Yes, you can smoke at Ercan International Airport (ECN) — outside the terminal building, landside, where Northern Cyprus’s tobacco control law permits smoking in the open air.
Ercan is Northern Cyprus’s main airport, a single terminal near Nicosia that opened in its current form on 20 July 2023.
Smoking Landside (Before Security & Arrivals)
Outside the terminal building, landside, is where Northern Cyprus’s tobacco control law permits smoking in the open air — before check-in and after you land and collect your bags. The general concourse, check-in hall and gate areas are smoke-free throughout, under Northern Cyprus’s Law No. 44/2008 for Protection from the Harms of Tobacco Products, which bans smoking in enclosed public spaces.
After Security — No Confirmed Facility
Ercan’s own passenger and visitor guide lists its terminal services in detail — prayer rooms, fast-track lanes, baggage wrapping, meeting points — with no smoking area among them, and no dated report confirms one airside. Smoke at the landside outdoor areas before you clear security if you want certainty.
Vaping
The airport publishes no separate rule for e-cigarettes; the open-air landside option applies.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor terminal (general) | No | Departures and arrivals halls are smoke-free throughout |
| After security / airside | Not listed | The airport’s own passenger guide names no smoking facility |
| Outdoor (landside) | Yes | Outside the terminal, where Northern Cyprus law permits open-air smoking |
| Vaping | Same outdoor area as smoking | No separate rule published |
Larnaca (LCA), in the Republic of Cyprus, keeps a ventilated smoking room airside past passport control, the easiest island layover for smokers; Paphos (PFO) has a landside-only outdoor option, matching Ercan.
For Cyprus’s airport smoking rules and every other Cyprus airport, see our Cyprus airport guide.