Yes, you can smoke at Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) outside the terminal, before security, at the four outdoor smoking points the airport marks on its terminal map, all along the ground-floor frontage: by the exit from the covered car park at the west end, on the frontage by the taxi rank, on the central frontage by the Relay and Starbucks entrance from the esplanade, and at the east end by the H to K check-in desks. The airport marks no smoking area after security, so ask staff.
Flying via Paris instead? Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport has indoor smoking rooms after security in every terminal.
Outside the terminal
The airport’s terminal map of July 2026 marks four smoking points outside the ground floor, where check-in and arrivals are: one by the exit from the covered car park at the west end, beside the route to car park P1; one on the frontage by the taxi rank; one on the central frontage, by the entrance from the esplanade near Relay, Monop’daily and Starbucks; and one on the east frontage, by the H to K check-in desks. The airport publishes no opening hours for them, so ask staff whether they are open. French law bans smoking in the bus and shuttle waiting positions on the esplanade during service hours (Code de la santé publique, article R3512-2), so stay at the marked points.
After security
The airport marks no smoking area on its map of the first floor, where the boarding rooms, shops and passport control are, so ask staff; if they send you back outside to the frontage, you clear security again afterwards.
Vaping
The airport publishes no vaping rule for its terminal, so ask staff before you vape.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ground-floor frontage, west end by the covered car park exit (before security) | Yes | Outdoor smoking point marked on the airport’s map; no hours published, ask staff |
| Ground-floor frontage, by the taxi rank (before security) | Yes | Outdoor smoking point marked on the airport’s map |
| Ground-floor frontage, central entrance by Relay and Starbucks (before security) | Yes | Outdoor smoking point marked on the airport’s map |
| Ground-floor frontage, east end by the H to K check-in desks (before security) | Yes | Outdoor smoking point marked on the airport’s map |
| First floor, boarding rooms (after security) | Ask staff | The airport marks no smoking area |
| Inside the terminal | Ask staff | The airport marks no smoking area inside the terminal |
| Vaping | Ask staff | The airport publishes no rule |
For France’s airport smoking law, the fines and the vaping rule, see our France airport guide.