Yes, you can smoke at the Czech Republic’s main airport: Prague (PRG) has designated outdoor areas in front of Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, before security. The airport describes itself as a non-smoking location inside and lists no smoking area after security; the ERSTE Premier Lounge in Terminal 1 lists an outdoor terrace with no published smoking rule, so ask the lounge staff there.
Czech Republic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Prague (PRG) | Yes | – |
For international travel through the Czech Republic, Prague is the main gateway; this site has no page for Brno or Ostrava.
How Czech Airport Smoking Works
Act No. 65/2017 Coll. on protection of health from the harmful effects of addictive substances bans smoking in publicly accessible indoor spaces and in the transit area of an international airport, in each case except in a structurally separated space set aside for smoking (Section 8(1)). The ban on e-cigarettes covers the same publicly accessible indoor spaces and airport transit areas (Section 8(2)). An airport operator that sets up such a room must enclose it with fixed walls and closable doors and windows that are not a passage to the non-smoking interior, ventilate it to the outside, mark it “Kouření povoleno” at the entrance, keep out anyone under 18 and let no employee work inside it while anyone smokes (Section 10). The act does not name heated tobacco; its outdoor rules cover public-transport platforms, shelters and waiting areas, and it names no outdoor airport area. A person who smokes or uses an e-cigarette where the act bans it faces a fine of up to CZK 5,000 (Section 35). In practice:
- Prague (PRG): designated outdoor areas in front of Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, before security; no count, marker or hours published, ask staff for the nearest one
- After security: the airport lists no smoking area; the Terminal 1 lounge terrace carries no published smoking rule, ask the lounge staff
- E-cigarettes and heated tobacco: the act bans e-cigarettes in the same indoor spaces and transit areas as smoking and does not name heated tobacco; the airport publishes no rule of its own for either, so ask staff before using either, outside as well
The Hub
Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG). The main Czech gateway, north-west of the city, with Terminal 1 for flights outside the Schengen area and Terminal 2 for Schengen flights, side by side on one forecourt. Smoke in the designated outdoor areas in front of the terminals before security; the airport lists no smoking area after security. The ERSTE Premier Lounge in Terminal 1 (Terminal 1 boarding pass only, daily 05:30 to 22:00, CZK 1,030 for two hours) lists an outdoor terrace and publishes no smoking rule for it, so ask the lounge staff; the Terminal 2 lounge lists no terrace.
Tips for Smokers at Czech Airports
- Smoke in the outdoor areas in front of your terminal before you clear security; the airport lists nothing after it
- Flying from Terminal 1 and using the ERSTE Premier Lounge? Ask the lounge staff whether smoking is allowed on its terrace before you rely on it
- The Czech act bans e-cigarettes where it bans smoking indoors and in the transit area; the airport publishes no rule of its own for e-cigarettes or heated tobacco, so ask staff before using either