport (LCA), on the island’s southeast coast, and it is a comparatively smoker-friendly airport: it keeps a designated ventilated smoking room airside, past passport control. That makes a Larnaca layover easier than at the many European hubs where smoking is outdoor-only.

For international travel through Cyprus, Larnaca (LCA) is the airport that matters, handling the bulk of the island’s traffic; Paphos (PFO), the smaller western gateway, is smoke-free indoors with designated outdoor areas outside the terminal.

How Cyprus Airport Smoking Works

Cyprus’s Protection of Health (Control of Smoking) Law bans smoking in enclosed public spaces, including airport terminals — the check-in halls, concourses and gate areas are smoke-free — and permits separately-ventilated smoking rooms:

  • Ventilated smoking room airside at Larnaca, past passport control, near the Burger King and Costa Coffee outlets
  • Landside smoking is at designated outdoor areas outside the terminal entrances
  • The general terminal, check-in halls and gate areas are smoke-free
  • E-cigarettes are treated like tobacco — not in the open terminal; use the designated points

The Hub

Larnaca International Airport (LCA). Cyprus’s largest airport, operated by Hermes Airports, handling around 8 million passengers a year through a single modern terminal. Larnaca’s smoking room sits airside in the transit area behind the Burger King and Costa Coffee units — an enclosed, ventilated room with upgraded extraction — with additional marked outdoor areas outside the terminal for arrivals and pre-security smoking.

Tips for Smokers at Cyprus Airports

  • Larnaca keeps an airside smoking room past passport control — you can smoke during a layover without exiting security
  • The room sits behind the Burger King and Costa Coffee food units; the entrance is reported to the far left
  • E-cigarettes follow the same indoor ban as tobacco — use the designated points
  • Smoke landside at the marked outdoor areas outside the terminal entrances

Cyprus Airports Compared: Indoor, Outdoor & After Security

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can you smoke at Larnaca Airport (LCA)?

Yes — Larnaca keeps a designated ventilated smoking room airside, past passport control, near the Burger King and Costa Coffee outlets, so transit passengers can smoke without leaving the secure zone. Marked outdoor areas outside the terminal cover landside smoking.

Is there a smoking area after security at Larnaca Airport?

Yes — an enclosed, ventilated smoking room sits in the airside transit area, reported behind the Burger King and Costa Coffee units. It is the only indoor smoking point; the rest of the concourse is smoke-free.

Are e-cigarettes and vapes allowed at Cyprus airports?

Cyprus treats e-cigarettes and heated-tobacco devices like conventional tobacco, so vaping is not allowed in the open terminal — use the airside smoking room at Larnaca or the designated outdoor areas landside.

Where can I smoke at Larnaca Airport?

Airside, in the ventilated smoking room past passport control near Burger King; landside, at the marked outdoor areas outside the terminal entrances. The general terminal is smoke-free.

What is Cyprus's airport smoking law?

Cyprus’s Protection of Health (Control of Smoking) Law bans smoking in enclosed public spaces, including airport terminals, so the general concourse is smoke-free. Airports may provide separately-ventilated smoking rooms — Larnaca operates one airside — plus designated outdoor areas outside the terminal.