Smoking at N'djili International Airport – FIH

Yes, open-air smoking outside the terminal building, landside, is permitted at N’djili International Airport (FIH); the airport publishes no designated area, and no smoking facility after security is confirmed.

FIH is the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s main international gateway, serving the capital, Kinshasa.

Landside — Outside the Terminal

Open-air smoking outside the terminal building, landside, is permitted before check-in and security, under DR Congo’s Law No. 18/035, which bans smoking in enclosed public places, workplaces and public transport. The airport has not published a designated or marked spot, so use the open forecourt clear of the doors and the drop-off lanes.

After Security — Airside

RVA’s own services page for N’djili (read directly at aeroport-kinshasa.com) lists welcome desks, currency exchange, Wi-Fi, a post office and the Salon Okapi and Salon VIP lounges among its passenger amenities, without naming a smoking room among them, so no smoking facility after security is confirmed. That is negative evidence from the airport’s own listing, not confirmation either way of a facility elsewhere in the terminal. A separate lounge-facilities database describes the same Okapi lounge and lists a smoking lounge among its amenities; that page is itself protected against automated access, so its claim could not be checked directly and is not treated as confirmed.

Vaping

RVA’s own services listing for N’djili does not mention a vaping policy; the same open-air landside option used for smoking applies to a vape.

Summary

For DR Congo airport smoking rules and other Congolese travel info, see our DR Congo airport smoking guide.

Useful Links

N’djili International Airport (official)