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. 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.